History UsefulNotes / TheMenOfDowningStreet

* UsefulNotes/LizTruss (Conservative, 2022–present) -- Governing while MP for South West Norfolk; living (obviously), the third woman to become Prime Minister, succeeded Boris Johnson following his resignation. Very briefly served under UsefulNotes/ElizabethII, taking office two days before the Queen's death. Resigned on 20 October 2022 after just 45 days in office, rendering her the shortest-serving PM ''ever''.

* UsefulNotes/LizTruss (Conservative, 2022–present) -- Governing while MP for South West Norfolk; living (obviously), the third woman to become Prime Minister, succeeded Boris Johnson following his resignation. Very briefly served under UsefulNotes/ElizabethII, taking office two days before the Queen's death.

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* UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson (Conservative, 2019–22) -- Governed while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living; the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union, oversaw most of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and became one of the firmest West European supporters of arming UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} amidst the 2022 invasion of the latter by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia Russia]]. Probably the first practising Catholic PM, though he refused to confirm it, as he was baptized Catholic and married in a Catholic ceremony (the first sitting PM to wed in office in two centuries) during his tenure.[[note]]The Roman Catholic Church allowed this despite Johnson being twice divorced as neither of ''those'' marriages had been celebrated in the Catholic Church.[[/note]] Resigned after multiple scandals including Partygate[[note]]the revelations that Johnson and his staff had held multiple parties at 10 Downing Street during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020-21, resulting in Johnson and his wife getting fined by the police[[/note]], the Owen Paterson scandal[[note]]an attempt by Johnson to change anti-corruption rules for [=MPs=] to prevent Paterson, a senior Conservative politician who'd been found in breach of lobbying rules, from being suspended from Parliament[[/note]] and the Chris Pincher scandal[[note]]the revelation that Johnson had appointed Pincher to a government post despite knowing that he had been the subject of (and investigated by the police over) multiple allegations of sexual misconduct[[/note]], the last of which led to mass resignations from his cabinet which ultimately forced him to announce his own; still an MP.

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[[WMG:'''Notable fictional Prime Ministers''']]

* Harry Perkins in ''Literature/AVeryBritishCoup''.

* David (Creator/HughGrant) in ''Film/LoveActually''.

* UsefulNotes/LizTruss (Conservative, 2022–present) -- Governing while MP for South West Norfolk; living (obviously), the third woman to become Prime Minister, succeeded Boris Johnson following his resignation. Briefly served under Elizabeth II, taking office two days before the Queen's death.

* Jim Hacker in ''[[Series/YesMinister Yes, Prime Minister]]''.

* Francis Urquhart in the ''[[Series/HouseOfCardsUK House of Cards]]'' trilogy.
* David in ''Film/LoveActually''.

* Plantagenet Palliser (among others) in the ''Literature/Palliser'' novels.
* Jim Hacker in ''[[Series/YesMinister Yes, Prime Minister]]''

* UsefulNotes/LizTruss (Conservative, 2022–present) -- Governing while MP for South West Norfolk; living (obviously), the third woman to become Prime Minister, succeeded Boris Johnson following his resignation.

* UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson (Conservative, 2019–22) -- Governed while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living; the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union, oversaw most of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and became one of the firmest West European supporters of arming UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} amidst the 2022 invasion of the latter by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia Russia]]. Probably the first practicing Catholic PM, though he refused to confirm it, as he was baptized Catholic and married in a Catholic ceremony (the first sitting PM to wed in office in two centuries) during his tenure.[[note]]The Roman Catholic Church allowed this despite Johnson being twice divorced as neither of ''those'' marriages had been celebrated in the Catholic Church.[[/note]] Resigned after multiple scandals including Partygate[[note]]the revelations that Johnson and his staff had held multiple parties at 10 Downing Street during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020-21, resulting in Johnson and his wife getting fined by the police[[/note]], the Owen Paterson scandal[[note]]an attempt by Johnson to change anti-corruption rules for [=MPs=] to prevent Paterson, a senior Conservative politician who'd been found in breach of lobbying rules, from being suspended from Parliament[[/note]] and the Chris Pincher scandal[[note]]the revelation that Johnson had appointed Pincher to a government post despite knowing that he had been the subject of (and investigated by the police over) multiple allegations of sexual misconduct[[/note]], the last of which led to mass resignations from his cabinet which ultimately forced him to announce his own; still an MP.

* UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson (Conservative, 2019–22) -- Governed while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living; the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union, oversaw most of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and became one of the firmest West European supporters of arming UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} amidst the 2022 invasion of the latter by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia Russia]]. Probably the first practicing Catholic PM, though he refused to confirm it, as he was baptized Catholic and married in a Catholic ceremony (the first sitting PM to wed in office in two centuries) during his tenure. Resigned after multiple scandals including Partygate[[note]]the revelations that Johnson and his staff had held multiple parties at 10 Downing Street during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020-21, resulting in Johnson and his wife getting fined by the police[[/note]], the Owen Paterson scandal[[note]]an attempt by Johnson to change anti-corruption rules for [=MPs=] to prevent Paterson, a senior Conservative politician who'd been found in breach of lobbying rules, from being suspended from Parliament[[/note]] and the Chris Pincher scandal[[note]]the revelation that Johnson had appointed Pincher to a government post despite knowing that he had been the subject of (and investigated by the police over) multiple allegations of sexual misconduct[[/note]], the last of which led to mass resignations from his cabinet which ultimately forced him to announce his own; still an MP.

* UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson (Conservative, 2019–22) -- Governed while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living; the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union, oversaw most of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and became one of the firmest West European supporters of arming UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} amidst the 2022 invasion of the latter by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia Russia]]. Resigned after multiple scandals including Partygate[[note]]the revelations that Johnson and his staff had held multiple parties at 10 Downing Street during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020-21, resulting in Johnson and his wife getting fined by the police[[/note]], the Owen Paterson scandal[[note]]an attempt by Johnson to change anti-corruption rules for [=MPs=] to prevent Paterson, a senior Conservative politician who'd been found in breach of lobbying rules, from being suspended from Parliament[[/note]] and the Chris Pincher scandal[[note]]the revelation that Johnson had appointed Pincher to a government post despite knowing that he had been the subject of (and investigated by the police over) multiple allegations of sexual misconduct[[/note]], the last of which led to mass resignations from his cabinet which ultimately forced him to announce his own; still an MP.

* UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson (Conservative, 2019–22) -- Governed while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living; the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union, oversaw most of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and became one of the firmest West European supporters of arming UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} amidst the 2022 invasion of the latter by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia Russia]]. Resigned after multiple scandals including Partygate[[note]]the revelations that Johnson and his staff had held multiple parties at 10 Downing Street during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020-21, resulting in Johnson and his wife getting fined by the police[[/note]], the Owen Paterson scandal[[note]]an attempt by Johnson to change anti-corruption rules for [=MPs=] to prevent Paterson, a senior Conservative politician who'd been found in breach of lobbying rules, from being suspended from Parliament[[/note]] and the Chris Pincher scandal[[note]]the revelation that Johnson had appointed Pincher to a government post despite knowing that he had been the subject of (and investigated by the police over) multiple allegations of sexual misconduct[[/note]], the last of which led to mass resignations from his cabinet which ultimately forced him to announce his own.

* [[UsefulNotes/LordNorth Frederick North, Lord North]] (Tory, 1770–82) -- Governed while serving as MP for Banbury. Doubled as chancellor during his premiership and was subsequently Home secretary for the better part of 1783. Left the House of Commons in 1790 when he succeeded his father as earl of Guilford. Died in 1792.

