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This article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through the duration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922, and since then dealing with those of the present-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Before the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, the Treasury of England was led by the Lord High Treasurer. [12] By the late Tudor period, the Lord High Treasurer was regarded as one of the Great Officers of State, [12] and was often (though not always) the dominant figure in government: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (lord high treasurer, 1547–1549), [13] served as lord protector to ...
The foreign policy of the British Labour governments, 1945–1951 (1984). Pelling, Henry. "The 1945 general election reconsidered". Historical Journal 23#2 (1980): 399–414. in JSTOR; Pelling, Henry. Labour Governments, 1945–1951 (1984) 313pp. Pritt, Denis Nowell. The Labour Government 1945–1951 (1963) detailed coverage, with a far-left ...
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
National Government: 67.2% 37 1935 General election: MPs: Stanley Baldwin: National Government: 53.3% Edward VIII; George VI; Neville Chamberlain: Winston Churchill. 38 1945 General election: MPs: Clement Attlee: Labour: 49.7% 39 1950 General election: MPs: 46.1% 40 1951 General election: MPs: Winston Churchill [δ] Conservative: 48.0% ...
War ministry, the British government during the Second World War Chamberlain war ministry, the British government under Neville Chamberlain (1939–1940) Churchill war ministry, the British government under Winston Churchill (1940–1945) Cameron–Clegg coalition, the British government under David Cameron and Nick Clegg (2010–2015)
In Malaya, a rebellion against British rule had been in progress since 1948, led by Communists based in the local Chinese community. Once again, Churchill's government inherited a crisis, and once again Churchill chose to use direct military action against those in rebellion while attempting to build an alliance with those who were not.
Since the Marquess of Salisbury in 1895, all time in parliamentary service before being prime minister has been in the House of Commons, apart from Sir Alec Douglas-Home's period as a member of the Government while in the House of Lords (1951–63; though he was previously the elected member for Lanark, 1931–1945).