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Chequers, used by the prime minister as a country retreat

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.^[1] The term was regularly, if informally, used of Robert Walpole by the 1730s.^[2] It was used in the House of Commons as early as 1805,^[3] and it was certainly in parliamentary use by the 1880s.Template:Sfnm In 1905, the post of prime minister was officially given recognition in the order of precedence.^[4]

Modern historians generally consider Robert Walpole, who led the government of Kingdom of Great Britain for over twenty years from 1721,Template:Sfnm as the first prime minister. Walpole is also the longest-serving British prime minister by this definition.^[5] However, Henry Campbell-Bannerman was the first and Margaret Thatcher the longest-serving prime minister officially referred to as such in the order of precedence.Template:Sfnm The first to use the title in an official act was Benjamin Disraeli, who, in 1878, signed the Treaty of Berlin as "Prime Minister of Her Britannic Majesty".^[6]

Strictly speaking, the first prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was William Pitt the Younger.Template:Sfnm The first prime minister of the current United Kingdom (formally the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"), was Bonar Law,^[7] although the country was not renamed officially until 1927, when Stanley Baldwin was the serving prime minister.^[8]

The incumbent prime minister is Rishi Sunak. There are seven living former prime ministers: John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, and Liz Truss. The most recent to die was Margaret Thatcher, on 8 April 2013.

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Before the Kingdom of Great Britain

Before the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, the Treasury of England was led by the Lord High Treasurer.^[9] By the late Tudor period, the Lord High Treasurer was regarded as one of the Great Officers of State,^[9] and was often (though not always) the dominant figure in government: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (lord high treasurer, 1547–1549),^[10] served as lord protector to his young nephew King Edward VI;^[10] William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (lord high treasurer, 1572–1598),^[11] was the dominant minister to Queen Elizabeth I;^[11] Burghley's son Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, succeeded his father as chief minister to Elizabeth (1598–1603) and was eventually appointed by King James I as lord high treasurer (1608–1612).^[12]

By the late Stuart period, the Treasury was often run not by a single individual (i.e., the lord high treasurer) but by a commission of lords of the Treasury,^[13] led by the first lord of the Treasury. The last lords high treasurer, Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1702–1710) and Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1711–1714),Template:Sfnm ran the government of Queen Anne.^[14]

From 1707 to 1721

Following the succession of George I in 1714, the arrangement of a commission of lords of the Treasury (as opposed to a single lord high treasurer) became permanent.^[15] For the next three years, the government was headed by Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, who was appointed Secretary of State for the Northern Department.^[16] Subsequently, Lords Stanhope and Sunderland ran the government jointly,Template:Sfnm with Stanhope managing foreign affairs and Sunderland domestic.Template:Sfnm Stanhope died in February 1721 and Sunderland resigned two months later;Template:Sfnm Townshend and Robert Walpole were then invited to form the next government.Template:Sfnm From that point, the holder of the office of first lord also usually (albeit unofficially) held the status of prime minister. It was not until the Edwardian era that the title prime minister was constitutionally recognised.^[17] The prime minister still holds the office of first lord by constitutional convention,^[18] the only exceptions being Lords Chatham (1766–1768) and Salisbury (1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902).Template:Sfnm

