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List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom. Top left: Robert Walpole is considered the first de facto 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
Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British...
- 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
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- 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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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 – 2019ConservativeThe position of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was not created as a result of a single action; it evolved slowly and organically over three hundred years due to numerous Acts of Parliament, political developments, and accidents of history.
20 years and 314 days: Robert Walpole (1721–1742) Longest term and longest total tenure. 12 years and 126 days: William Ewart Gladstone ( 1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, and 1892–1894) Most non-consecutive terms. 11 years and 208 days: Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) [3] Longest-serving prime minister since the 19th century.
RankPrime MinisterTenure LengthTerms120 years, 314 days1218 years, 343 days2314 years, 305 days1413 years, 252 days36 days ago · 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)
Great Britain. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Combined timeline. 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.
