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Office History
A derived timeline of office holders generated from PoliticaHub office terms.
2024 – present
Election: UK 2024 General Election
2022 – 2024
2022 – 2022
2019 – 2022
Election: UK 2019 General Election
2017 – 2019
Election: UK 2017 General Election
2016 – 2017
2015 – 2016
Election: UK 2015 General Election
2010 – 2015
Election: UK 2010 General Election
2007 – 2010
2005 – 2007
Election: UK 2005 General Election
2001 – 2005
Election: UK 2001 General Election
1997 – 2001
Election: UK 1997 General Election
1992 – 1997
Election: UK 1992 General Election
1990 – 1992
Succeeded Margaret Thatcher after her resignation following a Conservative Party leadership challenge.
1987 – 1990
Election: UK 1987 General Election
Resigned after a leadership challenge within her own party.
1983 – 1987
Election: UK 1983 General Election
1979 – 1983
Election: UK 1979 General Election
First female prime minister of the United Kingdom.
1976 – 1979
Succeeded Harold Wilson after his resignation. Lost the 1979 election after the Winter of Discontent.
1974 – 1976
Election: UK 1974 February General Election
Second period in office. Resigned unexpectedly in 1976.
1970 – 1974
Election: UK 1970 General Election
Led Britain into the EEC. Brought down by miners' strike and energy crisis.
1964 – 1970
Election: UK 1964 General Election
First period in office. Won slender majority in 1964, then landslide in 1966.
1951 – 1955
Election: UK 1951 General Election
Second term as PM. Suffered a major stroke in 1953 that was concealed from the public. Resigned at age 80.
1945 – 1951
Election: UK 1945 General Election
Created the National Health Service, nationalized key industries, and established the welfare state.
1940 – 1945
Appointed PM on the day Germany invaded France. Led Britain through World War II. Lost the 1945 election despite winning the war.