Since 1721

Prime ministers

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List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom since 1721
Portrait		Prime minister Office (Lifespan)	Term of office			Mandate^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Ministerial offices held as prime minister	Party	Government	Monarch Reign
Portrait		Prime minister Office (Lifespan)	start	end	duration	Mandate^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Ministerial offices held as prime minister	Party	Government	Monarch Reign
rowspan=12 style="background:Template:Party color" \|Template:Zwsp		Robert WalpoleTemplate:Sfnm MP for King's Lynn (1676–1745)	3 April 1721	11 February 1742	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1722	Chancellor of the Exchequer First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	class=nowrap Template:Party shading/Whigs rowspan=2 \| [[Walpole–Townshend ministry\|Walpole–Template:WbrTownshend]]	George I Template:R.
Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1727						George II Template:R.
Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1734								Template:Party shading/Whigs rowspan=2 \| Walpole
Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1741
	Spencer ComptonTemplate:Sfnm 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673–1743)	16 February 1742	2 July 1743	Template:Age in years and days^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| —		First Lord of the Treasury	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Carteret
	Henry PelhamTemplate:Sfnm MP for Sussex (1694–1754)	27 August 1743	6 March 1754	Template:Age in years and days^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| —		Chancellor of the Exchequer First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Broad Bottom I
	Henry PelhamTemplate:Sfnm MP for Sussex (1694–1754)	27 August 1743	6 March 1754	Template:Age in years and days^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1747			Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Broad Bottom II
	Thomas Pelham-HollesTemplate:Sfnm 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768)	16 March 1754	11 November 1756	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1754		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Newcastle I
	William CavendishTemplate:Sfnm 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720–1764)	16 November 1756	29 June 1757	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs rowspan=2 \| —		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords Lord Treasurer of Ireland	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| [[Pitt–Devonshire ministry\|Pitt–Template:WbrDevonshire]]
		16 November 1756	29 June 1757	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1757 Caretaker
	Thomas Pelham-HollesTemplate:Sfnm 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768)	29 June 1757	26 May 1762	Template:Age in years and days	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1761		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| [[Pitt–Newcastle ministry\|Pitt–Template:WbrNewcastle]]
		29 June 1757	26 May 1762	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| [[Pitt–Newcastle ministry\|Bute–Template:WbrNewcastle]] (Tory–Template:Wbr Whig)	George III Template:R.	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		John StuartTemplate:Sfnm 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792)	26 May 1762	8 April 1763	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Whigs \| —	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Bute
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		George GrenvilleTemplate:Sfnm MP for Buckingham (1712–1770)	16 April 1763	10 July 1765	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Whigs \| —	Chancellor of the Exchequer First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig (Grenvillite)	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Grenville (mainly Whig)
	Charles Watson-WentworthTemplate:Sfnm 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782)	13 July 1765	30 July 1766	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| —		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig (Rockinghamite)	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Rockingham I
	William Pitt the ElderTemplate:Sfnm 1st Earl of Chatham^{[lower-alpha 3]} (1708–1778)	30 July 1766	14 October 1768	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1768		Lord Privy Seal	Template:Party shading/Whigs rowspan=2 \| Whig (Chathamite)	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Chatham
	Augustus FitzRoyTemplate:Sfnm 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735–1811)	14 October 1768	28 January 1770	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| —		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Grafton
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Frederick NorthTemplate:Sfnm Lord North MP for Banbury (1732–1792)	28 January 1770	27 March 1782	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1774	Chancellor of the Exchequer First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Tories rowspan=2 \| Tory (Northite)	Template:Party shading/Tories rowspan=2 \| North
Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1780			28 January 1770	27 March 1782	Template:Age in years and days
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Charles Watson-WentworthTemplate:Sfnm 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782)	27 March 1782	1 July 1782	Template:Age in years and days^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Template:Party shading/Whigs \| —	First Lord of the Treasury	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig (Rockinghamite)	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Rockingham II
	William PettyTemplate:Sfnm 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737–1805)	4 July 1782	26 March 1783	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| —		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig (Chathamite)	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Shelburne
	William Cavendish-BentinckTemplate:Sfnm 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809)	2 April 1783	18 December 1783	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| —		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Fox–North
rowspan=6 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		William Pitt the YoungerTemplate:Sfnm MP for Appleby, later Cambridge University^{[lower-alpha 4]} (1759–1806)	19 December 1783	14 March 1801	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1784	Chancellor of the Exchequer First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory (Pittite)	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Pitt I
Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1790
Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1796
	Henry AddingtonTemplate:Sfnm MP for Devizes (1757–1844)	17 March 1801	10 May 1804	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1801		Chancellor of the Exchequer First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory (Addingtonian)	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Addington
	Henry AddingtonTemplate:Sfnm MP for Devizes (1757–1844)	17 March 1801	10 May 1804	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1802
	William Pitt the YoungerTemplate:Sfnm MP for Cambridge University (1759–1806)	10 May 1804	23 January 1806	Template:Age in years and days^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Template:Party shading/Tories \| —		Chancellor of the Exchequer First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory (Pittite)	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Pitt II
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		William GrenvilleTemplate:Sfnm 1st Baron Grenville (1759–1834)	11 February 1806	25 March 1807	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1806	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| All the Talents (Whig–Template:Wbr Tory)
rowspan=10 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		William Cavendish-BentinckTemplate:Sfnm 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809)	31 March 1807	4 October 1809	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1807	First Lord of the Treasury	rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory (Pittite)	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Portland II
	Spencer PercevalTemplate:Sfnm MP for Northampton (1762–1812)	4 October 1809	11 May 1812	Template:Age in years and days^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Template:Party shading/Tories \| —		Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Chancellor of the Exchequer Commissioner of the Treasury for Ireland (1810–1812) First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Perceval
	Robert JenkinsonTemplate:Sfnm 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828)	8 June 1812	9 April 1827	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1812		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Liverpool
					Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1818	George IV Template:R.
					Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1820
					Template:Party shading/Tories \| 1826
