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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.
NameTime In OfficePolitical Party2022 – present2022Conservative2019 – 2022 [1]Conservative2016 – 2019ConservativeApr 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom. 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.
- Gordon Brown. Labour, 2007 - 2010. Top.
- Tony Blair. Labour, 1997 - 2007. Top.
- John Major. Conservative, 1990 - 1997. Top.
- Margaret Thatcher. Conservative, 1979 - 1990. Britain's first female prime minister came to power with the country descending into industrial and economic chaos.
- 21st century
- 20th century
- 18th & 19th centuries
The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP
2022 to 2022
The Rt Hon Boris Johnson
2019 to 2022
The Rt Hon Theresa May MP
Conservative 2016 to 2019
The Rt Hon Sir Tony Blair KG
Labour 1997 to 2007
The Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH
Conservative 1990 to 1997
Baroness Thatcher
Conservative 1979 to 1990
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Conservative 1895 to 1902 Conservative 1886 to 1892 Conservative 1885 to 1886
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Liberal 1894 to 1895
William Ewart Gladstone
Liberal 1892 to 1894 Liberal 1886 to 1886 Liberal 1880 to 1885 Liberal 1868 to 1874
The Prime Minister is the political leader of the United Kingdom and is the head of the Government. There were 15 Prime Ministers during the 70 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II, some more than once. The official residence of the Prime Minister of Britain is 10 Downing Street, London.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet.