* Henry Addington (Tory, 1801–04) -- governed while MP for Devizes; previously Speaker from 1789 until 1801; retired from the Commons in 1805 and was created Viscount Sidmouth; as Lord Liverpool's Home secretary from 1812 to 1822, he oversaw a crackdown on free speech; died in 1844

* UsefulNotes/GeorgeCanning (Tory and later Coalition, April–August 1827) -- after distinguished spells as Foreign secretary under Lords Portland and Liverpool, he became Britain's [[ShortRunners shortest-serving]] and arguably most WhatCouldHaveBeen PM (119 days), since he died in office of tuberculosis;[[note]]In the same room where Charles James Fox, an important politician of an earlier generation, had died, no less![[/note]] governed while MP for Seaford

* UsefulNotes/AnthonyEden (Conservative, 1955–57) -- governed while MP for Warwick & Leamington; resigned not just from the premiership but the Commons over the Suez Crisis, which effectively marked the end of the British Empire as a geopolitical concept (and British aspirations to superpower status alongside the USA and USSR);[[note]]Rich irony since he was considered a distinguished Foreign secretary under Churchill.[[/note]] died in 1977

* UsefulNotes/AlecDouglasHome (Conservative, 1963–64) -- pronounced "Douglas-''Hume''"; the last prime minister to sit in the House of Lords (he renounced the Earldom of Home and finished his term in the Commons, being elected at Kinross & Western Perthshire); also ([[BlueBlood and not surprisingly]]) the last PM to be descended from or closely related to a previous PM; died in 1995

* UsefulNotes/LizTruss (Conservative, 2022–Present) -- Governed while MP for South West Norfolk; living (obviously), the third woman to become Prime Minister, succeeded Boris Johnson.

* UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson (Conservative, 2019–22) -- Governing while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living; the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union, oversaw most of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and became one of the firmest West European supporters of arming UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} amidst the 2022 invasion of the latter by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia Russia]]. Resigned after multiple scandals including Partygate, the Owen Paterson scandal and the Chris Pincher scandal, the last of which led to mass resignations from his cabinet which ultimately forced him to announce his own.
* UsefulNotes/LizTruss (Conservative, 2016–Present) MP for South West Norfolk; living (obviously), the third woman to become Prime Minister, succeeded Boris Johnson.

* UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson (Conservative, 2019–22) -- Governing while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living (obviously); the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union, oversaw most of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and became one of the firmest West European supporters of arming UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} amidst the 2022 invasion of the latter by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia Russia]]. Resigned after multiple scandals including Partygate, the Owen Paterson scandal and the Chris Pincher scandal, the last of which led to mass resignations from his cabinet which ultimately forced him to announce his own.

* UsefulNotes/LordNorth (Tory, 1770–82) -- Governed while serving as MP for Banbury. Doubled as chancellor during his premiership and was subsequently Home secretary for the better part of 1783. Left the House of Commons in 1790 when he succeeded his father as earl of Guilford. Died in 1792.

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'''George III'''

* William Gladstone (Liberal, 1880–1885) -- second time in office, during which he became the first MP to represent a constituency in Scotland, namely Midlothian, which he would continue to represent in his subsequent premierships

* UsefulNotes/HenryCampbellBannerman (Liberal, 1905–08) -- governed while MP for Stirling Burghs; first PM officially to use the title; last Liberal PM to win the popular vote ''and'' a majority of seats in a general election;[[note]]In the 1906 election, the Liberals beat the Tories by 287,000 popular votes and won 397 out of 670 seats.[[/note]] only PM to be Father of the House (longest continuously serving MP) at the same time as he was PM; died in office

* UsefulNotes/HaroldWilson (Labour, 1964–70) -- Governed while MP for Huyton. Presided over the Swinging Sixties and the British Invasion. Led a strongly socially liberal government, having abolished capital punishment, decriminalized homosexuality, and liberalized abortion laws in his first term. [[UsefulNotes/OldBritishMoney Also decimalized the Pound]], awarded each of Music/TheBeatles an MBE[[note]]Music/JohnLennon returned his in political protest in 1969, but the other three kept theirs. Music/PaulMcCartney got a knighthood in 1997; Music/RingoStarr would follow in 2018. Music/GeorgeHarrison was offered an OBE but declined it in 2000, having wanted to be knighted like Sir Paul. He died shortly thereafter, but probably ''would'' have been knighted had he lived long enough[[/note]], and was PM the one and only time [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball England won the World Cup]] (in 1966).

