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This is a list of Parliaments of the United Kingdom , tabulated with the elections to the House of Commons and the list of members of the House.
The Parliaments are numbered from the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . For previous Westminster parliaments, see the list of Parliaments of Great Britain and list of Parliaments of England . For pre-Union Dublin parliaments, see the list of Parliaments of Ireland . For pre-1707 Scottish parliaments, see the list of Parliaments of Scotland .
Monarch
Number
Start date
Election
Members
Prime Minister(s)[1]
Party
George III
1st
1801
none: co-opted
William Pitt the Younger ,
Henry Addington
Tory
2nd
1802
election
MPs
Henry Addington,
William Pitt the Younger
Tory
3rd
1806
election
MPs
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Lord Grenville
Whig
4th
1807
election
MPs
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ,
Spencer Perceval ,
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Tory
5th
1812
election
MPs
The Earl of Liverpool
Tory
6th
1818
election
MPs
The Earl of Liverpool
Tory
George IV
7th
1820
election
MPs
The Earl of Liverpool
Tory
8th
1826
election
MPs
The Earl of Liverpool, George Canning ,
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich ,
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Tory
William IV
9th
1830
election
MPs
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
Whig
10th
1831
election
MPs
The Earl Grey
Whig
11th
1832
election
MPs
The Earl Grey,
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ,
Robert Peel
Whig
12th
1835
election
MPs
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Whig
Victoria
13th
1837
election
MPs
The Viscount Melbourne
Whig
14th
1841
election
MPs
Sir Robert Peel, Bt
Conservative
15th
1847
election
MPs
The Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Whig
16th
1852
election
MPs
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby ,
George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Conservative
17th
1857
election
MPs
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston ,
Earl of Derby
Whig
18th
1859
election
MPs
The Viscount Palmerston
Liberal
19th
1865
election
MPs
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ,
The Earl of Derby,
Benjamin Disraeli
Liberal
20th
1868
election
MPs
William Ewart Gladstone
21st
1874
election
MPs
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
Conservative
22nd
1880
election
MPs
William Ewart Gladstone
Liberal
23rd
1885
election
MPs
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ,
William Ewart Gladstone
24th
1886
election
MPs
The Marquess of Salisbury
Conservative
25th
1892
election
MPs
William Ewart Gladstone,
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Liberal
26th
1895
election
MPs
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil,
3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Conservative
27th
1900
election
MPs
The Marquess of Salisbury,
Arthur Balfour
Conservative
Edward VII
28th
1906
election
MPs
Henry Campbell-Bannerman ,
Herbert Henry Asquith
Liberal
29th
1910 (Jan)
election
MPs
Herbert Henry Asquith
Liberal
George V
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
Edward VIII
George VI
38th
1945
election
MPs
Clement Attlee
Labour
39th
1950
election
MPs
Clement Attlee
Labour
40th
1951
election
MPs
Winston Churchill
Conservative
Elizabeth II
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
54th
2005
election
MPs
Tony Blair,
Gordon Brown
Labour
The parties listed are those that won the election. During the nineteenth century, the party of government sometimes changed between general elections.
Notes
^ The term Prime Minister was not officially recognised until Campbell-Bannerman, although the title had been in common use since 1721.
See also