List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

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The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of Government of the United Kingdom, and chairs Cabinet meetings. There is no specific date when the office of Prime Minister first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over a period of time.^[1] The term was used in the House of Commons in 1805;^[2] it was certainly in Parliamentary use by the 1880s,^[3] and in 1905 the post of Prime Minister was officially given recognition in the order of precedence.^[4] Modern historians generally consider Sir Robert Walpole, who led the government of Great Britain for 21 years in 1721–42,^[5]^[6] as the first Prime Minister to serve; Walpole is also the longest-serving British prime minister by this definition.^[7] However, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was the first titular Prime Minister, and Margaret Thatcher the longest-serving Prime Minister to be officially referred to as such.

Strictly, the first "prime minister" of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ireland) was William Pitt the Younger. The first Prime Minister of the current British state, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was David Lloyd George, although the country was not renamed officially until 1925 when Stanley Baldwin was Prime Minister.

Due to the gradual evolution of the post of Prime Minister, the title is applied to early Prime Ministers only retrospectively; this has sometimes given rise to academic dispute. William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath and James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave are both sometimes listed as Prime Ministers. Bath was invited to form a ministry following the resignation of Henry Pelham in 1746, as was Waldegrave in 1757 following the dismissal of William Pitt the Elder (the predominant minister of the first Devonshire ministry). Neither was able to command sufficient Parliamentary support to form a government; Bath stepped down after two days, and Waldegrave after four. Modern academic consensus does not consider either man to have held office as Prime Minister, and they are not listed.

Before 1721

Prior to the creation of the United Kingdom, the Treasury of England was led by the Lord High Treasurer. From Tudor times, the Lord High Treasurer was regarded as one of the Great Officers of State and was often (though not always) the dominant figure in the government: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (Lord High Treasurer, 1547–49) served as Lord Protector to his nephew Edward VI; William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (Lord High Treasurer, 1572–98) served Elizabeth I as chief advisor; Burghley's son Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (Lord Privy Seal and Secretary of State; Lord High Treasurer, 1608–12) succeeded his father as chief minister to Elizabeth I and then James I.

From the 17th century onwards, the Treasury was often run not by a single individual (the Lord High Treasurer) but by a commission (i.e. a committee) of Lords of the Treasury, led by the First Lord of the Treasury. The last Lords High Treasurer, Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (Lord High Treasurer, 1702–10) and Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (Lord High Treasurer, 1711–14), led the government of Queen Anne.

After 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. In 1714–17, the ministry was led by Viscount Townshend, who was nominally Northern Secretary, having three different First Lords. In 1717–21 Lords Stanhope and Sunderland led the administration jointly, with Stanhope managing foreign affairs and Sunderland managing domestic affairs. Stanhope died in February 1721 and Sunderland resigned in April 1721; Townshend and Walpole returned to office. From that point, the holder of the office of First Lord also unofficially held the position of "prime minister". It was not until the 20th century that the title of Prime Minister was constitutionally recognised.^[8] The Prime Minister still holds the title of First Lord of the Treasury by constitutional convention.