	George CanningTemplate:Sfnm MP for Seaford (1770–1827)	12 April 1827	8 August 1827	Template:Age in years and days^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Template:Party shading/Tories \| —		Chancellor of the Exchequer First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory (Canningite)	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Canning (Canningite–Template:Wbr Whig)
	F. J. RobinsonTemplate:Sfnm 1st Viscount Goderich (1782–1859)	31 August 1827	8 January 1828	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Tories \| —		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory (Canningite)	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Goderich
	Arthur WellesleyTemplate:Sfnm 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852)	22 January 1828	16 November 1830	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Tories \| —		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| [[Wellington–Peel ministry\|Wellington–Template:WbrPeel]]
		22 January 1828	16 November 1830	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (1830)	William IV Template:R.	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Charles GreyTemplate:Sfnm 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1845)	22 November 1830	9 July 1834	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1831	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Whigs rowspan=2 \| Grey
Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1832		Charles GreyTemplate:Sfnm 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1845)	22 November 1830	9 July 1834	Template:Age in years and days			First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords
	William LambTemplate:Sfnm 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848)	16 July 1834	14 November 1834	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| —		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Melbourne I
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Arthur WellesleyTemplate:Sfnm 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852)	17 November 1834	9 December 1834	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (—)	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs Sec. of State for the Home Dept Sec. of State for War & Colonies	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Wellington Caretaker
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Robert PeelTemplate:Sfnm MP for Tamworth (1788–1850)	10 December 1834	8 April 1835	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (—)	Chancellor of the Exchequer First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Peel I
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		William LambTemplate:Sfnm 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848)	18 April 1835	30 August 1841	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1835	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Melbourne II
Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1837			18 April 1835	30 August 1841	Template:Age in years and days	Victoria Template:R.		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Robert PeelTemplate:Sfnm MP for Tamworth (1788–1850)	30 August 1841	29 June 1846	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1841	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Peel II
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Lord John RussellTemplate:Sfnm MP for City of London (1792–1878)	30 June 1846	21 February 1852	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (1847)	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Russell I
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Edward Smith-StanleyTemplate:Sfnm 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)	23 February 1852	17 December 1852	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1852	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Who? Who?
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		George Hamilton-GordonTemplate:Sfnm 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860)	19 December 1852	30 January 1855	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (—)	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Peelite \| Peelite	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Aberdeen (Peelite–Template:Wbr Whig–Template:Wbrothers)
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Henry John TempleTemplate:Sfnm 3rd Viscount Palmerston MP for Tiverton (1784–1865)	6 February 1855	19 February 1858	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Whigs \| 1857	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Palmerston I
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Edward Smith-StanleyTemplate:Sfnm 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)	20 February 1858	11 June 1859	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (—)	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| [[Second Derby–Disraeli ministry\|Derby–Template:WbrDisraeli II]]
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Henry John TempleTemplate:Sfnm 3rd Viscount Palmerston MP for Tiverton (1784–1865)	12 June 1859	18 October 1865	Template:Age in years and days^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| 1859	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Liberal	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) rowspan=2 \| Palmerston II
Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| 1865			12 June 1859	18 October 1865	Template:Age in years and days^{[lower-alpha 2]}			First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons
	John RussellTemplate:Sfnm 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878)	29 October 1865	26 June 1866	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| —		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Russell II
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Edward Smith-StanleyTemplate:Sfnm 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)	28 June 1866	25 February 1868	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (—)	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| [[Third Derby–Disraeli ministry\|Derby–Template:WbrDisraeli III]]
	Benjamin DisraeliTemplate:Sfnm MP for Buckinghamshire (1804–1881) Premierships	27 February 1868	1 December 1868	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (—)		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		William Ewart GladstoneTemplate:Sfnm MP for Midlothian (1809–1898) Premierships	3 December 1868	17 February 1874	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| 1868	Chancellor of the Exchequer (1873–1874) First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Liberal	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Gladstone I
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Benjamin DisraeliTemplate:Sfnm MP for Buckinghamshire (to 1876) Earl of Beaconsfield (from 1876)^{[lower-alpha 5]} (1804–1881) Premierships	20 February 1874	21 April 1880	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1874	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons (1874–1876) Leader of the House of Lords (1876–1880) Lord Privy Seal (1876–1878)	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Disraeli II
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		William Ewart GladstoneTemplate:Sfnm MP for Midlothian (1809–1898) Premierships	23 April 1880	9 June 1885	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| 1880	Chancellor of the Exchequer (1880–1882) First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Liberal	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Gladstone II
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Robert Gascoyne-CecilTemplate:Sfnm 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903)	23 June 1885	28 January 1886	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (—)	Leader of the House of Lords Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Salisbury I
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		William Ewart GladstoneTemplate:Sfnm MP for Midlothian (1809–1898) Premierships	1 February 1886	20 July 1886	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (1885)	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons Lord Privy Seal	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Liberal	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Gladstone III
style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Robert Gascoyne-CecilTemplate:Sfnm 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903)	25 July 1886	11 August 1892	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (1886)	First Lord of the Treasury (1886–1887) Leader of the House of Lords Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs (1887–1892)	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Salisbury II
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		William Ewart GladstoneTemplate:Sfnm MP for Midlothian (1809–1898) Premierships	15 August 1892	2 March 1894	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (1892)	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons Lord Privy Seal	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Liberal	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK)\| Gladstone IV
	Archibald PrimroseTemplate:Sfnm 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929)	5 March 1894	22 June 1895	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (—)		First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords Lord President of the Council	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Rosebery
