List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies represented by sitting prime ministers

This is a chronological list of parliamentary constituencies in the Kingdom of Great Britain and its successor state the United Kingdom which were represented by sitting Prime Ministers.

All the constituencies are or were (in the case of those abolished) in England apart from three in Wales and six in Scotland. No Prime Minister has represented a constituency in Ireland.

Constituency County Prime Minister Portrait Start End Notes
King's Lynn Norfolk Sir Robert Walpole 3 April 1721 6 February 1742 Regarded as the first Prime Minister in the modern sense. Created Earl of Orford on 6 February 1742
Earl of Orford House of Lords The Earl of Orford 6 February 1742 11 February 1742 See previous entry.
Earl of Wilmington House of Lords The Earl of Wilmington 16 February 1742 2 July 1743
Sussex Sussex Henry Pelham 27 August 1743 6 March 1754
Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne House of Lords The Duke of Newcastle 16 March 1754 11 November 1756
Duke of Devonshire House of Lords The Duke of Devonshire 16 November 1756 29 June 1757
Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne House of Lords The Duke of Newcastle 29 June 1757 26 May 1762
Representative Peer House of Lords The Earl of Bute 26 May 1762 8 April 1763 [note 1]
Buckingham Buckinghamshire George Grenville 16 April 1763 10 July 1765
Marquess of Rockingham House of Lords The Marquess of Rockingham 13 July 1765 30 July 1766
Bath Somerset William Pitt the Elder 30 July 1766 4 August 1766 Pitt " kissed hands" as a commoner on 30 July 1766. He chose to become Lord Privy Seal, and was created Earl of Chatham on 4 August 1766.
Earl of Chatham House of Lords The Earl of Chatham 4 August 1766 14 October 1768 See previous entry.
Duke of Grafton House of Lords The Duke of Grafton 14 October 1768 28 January 1770
Banbury Oxfordshire Lord North 28 January 1770 27 March 1782
Marquess of Rockingham House of Lords The Marquess of Rockingham 27 March 1782 1 July 1782
Baron Wycombe House of Lords The Earl of Shelburne 4 July 1782 26 March 1783 [note 2]
Duke of Portland House of Lords The Duke of Portland 2 April 1783 18 December 1783
Appleby Westmorland William Pitt the Younger 19 December 1783 3 April 1784
Cambridge University Cambridgeshire William Pitt the Younger 3 April 1784 14 March 1801 Chose to stand for different constituency
Devizes Wiltshire Henry Addington 17 March 1801 10 May 1804
Cambridge University Cambridgeshire William Pitt the Younger 10 May 1804 23 January 1806
Baron Grenville House of Lords The Lord Grenville 11 February 1806 25 March 1807
Duke of Portland House of Lords The Duke of Portland 31 March 1807 4 October 1809
Northampton Northamptonshire Spencer Perceval 4 October 1809 11 May 1812
Earl of Liverpool House of Lords The Earl of Liverpool 8 June 1812 9 April 1827
Seaford Sussex George Canning 20 April 1827 8 August 1827 Chose to stand for different constituency
Viscount Goderich House of Lords The Viscount Goderich 31 August 1827 8 January 1828
Duke of Wellington House of Lords The Duke of Wellington 22 January 1828 16 November 1830
Earl Grey House of Lords The Earl Grey 22 November 1830 9 July 1834
Baron Melbourne House of Lords The Viscount Melbourne 16 July 1834 14 November 1834 [note 2]
Duke of Wellington House of Lords The Duke of Wellington 17 November 1834 9 December 1834
Tamworth Staffordshire Sir Robert Peel, Bt. 10 December 1834 8 April 1835
Baron Melbourne House of Lords The Viscount Melbourne 18 April 1835 30 August 1841 [note 2]
Tamworth Staffordshire Sir Robert Peel, Bt. 30 August 1841 29 June 1846
City of London City of London Lord John Russell 30 June 1846 21 February 1852 Later created Earl Russell on 27 July 1861
Earl of Derby House of Lords The Earl of Derby 23 February 1852 17 December 1852
Viscount Gordon House of Lords The Earl of Aberdeen 19 December 1852 30 January 1855 [note 1]
Tiverton Devon The Viscount Palmerston 6 February 1855 19 February 1858
Earl of Derby House of Lords The Earl of Derby 20 February 1858 11 June 1859
Tiverton Devon The Viscount Palmerston 12 June 1859 18 October 1865
Earl Russell House of Lords The Earl Russell 29 October 1865 26 June 1866 Previously Lord John Russell.
Earl of Derby House of Lords The Earl of Derby 28 June 1866 25 February 1868
Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Benjamin Disraeli 27 February 1868 1 December 1868
Greenwich Kent William Ewart Gladstone 3 December 1868 17 February 1874
Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Benjamin Disraeli 20 February 1874 21 August 1876 Created Earl of Beaconsfield on 21 August 1876
Earl of Beaconsfield House of Lords The Earl of Beaconsfield 21 August 1876 21 April 1880 See previous entry.
Midlothian Edinburgh William Ewart Gladstone 23 April 1880 9 June 1885
Marquess of Salisbury House of Lords The Marquess of Salisbury 23 June 1885 28 January 1886
Midlothian Edinburgh William Ewart Gladstone 1 February 1886 20 July 1886
Marquess of Salisbury House of Lords The Marquess of Salisbury 25 July 1886 11 August 1892
Midlothian Edinburgh William Ewart Gladstone 15 August 1892 2 March 1894
Baron Rosebery House of Lords The Earl of Rosebery 5 March 1894 22 June 1895 [note 1]
Marquess of Salisbury House of Lords The Marquess of Salisbury 25 June 1895 11 July 1902
Manchester East Lancashire Arthur Balfour 12 July 1902 4 December 1905
Stirling Burghs Stirlingshire Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman 5 December 1905 5 April 1908
Perthshire
Fife
Linlithgowshire
Fife East Fife H. H. Asquith 5 April 1908 5 December 1916
Caernarvon Boroughs Caernarfon David Lloyd George 6 December 1916 19 October 1922
Glasgow Central Glasgow Bonar Law 23 October 1922 20 May 1923
Bewdley Worcestershire Stanley Baldwin 22 May 1923 22 January 1924
Aberavon Glamorgan Ramsay MacDonald 22 January 1924 4 November 1924
Bewdley Worcestershire Stanley Baldwin 4 November 1924 4 June 1929
Seaham County Durham Ramsay MacDonald 5 June 1929 7 June 1935
Bewdley Worcestershire Stanley Baldwin 7 June 1935 28 May 1937
Birmingham Edgbaston Warwickshire Neville Chamberlain 28 May 1937 10 May 1940
Epping Essex Winston Churchill 10 May 1940 5 July 1945 Constituency abolished effective with 1945 general election
Woodford Essex Winston Churchill 5 July 1945 26 July 1945
Limehouse County of London Clement Attlee 26 July 1945 23 February 1950 Constituency abolished effective with 1950 general election
Walthamstow West Essex Clement Attlee 23 February 1950 26 October 1951
Woodford Essex Sir Winston Churchill 26 October 1951 5 April 1955
Warwick and Leamington Warwickshire Sir Anthony Eden 6 April 1955 9 January 1957
Bromley Kent Harold Macmillan 10 January 1957 18 October 1963
Earl of Home House of Lords The Earl of Home 19 October 1963 22 October 1963 Douglas-Home was the Earl of Home when he became Prime Minister and renounced his peerage four days later to stand for the House of Commons.
Prime Minister outside Parliament Sir Alec Douglas-Home 23 October 1963 7 November 1963 Douglas-Home was in neither House of Parliament and during an active parliament, briefly for twenty days. He was elected in by-election on 8 November 1963, but did not take his seat until 12 November.
Kinross and Western Perthshire Kinross-shire Sir Alec Douglas-Home 8 November 1963 16 October 1964
Perthshire
Huyton Lancashire Harold Wilson 16 October 1964 19 June 1970
Bexley Greater London Edward Heath 19 June 1970 28 February 1974 Constituency abolished effective with February 1974 general election
Sidcup Greater London Edward Heath 28 February 1974 4 March 1974 Heath was elected for Sidcup and did not resign as Prime Minister for several days while he attempted to form a coalition.
Huyton Merseyside Harold Wilson 4 March 1974 5 April 1976
Cardiff South East South Glamorgan James Callaghan 5 April 1976 4 May 1979
Finchley Greater London Margaret Thatcher 4 May 1979 28 November 1990
Huntingdon Cambridgeshire John Major 28 November 1990 2 May 1997
Sedgefield County Durham Tony Blair 2 May 1997 27 June 2007
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Fife Gordon Brown 27 June 2007 11 May 2010
Witney Oxfordshire David Cameron 11 May 2010 13 July 2016
Maidenhead Berkshire Theresa May 13 July 2016 24 July 2019
Uxbridge and South Ruislip Greater London Boris Johnson 24 July 2019 Incumbent

References
  1. Scottish Peers wasn't allowed to sit in the House of Lords unless they were Representative Peers or held Imperial Peerages (i.e. Peerage of Great Britain and Peerage of the United Kingdom), until the Peerage Act 1963 which Scottish Peers had an automatic seat in the House of Lords until the House of Lords Act 1999.
  2. Irish Peers wasn't allowed to sit in the House of Lords unless they were Representative Peers (from 1801–1921) or held Imperial Peerages (i.e. Peerage of Great Britain and Peerage of the United Kingdom), until the House of Lords Act 1999, but they had the right of to stand for election to the House of Commons as Lord Palmerston did during both his premierships.
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