Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Elected | Monarch | ||
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Winston Churchill | 26 Oct. 1951 |
5 Apr. 1955 |
Conservative | 1951 | |||
Anthony Eden | 5 Apr. 1955 |
9 Jan. 1957 |
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1955 | ||||
Harold Macmillan | 9 Jan. 1957 |
18 Oct. 1963 |
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1959 | ||||
Alec Douglas-Home | 18 Oct. 1963 |
16 Oct. 1964 |
- | ||||
Harold Wilson | 16 Oct. 1964 |
23 Aug. 1967 |
Labour | 1964 | |||
James Callaghan | 23 Aug. 1967 |
2 May 1969 |
- | ||||
Edward Heath | 2 May 1969 |
4 Mar. 1974 |
Conservative | 1969 | |||
Peter Shore | 4 Mar. 1974 |
4 May 1979 |
Labour | 1974 | |||
Margaret Thatcher | 4 May 1979 |
19 Jun. 1982 |
Conservative | 1979 | |||
Geoffrey Howe | 19 Jun. 1982 |
6 May 1988 |
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1983 | ||||
Neil Kinnock | 6 May 1988 |
15 Mar. 1994 |
Labour | 1988
1992 | |||
John Smith | 15 Mar. 1994 |
12 May 1994 |
- | ||||
Gordon Brown | 12 May 1994 |
2 May 1997 |
- | ||||
Kenneth Clarke | 2 May 1997 |
5 May 2006 |
Conservative | 1997
2001 | |||
Hilary Benn | 5 Mar. 2006 |
13 Nov. 2012 |
Labour | 2006
2010 | |||
Tom Watson | 13 Nov. 2012 |
8 May 2015 |
- | ||||
Nigel Farage | 8 May 2015 |
Incumbent | Conservative | 2015 |