Since 1721

Century

Monarch

Whig Tory Conservative Peelite Liberal Labour National Labour
Portrait	Name Honorifics & Constituency (Birth–Death)	Term of office Electoral mandates		Other ministerial offices held as Prime Minister	Political party	Government	Monarch (Reign)	Ref
	The Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole KG KB MP for King's Lynn until 1742 Earl of Orford from 1742 (1676–1745)	4 April 1721	15 May 1730	– First Lord of the Treasury – Chancellor of the Exchequer – Leader of the House of Commons	Whig	Walpole–Townshend (I–III)	George I (1714–1727)	^[5] ^[7] ^[9] ^[10]
		15 May 1730	11 February 1742			Walpole (IV–VI)	George I (1714–1727)
		1722 1727 1734 1741				Walpole (IV–VI)	George II (1727–1760)
	The Right Honourable Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington KG KB PC (1673–1743)	16 February 1742	2 July 1743†	– First Lord of the Treasury	Whig	Carteret		^[11]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury	Whig	Carteret		^[11]
	The Right Honourable Henry Pelham FRS MP for Sussex (1694–1754)	27 August 1743	10 February 1746	– First Lord of the Treasury – Chancellor of the Exchequer – Leader of the House of Commons	Whig	Carteret		^[12] ^[13] ^[14] ^[15]
		27 August 1743	10 February 1746			Broad Bottom (I–III)
		12 February 1746	6 March 1754†
		1747
	His Grace Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle KG PC FRS (1693–1768)	16 March 1754	16 November 1756	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Newcastle (I & II)		^[11] ^[16] ^[17]
		1754		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Newcastle (I & II)		^[11] ^[16] ^[17]
	His Grace William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire KG PC (1720–1764)	16 November 1756	25 June 1757	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Pitt–Devonshire		^[11] ^[18]
		16 November 1756	25 June 1757			1757 Caretaker
		—				1757 Caretaker
	His Grace Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle KG PC FRS (1693–1768)	2 July 1757	26 May 1762	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Pitt–Newcastle (I & II)		^[11] ^[19]
		1761		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Pitt–Newcastle (I & II)	George III (1760–1820)	^[11] ^[19]
	The Right Honourable John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute KG PC (1713–1792)	26 May 1762	8 April 1763	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Tory	Bute		^[20]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Tory	Bute		^[20]
	The Right Honourable George Grenville PC MP for Buckingham (1712–1770)	16 April 1763	13 July 1765	– First Lord of the Treasury – Chancellor of the Exchequer – Leader of the House of Commons	Whig (Grenvillite)	Grenville		^[21]
		—			Whig (Grenvillite)	Grenville		^[21]
	The Most Honourable Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham KG PC FRS (1730–1782)	13 July 1765	30 July 1766	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig (Rockingham)	Rockingham I		^[22]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig (Rockingham)	Rockingham I		^[22]
	The Right Honourable William Pitt ‘the Elder’, 1st Earl of Chatham PC FRS MP for Bath until 1766 Earl of Chatham from 1766 (1708–1778)	30 July 1766	14 October 1768	– Lord Privy Seal	Whig (Chathamite)	Chatham (I & II)		^[23]
		1768		– Lord Privy Seal	Whig (Chathamite)	Chatham (I & II)		^[23]
	His Grace Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton KG PC (1735–1811)	14 October 1768	28 January 1770	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig (Chathamite)	Grafton		^[24]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig (Chathamite)	Grafton		^[24]
	The Right Honourable Frederick North, Lord North KG PC MP for Banbury (1732–1792)	28 January 1770	22 March 1782	– First Lord of the Treasury – Chancellor of the Exchequer – Leader of the House of Commons	Tory	North (I–III)		^[25]
		1774 1780			Tory	North (I–III)		^[25]
	The Most Honourable Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham KG PC (1730–1782)	27 March 1782	1 July 1782†	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig (Rockingham)	Rockingham II		^[11]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig (Rockingham)	Rockingham II		^[11]
	The Right Honourable William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne KG PC (1737–1805)	4 July 1782	2 April 1783	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig (Chathamite)	Shelburne		^[11]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig (Chathamite)	Shelburne		^[11]
