Year
|
Prime Minister
|
Party
|
1721
|
Sir Robert Walpole
|
Whig
|
1742
|
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington
|
Whig
|
1743
|
Henry Pelham
|
Whig
|
1754
|
Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle
|
Whig
|
1756
|
William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire
|
Whig
|
1757
|
Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle
|
Whig
|
1762
|
John Stuart, Earl of Bute
|
Tory
|
1763
|
George Grenville
|
Whig
|
1765
|
Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham
|
Whig
|
1766
|
William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham
|
Whig
|
1767
|
Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton
|
Whig
|
1770
|
Frederick North, Lord North
|
Tory
|
1782
|
William FitzMaurice, Earl of Shelburne
|
Whig
|
1782
|
Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham
|
Whig
|
1783
|
William Bentinck, Duke of Portland
|
Coalition
|
1783
|
William Pitt, the Younger
|
Tory
|
1801
|
Henry Addington
|
Tory
|
1804
|
William Pitt, the Younger
|
Tory
|
1806
|
William Grenville, Lord Grenville
|
Whig
|
1807
|
William Bentinck, Duke of Portland
|
Tory
|
1809
|
Spencer Perceval
|
Tory
|
1812
|
Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool
|
Tory
|
1827
|
George Canning
|
Tory
|
1827
|
Frederick Robinson, Viscount Goderich
|
Tory
|
1828
|
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
|
Tory
|
1830
|
Charles Grey, Earl Grey
|
Whig
|
1834
|
William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne
|
Whig
|
1834
|
Sir Robert Peel
|
Tory
|
1835
|
William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne
|
Whig
|
1841
|
Sir Robert Peel
|
Tory
|
1846
|
Lord John Russell
|
Whig
|
1852
|
Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby
|
Conservative
|
1852
|
George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen
|
Conservative
|
1855
|
Henry John Temple, Viscount of Palmerston
|
Liberal
|
1858
|
Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby
|
Conservative
|
1859
|
Henry John Temple, Viscount of Palmerston
|
Liberal
|
1865
|
John Russell, Earl Russell
|
Liberal
|
1866
|
Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby
|
Conservative
|
1868
|
Benjamin Disraeli
|
Conservative
|
1868
|
William Ewart Gladstone
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
Benjamin Disraeli
|
Conservative
|
1880
|
William Ewart Gladstone
|
Liberal
|
1885
|
Marquess of Salisbury
|
Conservative
|
1886
|
William Ewart Gladstone
|
Liberal
|
1886
|
Marquess of Salisbury
|
Conservative
|
1892
|
William Ewart Gladstone
|
Liberal
|
1894
|
Earl of Rosebery
|
Liberal
|
1895
|
Marquess of Salisbury
|
Conservative
|
1902
|
Arthur Balfour
|
Conservative
|
1905
|
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
|
Liberal
|
1908
|
Herbert H. Asquith
|
Liberal
|
1915
|
Herbert H. Asquith
|
Coalition
|
1916
|
David Lloyd George
|
Liberal
|
1922
|
Andrew Bonar Law
|
Conservative
|
1923
|
Stanley Baldwin
|
Conservative
|
1924
|
James Ramsay MacDonald
|
Labour
|
1924
|
Stanley Baldwin
|
Conservative
|
1929
|
James Ramsay MacDonald
|
Labour
|
1931
|
James Ramsay MacDonald
|
National
|
1935
|
Stanley Baldwin
|
National
|
1937
|
Neville Chamberlain
|
National
|
1940
|
Winston Churchill
|
Coalition
|
1945
|
Clement Attlee
|
Labour
|
1951
|
Winston Churchill
|
Conservative
|
1955
|
Sir Anthony Eden
|
Conservative
|
1957
|
Harold Macmillan
|
Conservative
|
1963
|
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
|
Conservative
|
1964
|
Harold Wilson
|
Labour
|
1970
|
Edward Heath
|
Conservative
|
1974
|
Harold Wilson
|
Labour
|
1976
|
James Callaghan
|
Labour
|
1979
|
Margaret Thatcher
|
Conservative
|
1990
|
John Major
|
Conservative
|
1997
|
Tony Blair
|
Labour
|