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Robert Gascoyne-CecilTemplate:Sfnm 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903)	25 June 1895	11 July 1902	Template:Age in years and days		Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1895	Leader of the House of Lords Lord Privy Seal (1900–1902) Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs (1895–1900)	rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Salisbury III (Con–Template:Wbr Lib.U)
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1900							rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Salisbury IV (Con–Template:WbrLib.U)
Edward VII Template:R.
		Arthur BalfourTemplate:Sfnm MP for Manchester East (1848–1930)	12 July 1902	4 December 1905	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| —	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons Lord Privy Seal (1902–1903)	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Balfour (Con–Template:WbrLib.U)
	rowspan=7 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Henry Campbell-BannermanTemplate:Sfnm MP for Stirling Burghs (1836–1908)	5 December 1905	3 April 1908	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| 1906	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Liberal	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Campbell-Bannerman
		H. H. AsquithTemplate:Sfnm MP for East Fife (1852–1928)	8 April 1908	5 December 1916	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| —	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons Sec. of State for War (1914)	Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Asquith I
Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (^Jan.1910)						Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Asquith II		George V Template:R.
Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (^Dec.1910)						Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) \| Asquith III
Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (—)						Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Asquith Coalition (Lib–Template:Wbr Con–Template:Wbrothers)
	David Lloyd GeorgeTemplate:Sfnm MP for Caernarvon Boroughs (1863–1945)	6 December 1916	19 October 1922	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (—)	First Lord of the Treasury	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Lloyd George War
		6 December 1916	19 October 1922	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1918	First Lord of the Treasury	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Lloyd George II (Lib–Template:Wbr Con)
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Edward VIII Template:Reign
George VI Template:R.
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		Winston ChurchillTemplate:Sfnm MP for Epping (1874–1965)	10 May 1940	26 July 1945	Template:Age in years and days	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| —	First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons (1940–1942) Minister of Defence	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Churchill War
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	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Clement AttleeTemplate:Sfnm MP for Limehouse (1883–1967)	26 July 1945	26 October 1951	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Labour \| 1945	First Lord of the Treasury Minister of Defence (1945–1946)	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour \| Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour \| Attlee I
	Template:Party shading/Labour \| 1950			26 July 1945	26 October 1951	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Labour \| Attlee II	First Lord of the Treasury Minister of Defence (1945–1946)
	rowspan=6 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Winston ChurchillTemplate:Sfnm MP for Woodford (1874–1965)	26 October 1951	5 April 1955	Template:Age in years and days	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1951	First Lord of the Treasury Minister of Defence (1951–1952)	rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Churchill III
Elizabeth II Template:R.				26 October 1951	5 April 1955	Template:Age in years and days		First Lord of the Treasury Minister of Defence (1951–1952)
		Anthony EdenTemplate:Sfnm MP for Warwick and Leamington (1897–1977)	6 April 1955	9 January 1957	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1955	First Lord of the Treasury	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Eden
		Harold MacmillanTemplate:Sfnm MP for Bromley (1894–1986)	10 January 1957	18 October 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| —	First Lord of the Treasury	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Macmillan I
			10 January 1957	18 October 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1959	First Lord of the Treasury	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Macmillan II
		Alec Douglas-HomeTemplate:Sfnm^{[lower-alpha 6]} MP for Kinross and Western Perthshire (1903–1995)	18 October ^{[citation needed]} 1963	16 October 1964	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| —	First Lord of the Treasury	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative (Scot.U.)	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Douglas-Home
	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Harold WilsonTemplate:Sfnm MP for Huyton (1916–1995)	16 October 1964	19 June 1970	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Labour \| 1964	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service (1968–1970)	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour \| Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour \| Wilson I
	Template:Party shading/Labour \| 1966		Harold WilsonTemplate:Sfnm MP for Huyton (1916–1995)	16 October 1964	19 June 1970	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Labour \| Wilson II
	style="background:Template:Party color" \|		Edward HeathTemplate:Sfnm MP for Bexley (1916–2005)	19 June 1970	4 March 1974	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1970	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Heath
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		James CallaghanTemplate:Sfnm MP for Cardiff South East (1912–2005)	5 April 1976	4 May 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Labour \| —	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	Template:Party shading/Labour \| Callaghan
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	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1983						Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Thatcher II
	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1987						Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Thatcher III
		John MajorTemplate:Sfnm MP for Huntingdon (bornTemplate:Nbsp1943) Premiership	28 November 1990	2 May 1997	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| —	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Major I
			28 November 1990	2 May 1997	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 1992	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Major II
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	Template:Party shading/Labour \| 2001						Template:Party shading/Labour \| Blair II
	Template:Party shading/Labour \| 2005						Template:Party shading/Labour \| Blair III
		Gordon BrownTemplate:Sfnm MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (bornTemplate:Nbsp1951) Premiership	27 June 2007	11 May 2010	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Labour \| —	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	Template:Party shading/Labour \| Brown
	rowspan=9 style="background:Template:Party color" \|		David CameronTemplate:Sfnm MP for Witney (bornTemplate:Nbsp1966) Premiership	11 May 2010	13 July 2016	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (2010)	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Cameron–Clegg (Con–Template:Wbr Lib.Dem)
	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 2015			11 May 2010	13 July 2016	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Cameron II	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service
		Theresa MayTemplate:Sfnm MP for Maidenhead (bornTemplate:Nbsp1956) Premiership	13 July 2016	24 July 2019	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| —	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| May I
			13 July 2016	24 July 2019	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (2017)	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| May II
		Boris JohnsonTemplate:Sfnm MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (bornTemplate:Nbsp1964) Premiership	24 July 2019	6 September 2022	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| (—)	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Johnson I
			24 July 2019	6 September 2022	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 2019		Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Johnson II
		Liz Truss^[19] MP for South West Norfolk (bornTemplate:Nbsp1975) Premiership	6 September 2022	25 October 2022	Template:Age in years and days	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)\| —	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Truss
Charles III Template:R.			6 September 2022	25 October 2022	Template:Age in years and days
Charles III Template:R.		Rishi Sunak^[20] MP for Richmond (Yorks) (bornTemplate:Nbsp1980) Premiership	25 October 2022	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)\| —	First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Sunak

