20th Century

Question 1

Term; 25th June 1895 - 11th July 1902
Elections; 1895 & 1900
Party; Conservative

Answer 1

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830-1903, aged 73)

3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Question 2

Term; 12th July 1902 - 4th December 1905
Elections; Unelected
Party; Conservative

Answer 2

Arthur Balfour (1848-1930, aged 81)

Question 3

Term; 5th December 1905 - 3rd April 1908
Elections; 1906
Party; Liberal

Answer 3

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908, aged 71)

Question 4

Term; 8th April 1908 - 5th December 1916
Elections; Jan 1910 & Dec 1910
Party; Liberal

Answer 4

Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928, aged 75)

Question 5

Term; 6th December 1916 - 19th October 1922
Elections; 1918
Party; Liberal

Answer 5

David Lloyd George (1863-1945, aged 82)

Question 6

Term; 23rd October 1922 - 20th May 1923
Elections; Unelected
Party; Conservative

Answer 6

Bonar Law (1858-1923, aged 65)

Question 7

Term; 22nd May 1923 - 22nd January 1924
Elections; Unelected
Party; Conservative

Answer 7

Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947, aged 80)

Question 8

Term; 5th June 1929 - 7th June 1935
Elections; 1929 & 1931
Party; Labour & National Labour

Answer 8

Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937, aged 71)

Question 9

Term; 7th June 1935 - 28th May 1937
Elections; 1935
Party; Conservative

Answer 9

Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947, aged 80)

Question 10

Term; 28th May 1937 - 10th May 1940
Elections; Unelected
Party; Conservative

Answer 10

Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940, aged 71)

Question 11

Term; 10th May 1940 - 26th July 1945
Elections; Unelected
Party; Conservative

Answer 11

Winston Churchill (1874-1965, aged 90)

Question 12

Term; 26th July 1945 - 26th October 1951
Elections; 1945 & 1950
Party; Labour

Answer 12

Clement Attlee (1883-1967, aged 84)

Question 13

Term; 26th October 191 - 5th April 1955
Elections; 1951
Party; Conservative

Answer 13

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965, aged 90)

Question 14

Term; 6th April 1955 - 9th January 1957
Elections; 1955
Party; Conservative

Answer 14

Sir Anthony Eden (1897-1977, aged 79)

Question 15

Term; 10th January 1957 - 10th October 1963
Elections; 1959
Party; Conservative

Answer 15

Harold MaMillan (1894-1986, aged 92)

Question 16

Term; 19th October 1963 - 16th October 1964
Elections; Unelected
Party; Conservative

Answer 16

Sir Alec Douglas-Horne (1903-1995, aged 92)

Question 17

Term; 16th October 1964 - 19th June 1970
Elections; 1964 & 1966
Party; Labour

Answer 17

Harold Wilson (1916-1995, aged 79)

Question 18

Term; 19th June 1970 - 4th March 1974
Elections; 1970
Party; Conservative

Answer 18

Edward Heath (1916-2005, aged 89)

Question 19

Term; 4th March 1974 - 5th April 1976
Elections; Feb 1974 & Oct 1974
Party; Labour

Answer 19

Harold Wilson (1916-1995, aged 79)

Question 20

Term; 5th April 1976 - 4th May 1979
Elections; Unelected
Party; Labour

Answer 20

James Callaghan (1925-2005, aged 92)

Question 21

Term; 4th May 1979 - 20th November 1990
Elections; 1979, 1983 & 1987
Party; Conservative

Answer 21

Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013, aged 87)

Question 22

Term; 28th November 1990 - 2nd May 1997
Elections; 1992
Party; Conservative

Answer 22

John Major (1943 - )

Question 23

Term; 2nd May 1997 - 27th June 2007
Elections; 1997, 2001 & 2005
Party; Labour

Answer 23

Tony Blair (1953 - )