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Contents. List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom. Top left: Robert Walpole is considered the first prime minister of Great Britain. Bottom left: Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. Bottom right: Rishi Sunak is the incumbent, and first British Asian prime minister.
- Liz Truss
The Right Honourable Liz Truss MP Official portrait, 2022...
- Anthony Eden
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June...
- David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping...
- John Major
Sir John Major KG CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British...
- Wellington Caretaker
Daguerreotype of Wellington, aged 74 or 75, by Antoine...
- Edward Heath
Sir Edward Richard George Heath KG MBE (9 July 1916 – 17...
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- H. H. Asquith
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG,...
- Walpole Townshend
The government of Great Britain was under the joint...
- Liz Truss
As modern prime ministers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons, they sit as members of Parliament. The current prime minister is Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party, who assumed the office on 25 October 2022.
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Top left: Robert Walpole is considered the first prime minister of Great Britain. Top right: Winston Churchill was prime minister during World War II. Bottom left: Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. Bottom right: Rishi Sunak is the incumbent, and first British Asian prime minister.
Since 1722, most prime ministers have been members of the Commons; since 1902, all have had a seat there. Like other members, they are elected initially to represent only a constituency. Former prime minister Tony Blair, for example, represented Sedgefield in County Durham from 1983 to 2007.
Career-based timeline. This timeline shows most of the early life, the political career and death of each prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1846. The first prime minister was Robert Walpole in the early 18th century ( Dickinson 1973 ).
The voters elect Members of Parliament (MPs), and the MPs choose the prime minister. The system grew in stages as the Commons grew in power and the monarch's authority dwindled. The current prime minister has been Rishi Sunak since 25 October 2022. Present prime minister Rishi Sunak in front of 10 Downing Street during his first speech as Prime ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Sir Robert Walpole is generally considered to have been Britain’s first prime minister. This is a chronologically ordered list of the prime ministers, from the earliest to the most recent. Robert Walpole (1721–42) Spencer Compton (1742–43) Henry Pelham (1743–54) Thomas Pelham-Holles (1754–56; 1st time) William Cavendish (1756–57)
