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The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet. There is no specific date for when the office of prime minister first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over time through a merger of duties. [1]
Of the 57 past prime ministers, nine served more than 10 years while eight served less than a year. [5] Robert Walpole is the only person to have served as prime minister for more than two decades. Liz Truss is the shortest-serving prime minister, resigning after seven weeks.
Four prime ministers have been in office at a time when no former prime ministers were alive. Robert Walpole – As the first prime minister, for his entire term, April 1721 to February 1742. Henry Pelham – From the death of Robert Walpole in March 1745, until his own death in March 1754.
This is a graphical timeline of prime ministers of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from when the first prime minister of Great Britain in the modern sense, Robert Walpole, took office in 1721, until the present day. From 1801 until 1922, British prime ministers also held the office for the whole of Ireland.
U. List of longest-serving members of the Union Council of Ministers; List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure; List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service
Former prime minister Tony Blair, for example, represented Sedgefield in County Durham from 1983 to 2007. He became prime minister because in 1994 he was elected Labour Party leader and then led the party to victory in the 1997 general election, winning 418 seats compared to 165 for the Conservatives and gaining a majority in the House of Commons.
Winston Churchill is generally considered one of the greatest prime ministers for his leadership during the Second World War. Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, a Tory prime minister from 1812 to 1827, is ranked highly despite being called "the Arch-mediocrity" by later Conservative prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1922–1972) Secretaries of state for Northern Ireland (1972– 1998, 2002–2007) First Minister and Deputy First Minister [1998–2002, 2007–present] Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly [1998–2002, 2007–present]