* UsefulNotes/TheresaMay (Conservative, 2016–19) -- Governed while MP for Maidenhead; living; the second woman of Downing Street, taking over from David Cameron following the EU referendum; following losses in a snap election in 2017, a minority government supported by the DUP; negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the EU but failed to get it past Parliament on three occasions;[[note]]On the first of these three occasions it was defeated by the worst margin of any government bill in British history.[[/note]] resigned after being forced to delay UK withdrawal from the EU past the originally scheduled date of 31 March 2019 and thus requiring participation in the EU parliamentary elections that summer, in which the Tories placed fifth; still an MP.

* UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson (Conservative, 2019–22) -- Governing while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living (obviously); the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union, oversaw most of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and became one of the firmest West European supporters of arming UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} amidst the 2022 invasion of the latter by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}. Resigned after multiple scandals including Partygate, the Owen Paterson scandal and the Chris Pincher scandal, the last of which led to mass resignations from his cabinet which ultimately forced him to announce his own.

* UsefulNotes/HaroldWilson (Labour, 1964–70) -- Governed while MP for Huyton. Presided over the Swinging Sixties and the British Invasion. Led a strongly socially liberal government, having abolished capital punishment, decriminalized homosexuality, and liberalized abortion laws in his first term. [[UsefulNotes/OldBritishMoney Also decimalized the Pound]], awarded each of Music/TheBeatles an MBE, and was PM the one and only time [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball England won the World Cup]] (in 1966).

* UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson (Conservative, 2019–22) -- Governing while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living (obviously); the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union, oversaw most of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and became one of the firmest Western European supporters of arming UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} amidst the 2022 invasion of the latter by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}. Resigned after multiple scandals including Partygate, the Owen Paterson scandal and the Chris Pincher scandal, the last of which led to mass resignations from his cabinet which ultimately forced him to announce his own.

* UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson (Conservative, 2019–22) -- Governing while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living (obviously); the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union and oversaw most of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. Resigned after multiple scandals including Partygate, the Owen Paterson scandal and the Chris Pincher scandal, the last of which led to mass resignations from his cabinet which ultimately forced him to announce his own.

* UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson (Conservative, 2019–) -- Governing while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living (obviously); the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union and is overseeing the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

* UsefulNotes/RamsayMacDonald (Labour, January–November 1924) -- first prime minister from the Labour Party, governed while MP for Aberavon during this time; despite Baldwin's Tories winning the most seats at the 1923 election, he governed with confidence and supply from the Liberals

* UsefulNotes/GeorgeCanning (Tory and later Coalition, April–August 1827) -- after distinguished spells as Foreign secretary under Lords Portland and Liverpool, he became Britain's [[ShortRunners shortest-serving]] and arguably most WhatCouldHaveBeen PM (119 days), since he died in office of tuberculosis;[note]]In the same room where Charles James Fox, an important politician of an earlier generation, had died, no less![[/note]] governed while MP for Seaford

* UsefulNotes/JamesCallaghan (Labour, 1976–79) -- governed while MP for Cardiff South East; first (and to date, the only) known atheist PM;[[note]]Though he continued to be influenced by his Baptist nonconformist upbringing and seldom if ever discussed his religious beliefs in public, and never during his premiership.[[/note]] most recent military veteran to serve as PM; longest-lived PM, dying the day before his 93rd birthday in 2005
* UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher (Conservative, 1979–90) -- governed while MP for Finchley; the first ''woman'' of Downing Street, but many humorists felt she was more manly than her entire Cabinet; longest-serving PM of the 20th century; most recent former PM to be elevated to the Lords; most recent PM to die, in 2013, and, ironically, most recent to receive a state funeral

* UsefulNotes/TonyBlair (Labour, 1997–2007) -- governed while MP for Sedgefield; living; longest-serving Labour PM; last PM to win three general elections (1997, 2001, 2005); longest-serving PM of the 21st century so far;[[note]]He lasted 6 years, 178 days starting on 1 January 2001; Cameron's term was about four months shorter.[[/note]] first-ever PM to be a member of the Roman Catholic Church, though he did not formally convert until after leaving office

