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This is a listing of sessions of the Parliament of Great Britain, tabulated with the elections to the House of Commons for each session, and the list of members of the House.
The sessions are numbered from the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain. For later Westminster parliaments, see List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom, and for earlier ones, see List of Parliaments of England and List of Parliaments of Scotland.
| Number |
Start date |
Election |
Members |
First Lord(s) of the Treasury |
Party |
| 1st |
1707 |
none - co-opted |
MPs |
|
|
| 2nd |
1708 |
election |
MPs |
|
Whig |
| 3rd |
1710 |
election |
MPs |
|
Tory |
| 4th |
1713 |
election |
MPs |
|
Tory |
| 5th |
1715 |
election |
MPs |
|
Whig |
| 6th |
1722 |
election |
MPs |
Robert Walpole |
Whig |
| 7th |
1727 |
election |
MPs |
Robert Walpole |
Whig |
| 8th |
1734 |
election |
MPs |
Robert Walpole |
Whig |
| 9th |
1741 |
election |
MPs |
Robert Walpole
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Henry Pelham |
Whig |
| 10th |
1747 |
election |
MPs |
Henry Pelham |
Whig |
| 11th |
1754 |
election |
MPs |
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Newcastle |
Whig |
| 12th |
1761 |
election |
MPs |
Duke of Newcastle
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
George Grenville
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham |
Whig |
| 13th |
1768 |
election |
MPs |
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Frederick North, Lord North |
Whig |
| 14th |
1774 |
election |
MPs |
Lord North |
Tory |
| 15th |
1780 |
election |
MPs |
Lord North
Marquess of Rockingham
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
William Pitt the Younger |
Tory |
| 16th |
1784 |
election |
MPs |
William Pitt the Younger |
Tory |
| 17th |
1790 |
election |
MPs |
William Pitt the Younger |
Tory |
| 18th |
1796 |
election |
MPs |
William Pitt the Younger
Henry Addington |
Tory |
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