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List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom. Left: Robert Walpole is considered the first prime minister of Great Britain. Right: Keir Starmer is the incumbent prime minister, in office since 2024. 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.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the leader of His Majesty's Government. They chair Cabinet meetings. It is the highest civil office in the United Kingdom.
Jul 5, 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 United Kingdom has witnessed 53 Prime Ministers so far. Historyplex provides a complete list of British Prime Ministers, their time in office, and the political party they were affiliated to, in chronological order.
The incumbent prime minister is Keir Starmer, who assumed the office on 5 July 2024. 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.
Sir Winston Churchill. Conservative 1951 to 1955. Conservative 1940 to 1945.
Jan 16, 2022 · List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom (1721 – 2022) Britain’s first proper Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, formerly held the post of First Lord of the Treasury.
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet, and selects its ministers.
The current British Prime Minister is Boris Johnson, who won election in 2019. Below is the list of British Prime Ministers, with the years they served, the political party to which they belonged, and which monarch reigned during their time in office. Several Prime Ministers served more than once.
Since 1945, the UK has had 16 Prime Ministers. Ten of those Prime Ministers first took office between elections: Winston Churchill (in 1940); Anthony Eden; Harold MacMillan; Sir Alec Douglas Home; James Callaghan; John Major; Gordon Brown; Theresa May; Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