Disputed prime ministers

Due to the gradual evolution of the post of prime minister, the title is applied to early prime ministers only retrospectively;^[17] this has sometimes given rise to academic dispute. William Pulteney, Lord Bath and James Waldegrave, Lord Waldegrave are sometimes listed as prime ministers.^[21] Bath was invited to form a ministry by George II when Henry Pelham resigned in 1746,^[22] as was Waldegrave in 1757 after the dismissal of William Pitt the Elder,^[23] who dominated the affairs of government during the Seven Years' War. Neither was able to command sufficient parliamentary support to form a government; Bath stepped down after two days^[21] and Waldegrave after four.^[23] Modern academic consensus does not consider either man to have held office as prime minister;^[24] they are therefore listed separately.

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List of disputed prime ministers of the United Kingdom since 1721
Portrait		Prime minister Office (Lifespan)	Term of office			Mandate^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Ministerial offices held as prime minister	Party	Government	Monarch Reign
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rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" \|Template:Zwsp		William Pulteney 1st Earl of Bath (1684–1764)	10 February 1746	12 February 1746	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| –	First Lord of the Treasury	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	class=nowrap Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Short Lived	George II Template:R.
	James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave (1715–1763)	8 June 1757	12 June 1757	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| –	First Lord of the Treasury	class=nowrap Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Waldegrave			George II Template:R.

List notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Legend for the Mandate column:

Template:Box a year

indicates a general election won by the government or that led to the formation of a government (the year links to the election's article);

Template:Box a parenthesised year

indicates an election resulting in no single party winning a Commons majority (the year links to the election's article);

Template:Box a dash

indicates the formation of a majority government without an election;

Template:Box a parenthesised dash

indicates the formation of a minority or coalition government during a hung parliament.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Died in office
↑ Pitt, for the first five days of his premiership (30 July – 4 August 1766), served as a Member of Parliament for Bath. He relinquished his Commons seat in order to take the office of Lord Privy Seal, which required his elevation to the House of Lords.
↑ Pitt ran under a different constituency in the 1784 British general election.
↑ Disraeli was elevated to the House of Lords in 1876, two years into his second premiership. Consequently, he relinquished his Commons seat and office as MP for Buckinghamshire.
↑ Douglas Home disclaimed his peerage as the Earl of Home on 23 October 1963. He was elected an MP on 7 November 1963.

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↑ Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927.
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↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Pollard 1904.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Chisholm 1911a.
↑ Chisholm 1911c.
↑ Chapman 2002.
↑ Morrill 2018.
↑ Chapman 2002, p. 15.
↑ McMullen Rigg 1899.
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 Leonard 2010, p. 1.
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↑ Leonard 2010, p. 47.
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 Leonard 2010, p. 65.
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"Rt Hon Gordon Brown". Parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2018. First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service.
"Rt Hon Boris Johnson". Parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022. First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union.
"Rt Hon Theresa May". Parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2018. First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service.
"Rt Hon Tony Blair". Parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2018. First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service.
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indicates a general election won by the government or that led to the formation of a government (the year links to the election's article);

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indicates an election resulting in no single party winning a Commons majority (the year links to the election's article);

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indicates the formation of a majority government without an election;

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indicates the formation of a minority or coalition government during a hung parliament.

[Died-20] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Died in office

[Pitt-21] Pitt, for the first five days of his premiership (30 July – 4 August 1766), served as a Member of Parliament for Bath. He relinquished his Commons seat in order to take the office of Lord Privy Seal, which required his elevation to the House of Lords.

[PittYounger-22] Pitt ran under a different constituency in the 1784 British general election.

[Disraeli-23] Disraeli was elevated to the House of Lords in 1876, two years into his second premiership. Consequently, he relinquished his Commons seat and office as MP for Buckinghamshire.

[Douglas-Home-24] Douglas Home disclaimed his peerage as the Earl of Home on 23 October 1963. He was elected an MP on 7 November 1963.

[FOOTNOTEHennessy200139–40-1] Hennessy 2001, pp. 39–40.

[2] Stephen Taylor ODNB.^{[full citation needed]}

[FOOTNOTECastlereagh1805-3] Castlereagh 1805.

[FOOTNOTEMarriott192383-4] Marriott 1923, p. 83.

[FOOTNOTEBBC_News1998-5] BBC News 1998.

[FOOTNOTEBogdanor1997-6] Bogdanor 1997.

[FOOTNOTELaw1922-7] Law 1922.

[FOOTNOTERoyal_and_Parliamentary_Titles_Act1927-8] Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927.

[FOOTNOTEChisholm1911f-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Chisholm 1911f.

[FOOTNOTEPollard1904-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Pollard 1904.

[FOOTNOTEChisholm1911a-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Chisholm 1911a.

[FOOTNOTEChisholm1911c-12] Chisholm 1911c.

[FOOTNOTEChapman2002-13] Chapman 2002.

[FOOTNOTEMorrill2018-14] Morrill 2018.

[FOOTNOTEChapman200215-15] Chapman 2002, p. 15.

[FOOTNOTEMcMullen_Rigg1899-16] McMullen Rigg 1899.

[FOOTNOTELeonard20101-17] 17.0 ^17.1 Leonard 2010, p. 1.

[FOOTNOTEUK_Government2013-18] UK Government 2013.

[25] Wingate, Sophie (6 September 2022). "Liz Truss to become UK's third female prime minister". independent.co.uk. Independent. Retrieved 25 October 2022.

[sunakpm-26] Nevett, Joshua (25 October 2022). "Rishi Sunak warns of difficult decisions ahead in first speech as PM". bbc.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022.

[FOOTNOTECarpenter199237-27] 21.0 ^21.1 Carpenter 1992, p. 37.

[FOOTNOTELeonard201047-28] Leonard 2010, p. 47.

[FOOTNOTELeonard201065-29] 23.0 ^23.1 Leonard 2010, p. 65.

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