	His Grace William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland PC FRS (1738–1809)	2 April 1783	19 December 1783	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Fox–North		^[11]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Fox–North		^[11]
	The Right Honourable William Pitt ‘the Younger’ MP for Appleby until 1784 MP for Cambridge University from 1784 (1759–1806)	19 December 1783	14 March 1801	– First Lord of the Treasury – Chancellor of the Exchequer – Leader of the House of Commons	Tory (Pittite)	Pitt (I–IV)		^[26]
		1784 1790 1796			Tory (Pittite)	Pitt (I–IV)		^[26]
	The Right Honourable Henry Addington MP for Devizes (1757–1844)	17 March 1801	10 May 1804	– First Lord of the Treasury – Chancellor of the Exchequer – Leader of the House of Commons	Tory (Pittite)	Addington (I & II)		^[11]
		1801 co-option 1802			Tory (Pittite)	Addington (I & II)		^[11]
	The Right Honourable William Pitt ‘the Younger’ MP for Cambridge University (1759–1806)	10 May 1804	23 January 1806†	– First Lord of the Treasury – Chancellor of the Exchequer – Leader of the House of Commons	Tory (Pittite)	Pitt V		^[11]
		—			Tory (Pittite)	Pitt V		^[11]
	The Right Honourable William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville PC FRS (1759–1834)	11 February 1806	31 March 1807	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	All the Talents (I & II)		^[11]
		1806		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	All the Talents (I & II)		^[11]
	His Grace William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland KG PC FRS (1738–1809)	31 March 1807	4 October 1809	– First Lord of the Treasury	Tory (nominally Whig)	Portland (II & III)		^[11]
		1807		– First Lord of the Treasury	Tory (nominally Whig)	Portland (II & III)		^[11]
	The Right Honourable Spencer Perceval KC MP for Northampton (1762–1812)	4 October 1809	11 May 1812†	– First Lord of the Treasury – Chancellor of the Exchequer – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – Leader of the House of Commons	Tory	Perceval		^[27]
		—			Tory	Perceval		^[27]
	The Right Honourable Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool KG PC FRS (1770–1828)	8 June 1812	9 April 1827	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Tory	Liverpool (I–V)		^[28]
		1812 1818 1820 1826		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Tory	Liverpool (I–V)	George IV (1820–1830)	^[28]
	The Right Honourable George Canning FRS MP for Seaford (1770–1827)	10 April 1827	8 August 1827†	– First Lord of the Treasury – Chancellor of the Exchequer – Leader of the House of Commons	Tory (Canningite)	Canning (Canningite–Whig)		^[11]
		—			Tory (Canningite)	Canning (Canningite–Whig)		^[11]
	The Right Honourable Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich PC (1782–1859)	31 August 1827	21 January 1828	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Tory (Canningite)	Goderich (Canningite–Whig)		^[11]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Tory (Canningite)	Goderich (Canningite–Whig)		^[11]
	Field Marshal His Grace Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington KG GCB GCH PC (1769–1852)	22 January 1828	16 November 1830	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Tory	Wellington		^[11]
		1830		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Tory	Wellington	William IV (1830–1837)	^[11]
	The Right Honourable Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey KG PC (1764–1845)	22 November 1830	9 July 1834	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Grey (I–III)		^[29]
		1831 1832		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Grey (I–III)		^[29]
	The Right Honourable William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne PC (1779–1848)	16 July 1834	14 November 1834	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Melbourne I		^[30]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Melbourne I		^[30]
	Field Marshal His Grace Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington KG GCB GCH PC (1769–1852)	14 November 1834	10 December 1834	– First Lord of the Treasury – Secretary of State for the Home Department – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies – Leader of the House of Lords	Tory	Wellington Caretaker		^[31]
		—			Tory	Wellington Caretaker		^[31]
	The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bt FRS MP for Tamworth (1788–1850)	10 December 1834	8 April 1835	– First Lord of the Treasury – Chancellor of the Exchequer – Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Peel I		^[32] ^[33]
		1835§			Conservative	Peel I		^[32] ^[33]
