UK Party Politics: November 2021 in United Kingdom, Politics and Government

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UK Prime Ministers since 1721

From Sir Robert Walpole, generally regarded as the first British Prime Minister, to the current office holder.

Andy Burnham2026–present · Labour
Keir Starmer2024–2026 · Labour
Rishi Sunak2022–2024 · Conservative
Liz Truss2022 · Conservative
Boris Johnson2019–2022 · Conservative
Theresa May2016–2019 · Conservative
David Cameron2010–2016 · Conservative
Gordon Brown2007–2010 · Labour
Tony Blair1997–2007 · Labour
John Major1990–1997 · Conservative
Margaret Thatcher1979–1990 · Conservative
James Callaghan1976–1979 · Labour
Harold Wilson1964–1970; 1974–1976 · Labour
Edward Heath1970–1974 · Conservative
Alec Douglas-Home1963–1964 · Conservative
Harold Macmillan1957–1963 · Conservative
Anthony Eden1955–1957 · Conservative
Winston Churchill1940–1945; 1951–1955 · Conservative
Clement Attlee1945–1951 · Labour
Neville Chamberlain1937–1940 · Conservative
Stanley Baldwin1923–1924; 1924–1929; 1935–1937 · Conservative
Ramsay MacDonald1924; 1929–1935 · Labour
Bonar Law1922–1923 · Conservative
David Lloyd George1916–1922 · Liberal
H. H. Asquith1908–1916 · Liberal
Henry Campbell-Bannerman1905–1908 · Liberal
Arthur Balfour1902–1905 · Conservative
Marquess of Salisbury1885–1886; 1886–1892; 1895–1902 · Conservative
Earl of Rosebery1894–1895 · Liberal
William Ewart Gladstone1868–1874; 1880–1885; 1886; 1892–1894 · Liberal
Benjamin Disraeli1868; 1874–1880 · Conservative
Earl of Derby1852; 1858–1859; 1866–1868 · Conservative
Lord John Russell1846–1852; 1865–1866 · Whig
Viscount Palmerston1855–1858; 1859–1865 · Whig / Liberal
Earl of Aberdeen1852–1855 · Conservative
Sir Robert Peel1834–1835; 1841–1846 · Conservative
Viscount Melbourne1834; 1835–1841 · Whig
Duke of Wellington1828–1830; 1834 · Tory
Earl Grey1830–1834 · Whig
Viscount Goderich1827–1828 · Tory
George Canning1827 · Tory
Earl of Liverpool1812–1827 · Tory
Spencer Perceval1809–1812 · Tory
Duke of Portland1783; 1807–1809 · Whig
Lord Grenville1806–1807 · Whig
William Pitt the Younger1783–1801; 1804–1806 · Tory
Henry Addington1801–1804 · Tory
Earl of Shelburne1782–1783 · Whig
Marquess of Rockingham1765–1766; 1782 · Whig
Lord North1770–1782 · Tory
Duke of Grafton1768–1770 · Whig
Earl of Chatham (William Pitt the Elder)1766–1768 · Whig
George Grenville1763–1765 · Whig
Earl of Bute1762–1763 · Tory
Duke of Newcastle1754–1756; 1757–1762 · Whig
Duke of Devonshire1756–1757 · Whig
Henry Pelham1743–1754 · Whig
Earl of Wilmington1742–1743 · Whig
Sir Robert Walpole1721–1742 · Whig

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CPI inflation (annual)

3.1%

August 2026 · released 16 September 2026

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Unemployment

4.9%

May–July 2026 · released 15 September 2026

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GDP growth (quarterly)

0.5%

Apr–June 2026 · revised 30 September 2026

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Bank of England Bank Rate

3.75%

Decision: 17 September 2026 · checked 5 October 2026

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Commons: seats by party

650 seats · 649 sitting MPs · 1 vacancy

House of Commons composition — checked 5 October 2026
Party / group	Seats
Labour	403
Conservative	118
Liberal Democrat	71
Independent	11
Reform UK	8
Scottish National Party	8
Sinn Féin	7
Democratic Unionist Party	5
Green Party	5
Plaid Cymru	4
Social Democratic & Labour Party	2
Your Party	2
Alliance	1
Restore Britain	1
Speaker	1
Traditional Unionist Voice	1
Ulster Unionist Party	1
Vacant seats	1
Total seats	650

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4.9%Unemployment

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