* UsefulNotes/DavidCameron (Conservative, 2010–16) -- Governed while MP for Witney; living; led the first coalition government (with the Liberal Democrats, led by UsefulNotes/NickClegg) since the Second World War; returned to single-party government in 2015, albeit with a tiny majority. Won the referenda on the Alternative Vote and Scottish independence (he supported NO on both); lost the referendum on continued UK membership of the EU (he supported REMAIN)
* UsefulNotes/TheresaMay (Conservative, 2016–19) -- Governed while MP for Maidenhead; living; the second woman of Downing Street, taking over from David Cameron following the EU referendum; following losses in a snap election in 2017, a minority government supported by the DUP; negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the EU but failed to get it past Parliament on three occasions;[[note]]On the first of these three occasions it was defeated by the worst margin of any government bill in British history.[[/note]] resigned after being forced to delay UK withdrawal from the EU past the originally scheduled date of 31 March 2019 and thus requiring participation in the EU parliamentary elections that summer, in which the Tories placed fifth; still an MP
* Boris Johnson (Conservative, 2019–) -- Governing while MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip; living (obviously); the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory–DUP confidence-and-supply agreement without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the party's first in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union and is overseeing the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

* UsefulNotes/AlecDouglasHome (Conservative, 1963–64) -- pronounced "Douglas-''Hume''"; the last prime minister to sit in the House of Lords (he renounced the Earldom of Home and finished his term in the Commons, being elected at Kinross & Western Perthshire); also ([[BlueBlood and not surprisingly]]) the last PM to be descended from or closely related to a previous PM

* UsefulNotes/EdwardHeath (Conservative, 1970–74) -- Governed while MP for Bexley until it was abolished at the February 1974 general election and then governed for Sidcup for the four days' worth of negotiations over the subsequent hung Parliament. Took Britain into the [[UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion Common Market]]; most recent PM to enter ''and'' exit office by means of a general election.
* Harold Wilson (Labour, 1974–76) -- last PM to be returned to office after a defeat; last PM to win four general elections (1964, 1966, Feb. 1974, Oct. 1974); last PM to leave office voluntarily.[[note]]Blair and Cameron both resigned "voluntarily", but Blair was forced out from the fallout over Iraq and pressure from the pro-Brown faction of the party and Cameron resigned because his position was untenable after losing the 2016 referendum on continued EU membership.[[/note]]
* UsefulNotes/JamesCallaghan (Labour, 1976–79) -- governed while MP for Cardiff South East; first (and to date, the only) known atheist PM;[[note]]Though he continued to be influenced by his Baptist nonconformist upbringing and seldom if ever discussed his religious beliefs in public, and never during his premiership.[[/note]] most recent military veteran to serve as PM
* UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher (Conservative, 1979–90) -- governed while MP for Finchley; the first ''woman'' of Downing Street, but many humorists felt she was more manly than her entire Cabinet; longest-serving PM of the 20th century; most recent former PM to be elevated to the Lords

* UsefulNotes/GordonBrown (Labour, 2007–10) -- governed while MP for Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath; living; most recent PM to not win a mandate of his own ''and'' the most recent to be removed by the electorate

[[caption-width-right:350:Number 10. The British [[TheWhiteHouse White House]]... [[note]]Or is the White House just America's No. 10?[[/note]]]]

->'''Barney:''' And I say, that England's greatest Prime Minister was Lord Palmerston!\\
'''Wade Boggs:''' Pitt. The. Elder.\\

British Prime Ministers. A varied lot, be it in the areas of appearance, influence, time, origin, personality, politics or even personal lives, though a lot went to Eton or Harrow and then UsefulNotes/{{Oxbridge}}. They have had a great deal of impact on worlds both real and fictional and rank second only to UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates in being the most influential and well known Western world leaders.

