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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.
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001–present) Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (2016–2020) Lord Chancellor (1068–present) Lord President of the Council (1678–present) Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1307–present) Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (and preceding positions, 1889–2001)
Government of Wales Act 1998 (2006 Act, Wales Act 2014, Wales Act 2017) First Minister. Eluned Morgan; Government; Senedd; Measure of the National Assembly for Wales (1999–2011) Act of Senedd Cymru; Welsh law
For general overviews of British politics since 1945, see: Post-war Britain (1945–1979) Political history of the United Kingdom (1979–present) While coverage of British social history over the same period can be found below: Social history of post-war Britain (1945–1979) Social history of the United Kingdom (1979–present)
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 ...
Two further prime ministers were born outside of the British Isles. Bonar Law – born in the colony of New Brunswick in what is now Canada, the first prime minister born outside the British Isles; Boris Johnson – born in New York City in the United States, the first American-born prime minister and the first to be born outside English ...
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.
The government of the United Kingdom, officially His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government, is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [2] [3] The government is led by the prime minister (Keir Starmer since 5 July 2024) who selects all the other ministers.