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Robert Walpole
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Spencer Compton, 3rd Earl of Wilmington
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Henry Pelham
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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
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William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
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George Grenville
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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
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William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham
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Augustus Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
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Frederick North, Lord North
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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
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William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
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William Pitt the Younger
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Henry Addington
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William Pitt the Younger
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William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
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Spencer Compton
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Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
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George Canning
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Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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Robert Peel
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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Robert Peel
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John Russell
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
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Benjamin Disraeli
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William Ewart Gladstone
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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William Ewart Gladstone
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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William Ewart Gladstone
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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William Ewart Gladstone
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Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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Arthur Balfour
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Henry Campbell-Bannnerman
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H.H. Asquith
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David Lloyd George
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Bonar Law
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Stanley Baldwin
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Ramsay Macdonald
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Stanley Baldwin
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Ramsay Macdonald
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Stanley Baldwin
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Neville Chamberlain
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Winston Churchill
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Clement Attlee
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Winston Churchill
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Anthony Eden
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Harold Macmillan
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Alec Douglas-Home
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Harold Wilson
Won the 1964 general election by a slim margin.
Called the 1966 general election, winning a larger majority.
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Edward Heath
Won the 1970 general election, becoming prime minister.
Failed to form a minority government after the Hung parliament result of the Feb 1974 general election, leading to a Labour minority government. -
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Harold Wilson
Formed a minority government after the Hung parliament result of the Feb 1974 general election.
Won a slight majority in the Oct 1974 general election.
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James Callaghan
Won the 1976 Labour leadership election after Wilson's resignation.
Lost his majority over time by by-elections.
Entered a working coalition with the Liberals with the Lib-Lab pact, to gain a working majority in 1977.
Lost a vote of no confidence due to the 'winter of discontent'.
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Margaret Thatcher
Won the 1979 general election, becoming the first female prime minister.
Wins further majorities in the 1983 and 1987 general elections.
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John Major
Won the 1990 Conservative leadership election after Thatcher's resignation.
Won a majority in the 1992 general election.
Though this majority was lost after the 1996 Barnsley East By-election.
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Tony Blair
Won a Landslide in the 1997 general election.
Won further, though diminishing, landslides in the 2001 and 2005 general elections.
Resigned due to his controversial entry in the Iraq war on the 27th June 2007. -
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Gordon Brown
Won the 2007 Labour leadership election, becoming Prime minister.
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David Cameron
Became PM after forming a coalition with the Liberal Democrats after the 2010 general election produced a hung Parliament.
Broke with the Liberal Democrats for the 2015 general election, winning a majority.
Resigned after controversy in the 2016 EU referendum. -
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Theresa May
Won the 2016 Conservative leadership election after Cameron's resignation, becoming PM.
Lost her majority in the 2017 general election so made a coalition with the Democratic Unionist Party.
Resigned in 2019 after failing to complete Brexit. -
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Boris Johnson
Won the 2019 Conservative leadership election.
Won a landslide in the 2019 general election.
Resigned after several scandals, such as the partygate scandal. -
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Liz Truss
Became PM after winning the Sep 2022 Conservative Party leadership election after Johnson's resignation due to several scandals.
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Rishi Sunak
Became PM after winning the Oct 2024 Conservative Party leadership election, following Liz Truss's resignation.
Notable for planning to send illegal migrants to Rwanda as a deterrent, attempting to scrap A-levels, ban smoking among other things.
Was defeated in the 2024 General Election by Labour leader Keir Starmer, who became PM.