Downing Street, by the way, is named after Sir George Downing (1623-84), a major schemer whom [[Literature/TheDiaryOfSamuelPepys Samuel Pepys]] called a "perfidious rogue". Yep, jokes have been made about that. Before becoming the headquarters of the PM, Number Ten itself was the site of a pit used for cockerel fighting; that's right, Number Ten used to be a meeting place for crooks. Jokes have been made about ''that'' as well. The house is actually several old houses joined together, one of which (known as 'the house at the back') was formerly home to both UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell and King William III.

Note that the title "Prime Minister" did not come into formal use until the 20th century, the original title being First Lord of the Treasury (a lot of early Prime Ministers also held a second job in the cabinet), a title the PM still holds. Walpole is generally considered the first PM, but many early such figures did not use the title. In fact, the term "Prime Minister" was originally used as an insult for the figure. It was only by the time of Campbell-Bannerman that it became the official title.

18th-century Prime Ministers came and went at a rate of knots, as the favours of the reigning monarch wavered. It wasn't until the "madness" of George III and the hedonistic rule of George IV (roughly 1810-1830) that the Prime Ministers began to actually run the country...

* Sir UsefulNotes/RobertWalpole (Whig, 1721-42) -- First PM; also longest-serving PM
* Earl of Wilmington (Whig, 1742-43)
* Henry Pelham (Whig, 1743-54)
* Duke of Newcastle (Whig, 1754-56)
* Duke of Devonshire (Whig, 1756-57) -- largely a figurehead for Pitt the Elder
* Duke of Newcastle (Whig, 1757-62)

* Earl of Bute (Tory, 1762-63) -- First Scottish PM
* George Grenville (Whig, 1763-65)
* Marquess of Rockingham (Whig, 1765-66)
* UsefulNotes/WilliamPittTheElder (Whig, 1766-68) -- also known as the Earl of Chatham
* Duke of Grafton (Whig, 1768-70)
* UsefulNotes/LordNorth (Tory, 1770-82)
* Marquess of Rockingham (Whig, March-July 1782) -- recognised US independence
* Earl of Shelburne (Whig, 1782-83) -- made peace with US; ironically also the first general officer to serve as PM
* Duke of Portland (Whig, April - December 1783) -- first PM to be non-Anglican at any point in his life (converted to Unitarianism after leaving office)
* UsefulNotes/WilliamPittTheYounger (Tory, 1783-1801) -- youngest PM, taking office at the age of 24
* Henry Addington (Tory, 1801-04)
* William Pitt The Younger (Tory, 1804-06)
* Lord Grenville (Whig, 1806-07)

* Duke of Portland (Tory 1807-09) -- Old and sick, Spencer Perceval ran the show
* UsefulNotes/SpencerPerceval (Tory, 1809-12) -- The only PM to be assassinated
* UsefulNotes/LordLiverpool (Tory, 1812-27) -- Congress of Vienna and Treaties of Paris, end of UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars and beginning of the century-long Pax Britannica; longest-serving PM of the 19th century, no PM since has served a longer term

* UsefulNotes/GeorgeCanning (Tory, April-August 1827) -- shortest-serving PM (119 days)
* UsefulNotes/ViscountGoderich (Tory, 1827-28)
* UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington (Tory, 1828-30) -- second and last general officer (Field Marshal) to serve as PM

* UsefulNotes/TheEarlGrey (Whig, 1830-34) -- passed the Great Reform Act and abolished slavery throughout the British Empire; [[BritsLoveTea also lent his name to a popular blend of tea]]
* UsefulNotes/ViscountMelbourne (Whig, July - November 1834)
* The Duke of Wellington (Tory, November - December 1834)
* Sir UsefulNotes/RobertPeel (Conservative, December 1834 - April 1835)
* Viscount Melbourne (Whig, 1835-41)

