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List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom

This is a listing of sessions of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, tabulated with the elections to the House of Commons for each session, and the list of members of the House.

The sessions are numbered from the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. For previous Westminster parliaments, see List of Parliaments of Great Britain.

Number Start date Election Members Prime Minister(s) Party
1st 1802 election MPs Henry Addington, William Pitt the Younger Tory
2nd 1806 election MPs William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Lord Grenville Whig
3rd 1807 election MPs William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Spencer Perceval, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Tory
4th 1818 election MPs The Earl of Liverpool Tory
5th 1820 election MPs The Earl of Liverpool Tory
6th 1826 election MPs The Earl of Liverpool, George Canning, Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Tory
7th 1830 election MPs Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey Whig
8th 1831 election MPs The Earl Grey Whig
9th 1832 election MPs The Earl Grey, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Robert Peel Whig
10th 1835 election MPs William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Whig
11th 1837 election MPs The Viscount Melbourne Whig
12th 1841 election MPs Sir Robert Peel, Bt Conservative
13th 1847 election MPs The Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Whig
14th 1852 election MPs Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Conservative
15th 1857 election MPs Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Earl of Derby Whig
16th 1859 election MPs The Viscount Palmerston Liberal
17th 1865 election MPs John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, The Earl of Derby, Benjamin Disraeli Liberal
18th 1868 election MPs William Ewart Gladstone
19th 1874 election MPs Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield Conservative
20th 1880 election MPs William Ewart Gladstone Liberal
21st 1885 election MPs Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, William Ewart Gladstone
22nd 1886 election MPs The Marquess of Salisbury Conservative
23rd 1892 election MPs William Ewart Gladstone, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Liberal
24th 1895 election MPs Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Conservative
25th 1900 election MPs The Marquess of Salisbury, Arthur Balfour Conservative
26th 1906 election MPs Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Herbert Henry Asquith Liberal
29th 1910 (Jan) election MPs Herbert Henry Asquith Liberal
30th 1910 (Dec) election MPs Herbert Henry Asquith, David Lloyd George Liberal
31st 1918 election MPs David Lloyd George Coalition
32nd 1922 election MPs Andrew Bonar Law Conservative
33rd 1923 election MPs Stanley Baldwin Conservative
34th 1924 election MPs Stanley Baldwin Conservative
35th 1929 election MPs Ramsay MacDonald Labour
36th 1931 election MPs Ramsay MacDonald National Government
37th 1935 election MPs Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill National Government
38th 1945 election MPs Clement Attlee Labour
39th 1950 election MPs Clement Attlee Labour
40th 1951 election MPs Winston Churchill Conservative
41st 1955 election MPs Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan Conservative
42nd 1959 election MPs Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home Conservative
43rd 1964 election MPs Harold Wilson Labour
44th 1966 election MPs Harold Wilson Labour
45th 1970 election MPs Edward Heath Conservative
46th 1974 (Feb) election MPs Harold Wilson Labour
47th 1974 (Oct) election MPs Harold Wilson, James Callaghan Labour
48th 1979 election MPs Margaret Thatcher Conservative
49th 1983 election MPs Margaret Thatcher Conservative
50th 1987 election MPs Margaret Thatcher, John Major Conservative
51st 1992 election MPs John Major Conservative
52nd 1997 election MPs Tony Blair Labour
53rd 2001 election MPs Tony Blair Labour

The parties listed are those that won the election. During the nineteenth century, the party of government sometimes changed between general elections.

See also

Last updated: 05-16-2005 09:03:12