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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 present Prime Minister Keir Starmer since 5 July 2024.
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom. Top left: Robert Walpole is considered the first prime minister of Great Britain. Top right: Winston Churchill was prime minister during much of World War II. Bottom left: Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister. Bottom right: Keir Starmer is the incumbent prime minister.
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.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Tory 1834 to 1834. Tory 1828 to 1830.
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.
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. He became George I Chief Minister because the German born King had little interest in British affairs, and since he spoke no English, he was unable to follow Cabinet ...
This note lists the Prime Ministers that have served in the United Kingdom, since 1721. It also provides information on changes of Prime Ministers between elections since 1900.
On this page you can find biographies for all 58 past and present Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. Learn about their individual achievements, failures, decisions and key moments during their premiership.
58 people (55 men and 3 women) have served as prime minister, the first of whom was Robert Walpole taking office on 3 April 1721. The longest-serving prime minister was also Walpole, who served over 20 years, and the shortest-serving was Liz Truss, who served seven weeks.
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.