Monarch
|
Number
|
Start date
|
Election
|
Members
|
Prime ministersTemplate:Efn-lg
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Party controlTemplate:Efn-lg
|
Percentage of popular vote
|
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1
|
1801
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none: co-opted
|
|
Template:Party shading/Tories align="center" | William Pitt
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rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Tories align="center" | Tory
|
|
Template:Party shading/Tories align="center" rowspan=2 | Henry Addington
|
2
|
1802
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Tories align="center" | William Pitt
|
3
|
1806
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Whigs align="center" | The Lord Grenville
|
Template:Party shading/Whigs align="center" | Whig
|
4
|
1807
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Tories align="center" | The Duke of Portland
|
rowspan=11 Template:Party shading/Tories align="center" | Tory
|
Template:Party shading/Tories align="center" |Spencer Perceval
|
rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Tories align="center" |The Earl of Liverpool
|
5
|
1812
|
General election
|
MPs
|
6
|
1818
|
General election
|
MPs
|
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7
|
1820
|
General election
|
MPs
|
8
|
1826
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Tories | George Canning
|
Template:Party shading/Tories | The Viscount Goderich
|
Template:Party shading/Tories | The Duke of Wellington
|
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9
|
1830
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Whigs align="center" |The Earl Grey
|
59.3%
|
10
|
1831
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Whigs align="center" | Whig
|
63.3%
|
11
|
1832
|
General election
|
MPs
|
67.0%
|
Template:Party shading/Whigs | The Viscount Melbourne
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Sir Robert Peel
|
12
|
1835
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whigs | The Viscount Melbourne
|
55.2%
|
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|
13
|
1837
|
General election
|
MPs
|
51.7%
|
14
|
1841
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Sir Robert Peel
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) align="center" | Conservative
|
56.9%
|
15
|
1847
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Whigs | Lord John Russell
|
Template:Party shading/Whigs align="center" | Whig
|
53.8%
|
16
|
1852
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | The Earl of Derby
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) align="center" | Conservative
|
41.9%
|
Template:Party shading/Peelite | The Earl of Aberdeen
|
17
|
1857
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Whigs | The Viscount Palmerston
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whigs align="center" | Whig
|
65.9%
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | The Earl of Derby
|
18
|
1859
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) | The Viscount Palmerston
|
rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) align="center" | Liberal
|
65.7%
|
19
|
1865
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) | The Earl Russell
|
59.5%
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | The Earl of Derby
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Benjamin Disraeli
|
20
|
1868
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) | William Ewart Gladstone
|
61.5%
|
21
|
1874
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Benjamin DisraeliTemplate:Efn-lg
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) align="center" | Conservative
|
44.3%
|
22
|
1880
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) | William Ewart Gladstone
|
Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) align="center" | Liberal
|
54.7%
|
23
|
1885
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | The Marquess of Salisbury
|
Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) align="center" rowspan=2 | Liberal Template:Small
|
47.4%
|
Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) | William Ewart Gladstone
|
24
|
1886
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | The Marquess of Salisbury
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) align="center" | Conservative
|
51.1%
|
25
|
1892
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) | William Ewart Gladstone
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) align="center" | Liberal Template:Small
|
45.4%
|
Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) | The Earl of Rosebery
|
26
|
1895
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | The Marquess of Salisbury
|
rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Conservative
|
49.0%
|
27
|
1900
|
General election
|
MPs
|
50.3%
|
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Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Arthur Balfour
|
28
|
1906
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) align="center" | Liberal
|
48.9%
|
rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) |Herbert Asquith
|
29
|
1910 (Jan)
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) align="center" | Liberal Template:Small
|
43.5%
|
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|
30
|
1910 (Dec)
|
General election
|
MPs
|
43.2%
|
Template:Party shading/Liberal Party (UK) rowspan=2 | David Lloyd George
|
31
|
1918
|
General election
|
MPs
|
CoalitionTemplate:Smalldiv
|
47.1%
|
32
|
1922
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Bonar Law
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) align="center" | Conservative
|
38.5%
|
33
|
1923
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) | Ramsay MacDonald
|
Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) align="center" | Labour Template:Small
|
30.7%
|
34
|
1924
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Stanley Baldwin
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) align="center" | Conservative
|
46.8%
|
35
|
1929
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) | Ramsay MacDonald
|
Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) align="center" | Labour Template:Small
|
37.1%
|
36
|
1931
|
General election
|
MPs
|
National Government
|
67.2%
|
37
|
1935
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Stanley Baldwin
|
National Government
|
53.3%
|
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Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Neville Chamberlain
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Winston Churchill
|
38
|
1945
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) | Clement Attlee
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) align="center" | Labour
|
49.7%
|
39
|
1950
|
General election
|
MPs
|
46.1%
|
40
|
1951
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Winston ChurchillTemplate:Efn-lg
|
rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) align="center" | Conservative
|
48.0%
|
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|
41
|
1955
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Anthony Eden
|
49.7%
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Harold Macmillan
|
42
|
1959
|
General election
|
MPs
|
49.4%
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | The Earl of HomeTemplate:Efn-lg
|
43
|
1964
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) | Harold Wilson
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) align="center" | Labour
|
44.1%
|
44
|
1966
|
General election
|
MPs
|
48.0%
|
45
|
1970
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Edward Heath
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) align="center" | Conservative
|
46.4%
|
46
|
1974 (Feb)
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) | Harold Wilson
|
Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) align="center" | Labour Template:Small
|
37.2%
|
47
|
1974 (Oct)
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) align="center" | Labour
|
39.2%
|
Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) | James Callaghan
|
48
|
1979
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Margaret Thatcher
|
rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) align="center" | Conservative
|
43.9%
|
49
|
1983
|
General election
|
MPs
|
42.3%
|
50
|
1987
|
General election
|
MPs
|
42.2%
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | John Major
|
51
|
1992
|
General election
|
MPs
|
41.9%
|
52
|
1997
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) | Tony Blair
|
rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) align="center" | Labour
|
43.2%
|
53
|
2001
|
General election
|
MPs
|
40.7%
|
54
|
2005
|
General election
|
MPs
|
35.2%
|
Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) | Gordon Brown
|
55
|
2010
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | David Cameron
|
CoalitionTemplate:Smalldiv
|
59.1%
|
56
|
2015
|
General election
|
MPs
|
rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) align="center" | Conservative
|
36.9%
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Theresa May
|
57
|
2017
|
General election
|
MPs
|
42.4%
|
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Boris Johnson
|
58
|
2019
|
General election
|
MPs
|
43.6%
|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) rowspan=2 | Liz Truss
|
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|
Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK) | Rishi Sunak
|
59
|
2024
|
General election
|
MPs
|
Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) | Sir Keir Starmer
|
Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK) align="center" | Labour
|
33.7%
|