* Sir Robert Peel (Conservative, 1841-46)
* UsefulNotes/EarlRussell (Whig, 1846-52)
* UsefulNotes/TheEarlOfDerby (Conservative, February - December 1852)
* UsefulNotes/TheEarlOfAberdeen (Peelite, 1852-55)
* UsefulNotes/TheViscountPalmerston (Whig, 1855-58)
* The Earl of Derby (Conservative, 1858-59)
* The Viscount Palmerston (Liberal, 1859-65)
* Earl Russell (Liberal, 1865-66)
* The Earl of Derby (Conservative, 1866-68)
* UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli (Conservative, February - December 1868) -- only ethnically Jewish PM; converted to the Church of England in his youth at his father's behest (after his father got into a tiff at his synagogue)
* UsefulNotes/WilliamGladstone (Liberal, 1868-74) -- first PM to represent a Scottish constituency in the Commons
* Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative, 1874-80)
* William Gladstone (Liberal, 1880-1885)
* UsefulNotes/MarquessOfSalisbury (Conservative, 1885-86)
* William Gladstone (Liberal, February - July 1886)
* Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative, 1886-92)
* William Gladstone (Liberal, 1892-94) -- only PM to serve four non-consecutive terms; oldest PM, retiring at the age of 84
* UsefulNotes/TheEarlOfRosebery (Liberal, 1894-95)
* Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative/Unionist, 1895-1902) -- last PM to govern from the House of Lords; last PM to not also be First Lord of the Treasury

* UsefulNotes/ArthurBalfour (Conservative/Unionist, 1902-05) -- first serving PM to not belong to the Anglican Communion (he was Presbyterian)
* UsefulNotes/HenryCampbellBannerman (Liberal 1905-08) -- first PM to officially use the title; last Liberal PM to win the popular vote ''and'' a majority of seats in a general election
* UsefulNotes/HerbertHenryAsquith (Liberal, 1908-16) -- the (first) PM of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI

* UsefulNotes/DavidLloydGeorge (Liberal, 1916-22) -- second PM of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, represented the United Kingdom at the Paris Peace Conference, and last Liberal Prime Minster; the party split over the issue of Irish independence. The first PM to represent a Welsh constituency and the only PM to have English as a second language (after Welsh).

* Andrew UsefulNotes/BonarLaw (Conservative, 1922-23) -- The first PM born outside the British Isles, though still within the Empire (UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}, to be exact)
* UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin (Conservative, 1923-16 January 1924)
* UsefulNotes/{{Ramsay MacDonald}} (Labour, January - November 1924) -- First Labour Party Prime Minister
* Stanley Baldwin (Conservative, 1924-29)
* Ramsay [=MacDonald=] (Labour, 1929-31 then National Labour 1931-35) -- passed the Statute of Westminster, granting the Dominions effective political and legislative independence from the British Empire
* Stanley Baldwin (Conservative 1935-37) -- last PM to serve three non-consecutive terms; PM during the Edward VIII abdication crisis

* UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain (Conservative, 1937-40) -- forever associated with HeadInTheSandManagement thanks to his signing of the Munich Agreement, stayed on after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the invasion of Poland]] but resigned after the fall of Norway; last PM to never face the electorate as party leader or at any point during his term
* UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill (Conservative, 1940-45) -- ''the'' PM of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. WonTheWarLostThePeace(time general election of 1945).
* UsefulNotes/ClementAttlee (Labour, 1945-51) -- introduced the UsefulNotes/NationalHealthService, the first universal health care system in history, and bulwark of the modern welfare state; first irreligious[[note]]usually reckoned as agnostic, but he said "I don't know" when asked directly if he was, and is only known to have described himself as "incapable of religious feeling"[[/note]] ''and'' non-Christian PM
* Winston Churchill (Conservative, 1951-55) --Also served (briefly) under Elizabeth II as PM. Less than a month after Elizabeth's coronation in June 1953, Churchill suffered a stroke which would lead Elizabeth to initiate [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hope_Not the planning for his funeral]]