	The Right Honourable William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne PC FRS (1779–1848)	18 April 1835	30 August 1841	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Melbourne (II & III)		^[34]
		1835 1837		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Melbourne (II & III)	Victoria (1837–1901)	^[34]
	The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bt FRS MP for Tamworth (1788–1850)	30 August 1841	29 June 1846	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Peel II		^[35]
		1841			Conservative	Peel II		^[35]
	The Right Honourable Lord John Russell GCMG PC FRS MP for City of London (1792–1878)	30 June 1846	21 February 1852	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Whig	Russell (I & II)		^[36]
		1847§			Whig	Russell (I & II)		^[36]
	The Right Honourable Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby PC (1799–1869)	23 February 1852	17 December 1852	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Who? Who? (I & II)		^[37]
		1852		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Who? Who? (I & II)		^[37]
	The Right Honourable George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen KG KT FRSE FRS PC FSA Scot (1784–1860)	19 December 1852	30 January 1855	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Peelite	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)		^[38]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Peelite	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)		^[38]
	The Right Honourable Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston KG GCB PC FRS MP for Tiverton (1784–1865)	6 February 1855	19 February 1858	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Whig	Palmerston (I & II)		^[39]
		1857			Whig	Palmerston (I & II)		^[39]
	The Right Honourable Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby KG PC (1799–1869)	20 February 1858	11 June 1859	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Derby III		^[40]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Derby III		^[40]
	The Right Honourable Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston KG GCB PC FRS MP for Tiverton (1784–1865)	12 June 1859	18 October 1865†	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Liberal	Palmerston (III & IV)		^[41]
		1859 1865			Liberal	Palmerston (III & IV)		^[41]
	The Right Honourable John Russell, 1st Earl Russell KG GCMG PC FRS (1792–1878)	29 October 1865	26 June 1866	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Liberal	Russell III		^[42]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Liberal	Russell III		^[42]
	The Right Honourable Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby KG PC (1799–1869)	28 June 1866	25 February 1868	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Derby IV		^[43]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Derby IV		^[43]
	The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli MP for Buckinghamshire (1804–1881)	Disraeli Premierships		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Disraeli I		^[44]
		27 February 1868	1 December 1868
		—
	The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FSS MP for Greenwich (1809–1898)	Gladstone Premierships		– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons – Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1873	Liberal	Gladstone I		^[45]
		3 December 1868	17 February 1874
		1868
	The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield KG PC FRS MP for Buckinghamshire until 1876 Earl of Beaconsfield from 1876 (1804–1881)	20 February 1874	21 April 1880	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons until 1876 – Lord Privy Seal during 1876–1878 – Leader of the House of Lords from 1876	Conservative	Disraeli II		^[46]
		1874			Conservative	Disraeli II		^[46]
	The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS MP for Midlothian (1809–1898)	23 April 1880	9 June 1885	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons – Chancellor of the Exchequer during 1880–1882	Liberal	Gladstone II		^[47]
		1880			Liberal	Gladstone II		^[47]
	The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO PC FRS (1830–1903)	23 June 1885	28 January 1886	– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs – Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Salisbury I		^[48]
		1885§			Conservative	Salisbury I		^[48]
	The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS MP for Midlothian (1809–1898)	1 February 1886	20 July 1886	– First Lord of the Treasury – Lord Privy Seal – Leader of the House of Commons	Liberal	Gladstone III		^[49]
