List of parliaments of the United Kingdom

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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. [1]

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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.

List of parliaments

MonarchNumberStart dateElectionMembersPrime ministers PartyPercentage of
popular vote
George III 1st 1801 none: co-opted William Pitt
Henry Addington
Tory
2nd1802 General election MPs Henry Addington
William Pitt
Tory
3rd1806 General election MPs The Lord Grenville Whig
4th1807 General election MPs The Duke of Portland
Spencer Perceval
The Earl of Liverpool
Tory
5th1812 General election MPs The Earl of LiverpoolTory
6th1818 General election MPs The Earl of LiverpoolTory
George IV 7th1820 General election MPs The Earl of LiverpoolTory
8th1826 General election MPs The Earl of Liverpool
George Canning
The Viscount Goderich
The Duke of Wellington
Tory
William IV 9th1830 General election MPs The Earl Grey Whig
10th1831 General election MPs The Earl GreyWhig
11th1832 General election MPs The Earl Grey
The Viscount Melbourne
Sir Robert Peel
Whig67.0
12th1835 General election MPs The Viscount MelbourneWhig55.2
Victoria 13th1837 General election MPs The Viscount MelbourneWhig51.7
14th1841 General election MPs Sir Robert Peel Conservative 56.9
15th1847 General election MPs Lord John Russell Whig53.8
16th1852 General election MPs The Earl of Derby
The Earl of Aberdeen
Conservative41.9
17th1857 General election MPs The Viscount Palmerston
The Earl of Derby
Whig65.9
18th1859 General election MPs The Viscount Palmerston Liberal 65.7
19th1865 General election MPs The Earl Russell
The Earl of Derby
Benjamin Disraeli
Liberal59.5
20th1868 General election MPs William Ewart Gladstone Liberal61.5
21st1874 General election MPs Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield from 1876)Conservative44.3
22nd1880 General election MPs William Ewart GladstoneLiberal54.7
23rd1885 General election MPs The Marquess of Salisbury
William Ewart Gladstone
Liberal (minority)47.4
24th1886 General election MPs The Marquess of SalisburyConservative51.1
25th1892 General election MPs William Ewart Gladstone
The Earl of Rosebery
Liberal (minority)45.4
26th1895 General election MPs The Marquess of SalisburyConservative49.0
27th1900 General election MPs The Marquess of Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
Conservative50.3
Edward VII
28th1906 General election MPs Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Herbert Asquith
Liberal48.9
29th1910 (Jan) General election MPs Herbert AsquithLiberal (minority)43.5
George V
30th1910 (Dec) General election MPs Herbert Asquith
David Lloyd George
Liberal (minority)43.2
31st1918 General election MPs David Lloyd George Coalition 47.1
32nd1922 General election MPs Bonar Law Conservative38.5
33rd1923 General election MPs Ramsay MacDonald Labour (minority)30.7
34th1924 General election MPs Stanley Baldwin Conservative46.8
35th1929 General election MPs Ramsay MacDonald Labour (minority)37.1
36th1931 General election MPs Ramsay MacDonald National Government 67.2
37th1935 General election MPs Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
National Government 53.3
Edward VIII
George VI
38th1945 General election MPs Clement Attlee Labour49.7
39th1950 General election MPs Clement AttleeLabour46.1
40th1951 General election MPs Winston Churchill (Sir Winston Churchill from 1953)Conservative48.0
Elizabeth II
41st1955 General election MPs Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Conservative49.7
42nd1959 General election MPs Harold Macmillan
The Earl of Home (Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1959)
Conservative49.4
43rd1964 General election MPs Harold Wilson Labour44.1
44th1966 General election MPs Harold WilsonLabour48.0
45th1970 General election MPs Edward Heath Conservative46.4
46th1974 (Feb) General election MPs Harold WilsonLabour (minority)37.2
47th1974 (Oct) General election MPs Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Labour39.2
48th1979 General election MPs Margaret Thatcher Conservative43.9
49th1983 General election MPs Margaret ThatcherConservative42.3
50th1987 General election MPs Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Conservative42.2
51st1992 General election MPs John MajorConservative41.9
52nd1997 General election MPs Tony Blair Labour43.2
53rd2001 General election MPs Tony BlairLabour40.7
54th2005 General election MPs Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
Labour35.2
55th2010 General election MPs David Cameron Coalition 59.1
(Con: 36.1; Lib Dem: 23.0)
56th2015 General election MPs David Cameron
Theresa May
Conservative36.9
57th2017 General election MPs Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Conservative42.4
58th2019 General election MPs Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Conservative43.6
Charles III
59th2024 General election MPs Sir Keir Starmer Labour33.7

The parties listed are those that won the election. During the 19th century, the party of government sometimes changed between general elections.

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