List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom

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	Earl of Liverpool	Tory
5th	1820	election	MPs	Earl of Liverpool	Tory
6th	1826	election	MPs	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	Earl Grey	Whig
9th	1832	election	MPs	Earl Grey, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Robert Peel	Whig
10th	1835	election	MPs	William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne	Whig
11th	1837	election	MPs	William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne	Whig
12th	1841	election	MPs	Sir Robert Peel	Conservative
13th	1847	election	MPs	Lord John 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	Viscount Palmerston	Liberal
17th	1865	election	MPs	John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Earl of Derby, Benjamin Disraeli	Liberal
18th	1868	election	MPs	William Ewart Gladstone
19th	1874	election	MPs	Benjamin Disraeli	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	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	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

• UK topics

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