		1885			Liberal	Gladstone III		^[49]
	The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO PC FRS (1830–1903)	25 July 1886	11 August 1892	– Leader of the House of Lords – First Lord of the Treasury during 1886–1887 – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1887	Conservative	Salisbury II		^[50]
		1886			Conservative	Salisbury II		^[50]
	The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS MP for Midlothian (1809–1898)	15 August 1892	2 March 1894	– First Lord of the Treasury – Lord Privy Seal – Leader of the House of Commons	Liberal	Gladstone IV		^[51]
		1892§			Liberal	Gladstone IV		^[51]
	The Right Honourable Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery KG PC FRS (1847–1929)	5 March 1894	22 June 1895	– First Lord of the Treasury – Lord President of the Council – Leader of the House of Lords	Liberal	Rosebery		^[52]
		—			Liberal	Rosebery		^[52]
	The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO PC FRS (1830–1903)	25 June 1895	11 July 1902	– Leader of the House of Lords – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs during 1895–1900 – Lord Privy Seal from 1900	Conservative	Salisbury (III–V) (Cons.–Lib.U.)		^[53]
		1895 1900			Conservative	Salisbury (III–V) (Cons.–Lib.U.)	Edward VII (1901–1910)	^[53]
	The Right Honourable Arthur Balfour OM FRS DL MP for Manchester East (1848–1930)	11 July 1902	5 December 1905	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Balfour (Cons.–Lib.U.)		^[11]
		—			Conservative	Balfour (Cons.–Lib.U.)		^[11]
	The Right Honourable Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB MP for Stirling Burghs (1836–1908)	5 December 1905	7 April 1908	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Liberal	Campbell-Bannerman (I & II)		^[11]
		1906			Liberal	Campbell-Bannerman (I & II)		^[11]
	The Right Honourable Herbert Henry Asquith KC FRS MP for East Fife (1852–1928)	7 April 1908	25 May 1915	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons – Secretary of State for War during 1914	Liberal	Asquith (I–III)		^[11]
		25 May 1915	6 December 1916			Asquith IV (Lib.–Cons.–Lab.)	George V (1910–1936)
		Jan.1910§ Dec.1910§				Asquith IV (Lib.–Cons.–Lab.)
	The Right Honourable David Lloyd George OM MP for Caernarvon Boroughs (1863–1945)	6 December 1916	19 October 1922	– First Lord of the Treasury	Liberal	Lloyd George (I & II) (Lib.–Cons.–Lab.)		^[54]
		1918		– First Lord of the Treasury	Liberal	Lloyd George (I & II) (Lib.–Cons.–Lab.)		^[54]
	The Right Honourable Andrew Bonar Law MP for Glasgow Central (1858–1923)	23 October 1922	20 May 1923	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Law (I & II)		^[55]
		1922			Conservative	Law (I & II)		^[55]
	The Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin MP for Bewdley (1867–1947)	23 May 1923	16 January 1924	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons – Chancellor of the Exchequer during 1923	Conservative	Baldwin I		^[56]
		—			Conservative	Baldwin I		^[56]
	The Right Honourable Ramsay MacDonald MP for Aberavon (1866–1937)	22 January 1924	4 November 1924	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Labour	MacDonald I		^[57]
		1923§			Labour	MacDonald I		^[57]
	The Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin FRS MP for Bewdley (1867–1947)	4 November 1924	5 June 1929	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Baldwin II		^[58]
		1924			Conservative	Baldwin II		^[58]
	The Right Honourable Ramsay MacDonald FRS MP for Seaham (1866–1937)	5 June 1929	24 August 1931	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Labour	MacDonald II		^[59]
		24 August 1931	7 June 1935		National Labour	1st & 2nd National (Lab.Nat.–Cons.–Lib.Nat. –Lib. until 1932)
		1929§ 1931			National Labour
	The Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin FRS MP for Bewdley (1867–1947)	7 June 1935	28 May 1937	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	3rd National (Cons.–Lab.Nat.–Lib.Nat.)		^[60]
		1935					Edward VIII (1936)
		1935					George VI (1936–1952)
	The Right Honourable Neville Chamberlain FRS MP for Birmingham Edgbaston (1869–1940)	28 May 1937	3 September 1939	– First Lord of the Treasury – Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	4th National (Cons.–Lab.Nat.–Lib.Nat.)		^[11]
		3 September 1939	10 May 1940			Chamberlain War (Cons.–Lab.Nat.–Lib.Nat.)
		—				Chamberlain War (Cons.–Lab.Nat.–Lib.Nat.)
	The Right Honourable Winston Churchill CH TD DL FRS RA MP for Epping (1874–1965)	10 May 1940	23 May 1945	– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister of Defence – Leader of the House of Commons until 1942	Conservative	Churchill War (All parties)		^[61] ^[62]
