LIST OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS

NAME TERM OF OFFICE POLITICAL PARTY

George I (1714–1727) and George II (1727–1760)
Sir Robert Walpole 1721 – 1742 Whig Party
The Earl of Wilmington 1742 – 1743 Whig Party
Henry Pelham 1743 – 1754 Whig Party
The Duke of Newcastle 1754 – 1756 Whig Party
The Duke of Devonshire 1756 – 1757 Whig Party
The Duke of Newcastle 1757 – 1762 Whig Party
George III (1760–1820)
The Duke of Newcastle 1757 – 1762 Whig Party
The Earl of Bute 1762 – 1763 Tory Party
George Grenville 1763 – 1765 Whig Party
The Marquess of Rockingham 1765 – 1766 Whig Party
The Earl of Chatham 1766 – 1768 Whig Party
“William Pitt the Elder”
The Duke of Grafton 1768 – 1770 Whig Party
Lord North 1770 – 1782 Tory Party
The Marquess of Rockingham 1782 – 1782 Whig Party
The Earl of Shelburne 1782 – 1783 Whig Party
The Duke of Portland 1783 – 1783 Whig Party
William Pitt The Younger 1783 – 1801 Tory Party
Henry Addington 1801 – 1804 Tory Party
William Pitt The Younger 1804 – 1806 Tory Party
The Lord Grenville 1807 – 1809 Tory Party
The Duke of Portland 1807 – 1809 Tory Party
Spencer Perceval 1809 – 1812 Tory Party
The Earl of Liverpool 1812 – 1827 Tory Party
George IV (1820–1830)
The Earl of Liverpool 1812 – 1827 Tory Party
George Canning 1827 – 1827 Tory Party
The Viscount Goderich 1827 – 1828 Tory Party
The Duke of Wellington 1828 – 1830 Tory Party
William IV (1830–1837)
The Earl Grey 1830 – 1834 Whig Party
The Viscount Melbourne 1834 – 1834 Whig Party
The Duke of Wellington 1834 – 1834 Tory Party
Sir Robert Peel 1834 – 1835 Conservative Party
The Viscount Melbourne 1835 – 1841 Whig Party
Victoria (1837–1901)
The Viscount Melbourne 1835 – 1841 Whig Party
Sir Robert Peel 1841 – 1846 Conservative Party
The Lord John Russell 1846 – 1852 Whig Party
The Earl of Derby 1852 – 1852 Conservative Party
The Earl of Aberdeen 1852 – 1855 Peelite / Whig
The Viscount Palmerston 1855 – 1858 Whig Party
The Earl of Derby 1858 – 1859 Conservative Party
The Viscount Palmerston 1859 – 1865 Liberal Party
The Earl Russell 1865 – 1866 Liberal Party
The Earl of Derby 1866 – 1868 Conservative Party
 Benjamin Disraeli 1868 – 1868 Conservative Party
William Ewart Gladstone 1868 – 1874 Liberal Party
Benjamin Disraeli 1874 – 1880 Conservative Party
William Ewart Gladstone 1880 – 1885 Liberal Party
The Marquess of Salisbury 1885 – 1886 Conservative Party
William Ewart Gladstone 1886 – 1886 Liberal Party
The Marquess of Salisbury 1886 – 1892 Conservative Party
William Ewart Gladstone 1892 – 1894 Liberal Party
The Earl of Rosebery 1894 – 1895 Liberal Party
The Marquess of Salisbury 1895 – 1902 Conservative Party
Edward VII (1901–1910)
The Marquess of Salisbury 1895 – 1902 Conservative Party
Arthur Balfour 1902 – 1905 Conservative Party
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1905 – 1908 Liberal Party
H H Asquith 1908 – 1916 Liberal Party
David Lloyd George 1916 – 1922 Liberal Party
Andrew Bonar Law 1922 – 1923 Conservative Party
Stanley Baldwin 1923 – 1924 Conservative Party
Ramsay MacDonald 1924 – 1924 Labour Party
Stanley Baldwin 1924 – 1929 Conservative Party
Ramsay MacDonald 1929 – 1931 Labour Party
Ramsey MacDonald 1931 – 1935 National Labour Party
Stanley Baldwin 1935 – 1937 Conservative Party
Edward VIII (1936)
Stanley Baldwin 1935 – 1937 Conservative Party
George VI (1936–1952)
Stanley Baldwin 1935 – 1937 Conservative Party
Neville Chamberlain 1937 – 1940 Conservative Party
Winston Churchill 1940 – 1945 Conservative Party
Clement Attlee 1945 – 1951 Labour Party
Winston Churchill 1951 – 1955 Conservative Party
Elizabeth II (1952 – 2022)
present)
Winston Churchill 1951 – 1955 Conservative Party
Sir Anthony Eden 1955 – 1957 Conservative Party
Harold Macmillan 1957 – 1963 Conservative Party
Alec Douglas-Home 1963 – 1964 Conservative Party
Harold Wilson 1964 – 1970 Labour Party
Edward Heath 1970 – 1974 Conservative Party
Harold Wilson 1974 – 1976 Labour Party
James Callaghan 1976 – 1979 Labour Party
Margaret Thatcher 1979 – 1990 Conservative Party
John Major 1990 – 1997 Conservative Party
Tony Blair 1997 – 2007 New Labour Party
Gordon Brown 2007 -2010 (New) Labour Party

David Cameron 2007 – 2016 Conservative Party

(Conservatives and Liberal
Democrats)
Theresa May 2016 - Incumbent Conservative Party
2019
Boris Johnson 2019 - 2022 Conservative Party
Liz Truss 2022 Conservative Party
Charles III (2022 - Present)
Rishi Sunak 2022 - Incumbent Conservative Party