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1970 – 1974: Conservative Harold Wilson: 1964 – 1970: Labour Alec Douglas-Home: 1963 – 1964: Conservative Harold Macmillan: 1957 – 1963: Conservative Anthony Eden: 1955 – 1957: Conservative Winston Churchill: 1951 – 1955: Conservative Clement Attlee: 1945 – 1951: Labour Winston Churchill: 1940 – 1945: Conservative Neville ...
NameTime In OfficePolitical Party2022 – present2022Conservative2019 – 2022 [1]Conservative2016 – 2019ConservativeTop 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.
PortraitPortraitPrime Minister Office (lifespan)Term Of Office(start)Rishi Sunak [98] MP for Richmond (Yorks) ...25 October 2022Incumbent1 year, 207 daysLiz Truss [97] MP for South West Norfolk ...6 September 202225 October 202250 daysBoris Johnson [96] MP for Uxbridge and ...24 July 20196 September 20223 years, 45 daysTheresa May [95] MP for Maidenhead (born ...13 July 201624 July 20193 years, 12 daysPeople also ask
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2022 to 2022
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2019 to 2022
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Conservative 2016 to 2019
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Labour 1997 to 2007
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Conservative 1979 to 1990
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Liberal 1894 to 1895
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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)
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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. There is no specific date for when the office of prime minister first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over a period of time through a merger of duties. The term was regularly, if informally, used of Robert Walpole by the ...
Prime Ministers of Britain since 1721 including Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and Robert Walpole. 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.
James Callaghan. Labour, 1976 - 1979. Callaghan inherited the office of prime minister following the surprise resignation of Harold Wilson. With only a tiny parliamentary majority to support...