		23 May 1945	26 July 1945			Churchill Caretaker (Cons.–Lib.Nat.)
		—				Churchill Caretaker (Cons.–Lib.Nat.)
	The Right Honourable Clement Attlee OM CH FRS MP for Limehouse until 1950 MP for Walthamstow West from 1950 (1883–1967)	26 July 1945	26 October 1951	– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister of Defence during 1945–1946	Labour	Attlee (I & II)		^[63]
		1945 1950			Labour	Attlee (I & II)		^[63]
	The Right Honourable Sir Winston Churchill KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA MP for Woodford (1874–1965)	26 October 1951	6 April 1955	– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister of Defence during 1951–1952	Conservative	Churchill III		^[64]
		1951			Conservative	Churchill III	Elizabeth II (1952–present)	^[64]
	The Right Honourable Sir Anthony Eden KG MC MP for Warwick and Leamington (1897–1977)	6 April 1955	10 January 1957	– First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative	Eden (I & II)		^[65]
		1955		– First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative	Eden (I & II)		^[65]
	The Right Honourable Harold Macmillan FRS MP for Bromley (1894–1986)	10 January 1957	19 October 1963	– First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative	Macmillan (I & II)		^[66]
		1959		– First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative	Macmillan (I & II)		^[66]
	The Right Honourable Sir Alec Douglas-Home KT Earl of Home until 1963 MP for Kinross and Western Perthshire from 1963 (1903–1995)	19 October 1963	16 October 1964	– First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative	Douglas-Home		^[67]
		—		– First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative	Douglas-Home		^[67]
	The Right Honourable Harold Wilson OBE FRS MP for Huyton (1916–1995)	16 October 1964	19 June 1970	– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister for the Civil Service from 1968	Labour	Wilson (I & II)		^[68]
		1964 1966			Labour	Wilson (I & II)		^[68]
	The Right Honourable Edward Heath MBE MP for Bexley (1916–2005)	19 June 1970	4 March 1974	– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister for the Civil Service	Conservative	Heath		^[69]
		1970			Conservative	Heath		^[69]
	The Right Honourable Harold Wilson OBE FRS MP for Huyton (1916–1995)	4 March 1974	5 April 1976	– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister for the Civil Service	Labour	Wilson (III & IV)		^[70]
		Feb.1974§ Oct.1974			Labour	Wilson (III & IV)		^[70]
	The Right Honourable James Callaghan MP for Cardiff South East (1912–2005)	5 April 1976	4 May 1979	– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister for the Civil Service	Labour	Callaghan		^[71] ^[72]
		—			Labour	Callaghan		^[71] ^[72]
	The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher FRS MP for Finchley (1925–2013)	Thatcher Premiership		– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister for the Civil Service	Conservative	Thatcher I		^[73] ^[74]
		4 May 1979	28 November 1990			Thatcher II
		1979 1983 1987				Thatcher III
	The Right Honourable John Major MP for Huntingdon (born 1943)	28 November 1990	2 May 1997	– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister for the Civil Service	Conservative	Major I		^[75] ^[76]
		28 November 1990	2 May 1997			Major II
		1992				Major II
	The Right Honourable Tony Blair MP for Sedgefield (born 1953)	Blair Premiership		– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister for the Civil Service	Labour	Blair (I–III)		^[77] ^[78]
		2 May 1997	27 June 2007
		1997 2001 2005
	The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (born 1951)	Brown Premiership		– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister for the Civil Service	Labour	Brown		^[79]
		27 June 2007	11 May 2010
		—
	The Right Honourable David Cameron MP for Witney (born 1966)	Cameron Premiership		– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister for the Civil Service	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Cons.–Lib.Dem.)		^[80]
		11 May 2010	8 May 2015			Cameron–Clegg (Cons.–Lib.Dem.)
		8 May 2015	13 July 2016			Cameron II
		2010§ 2015				Cameron II
	The Right Honourable Theresa May MP for Maidenhead (born 1956)	May Premiership		– First Lord of the Treasury – Minister for the Civil Service	Conservative	May I		^[81]
		13 July 2016	Incumbent			May I
		13 July 2016	Incumbent			May II
		2017§				May II

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