* UsefulNotes/AnthonyEden (Conservative, 1955-57) -- resigned over the Suez Crisis, which effectively marked the end of the British Empire as a geopolitical concept (and British aspirations to superpower status alongside the USA and USSR)
* UsefulNotes/HaroldMacmillan (Conservative, 1957-63) -- last PM to be granted a hereditary peerage (Earl of Stockton)
* UsefulNotes/AlecDouglasHome (Conservative, 1963-64) -- pronounced "Douglas-''Hume''"; the last Prime Minister to sit in the House of Lords (he renounced his peerage and finished his term in the Commons); also ([[BlueBlood and not surprisingly]]) the last PM to be descended from or closely related to a previous PM
* UsefulNotes/HaroldWilson (Labour, 1964-70) -- Presided over the Swinging Sixties and the British Invasion. Led a strongly socially liberal government, having abolished capital punishment, decriminalized homosexuality, and liberalized abortion laws in his first term. [[UsefulNotes/OldBritishMoney Also decimalized the Pound]], awarded each of Music/TheBeatles an MBE, and was PM the one and only time [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball England won the World Cup]] (in 1966).
* UsefulNotes/EdwardHeath (Conservative, 1970-74) -- took Britain into the [[UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion Common Market]]; most recent PM to enter ''and'' exit office by means of a general election
* Harold Wilson (Labour, 1974-76) -- last PM to be returned to office after a defeat; last PM to win four general elections[[note]]1964, 1966, Feb. 1974, Oct. 1974[[/note]]; last PM to leave office voluntarily[[note]]Blair and Cameron both resigned "voluntarily", but Blair was forced out from the fallout over Iraq and pressure from the pro-Brown faction of the party and Cameron resigned because his position was untenable after losing the 2016 referendum on continued EU membership[[/note]].
* UsefulNotes/JamesCallaghan (Labour, 1976-79) -- first (and to date, the only) known atheist PM[[note]]though he continued to be influenced by his Baptist nonconformist upbringing and seldom if ever discussed his religious beliefs in public, and never during his premiership[[/note]]; most recent military veteran to serve as PM
* UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher (Conservative, 1979-90) -- The first ''woman'' of Downing Street, but many humorists felt she was more manly than her entire Cabinet; longest-serving PM of the 20th century; most recent former PM to be elevated to the Lords
* UsefulNotes/JohnMajor (Conservative, 1990-97) -- Living
* UsefulNotes/TonyBlair (Labour, 1997-2007) -- Living; longest-serving Labour PM; last PM to win three general elections[[note]]1997, 2001, 2005[[/note]]; longest-serving PM of the 21st century so far[[note]]6 years, 178 days starting on 1 January 2001; Cameron's term was about four months shorter[[/note]]; first-ever PM to be a member of the Roman Catholic Church, though he did not formally convert until after leaving office
* UsefulNotes/GordonBrown (Labour, 2007-2010) -- Living; most recent PM to not win a mandate of his own ''and'' the most recent to be removed by the electorate
* UsefulNotes/DavidCameron (Conservative, 2010-16) -- Living; first coalition government (with the Liberal Democrats, led by UsefulNotes/NickClegg) since the Second World War; returned to single-party government in 2015, albeit with a tiny majority. Won the referenda on the Alternative Vote (he supported NO) and Scottish independence (he supported NO); lost the referendum on continued UK membership of the EU (he supported REMAIN)
* UsefulNotes/TheresaMay (Conservative, 2016-19) -- Living; the second woman of Downing Street, taking over from David Cameron following the EU Referendum; following losses in a snap election in 2017, a minority government supported by the DUP; negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the EU but failed to get it past Parliament on three occasions[[note]]on the first of these three occasions it was defeated by the worst margin of any government bill in British history[[/note]]; resigned after being forced to delay UK withdrawal from the EU past the originally scheduled date of 31 March 2019 and thus requiring participation in the EU Parliamentary elections that summer, in which the Tories placed fifth; still an MP
* Boris Johnson (Conservative, 2019- ) -- Living; the second PM born outside of the British Isles, and the first outside of the British Empire/Commonwealth (in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, to be precise); renounced his dual American citizenship in 2016. Taking over following Theresa May's resignation, maintaining the same minority government supported by the DUP, until mass defections by [=MPs=] left the Tory-DUP coalition without a functioning majority, meaning he called a general election later that year, which resulted in the Conservatives regaining a solid majority with help from the Brexit Party forming an unofficial alliance with them, the first for the party in over three decades. Took Britain out of the European Union and oversaw the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19]] crisis.