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.

Name of constituency Prime Minister name Portrait Start End Notes
King's Lynn Sir Robert Walpole 4 April 1721 11 February 1742 Regarded as the first Prime Minister in the modern sense
None Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington 16 February 1742 2 July 1743 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Sussex Pelham, HenryHenry Pelham 27 August 1743 6 March 1754
None The Duke of Newcastle 16 March 1754 16 November 1756 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Duke of Devonshire 16 November 1756 25 June 1757 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Duke of Newcastle 2 July 1757 26 May 1762 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Earl of Bute 26 May 1762 8 April 1763 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Buckingham Grenville, GeorgeGeorge Grenville 16 April 1763 13 July 1765
None The Marquess of Rockingham 13 July 1765 30 July 1766 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Bath 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.
None William Pitt the Elder,
Earl of Chatham		 4 August 1766 14 October 1768 See previous entry. Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Duke of Grafton 14 October 1768 28 January 1770 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Banbury Lord North 28 January 1770 22 March 1782
None The Marquess of Rockingham 27 March 1782 1 July 1782 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Earl of Shelburne 4 July 1782 2 April 1783 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Duke of Portland 2 April 1783 19 December 1783 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Appleby Pitt the Younger, WilliamWilliam Pitt the Younger 19 December 1783 3 April 1784
Cambridge University Pitt the Younger, WilliamWilliam Pitt the Younger 3 April 1784 14 March 1801 Chose to stand for different constituency
Devizes Addington, HenryHenry Addington 17 March 1801 10 May 1804
Cambridge University Pitt the Younger, WilliamWilliam Pitt the Younger 10 May 1804 23 January 1806
None The Lord Grenville 11 February 1806 31 March 1807 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Duke of Portland 31 March 1807 4 October 1809 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Northampton Perceval, SpencerSpencer Perceval 4 October 1809 11 May 1812
None The Earl of Liverpool 8 June 1812 9 April 1827 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Seaford Canning, GeorgeGeorge Canning 10 April 1827 8 August 1827
None The Viscount Goderich 31 August 1827 21 January 1828 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Duke of Wellington 22 January 1828 16 November 1830 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Earl Grey 22 November 1830 9 July 1834 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Viscount Melbourne 16 July 1834 14 November 1834 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Duke of Wellington 14 November 1834 10 December 1834 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Tamworth Sir Robert Peel 10 December 1834 8 April 1835
None The Viscount Melbourne 18 April 1835 30 August 1841 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Tamworth Sir Robert Peel 30 August 1841 29 June 1846
City of London The Lord John Russell
(afterwards PM as Earl Russell)		 30 June 1846 21 February 1852
None The Earl of Derby 23 February 1852 17 December 1852 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Earl of Aberdeen 19 December 1852 30 January 1855 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Tiverton The Viscount Palmerston 6 February 1855 19 February 1858
None The Earl of Derby 20 February 1858 11 June 1859 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Tiverton The Viscount Palmerston 12 June 1859 18 October 1865
None The Earl Russell
(previously PM as Lord John Russell)		 29 October 1865 26 June 1866 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Earl of Derby 28 June 1866 25 February 1868 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Buckinghamshire Benjamin Disraeli 27 February 1868 1 December 1868
Greenwich Gladstone, William EwartWilliam Ewart Gladstone 3 December 1868 17 February 1874
Buckinghamshire Benjamin Disraeli 20 February 1874 21 August 1876 Disraeli became Earl of Beaconsfield on 21 August 1876.
None Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield 21 August 1876 21 April 1880 See previous entry. Prime Minister in House of Lords
Midlothian Gladstone, William EwartWilliam Ewart Gladstone 23 April 1880 9 June 1885
None The Marquess of Salisbury 23 June 1885 28 January 1886 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Midlothian Gladstone, William EwartWilliam Ewart Gladstone 1 February 1886 20 July 1886
None The Marquess of Salisbury 25 July 1886 11 August 1892 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Midlothian Gladstone, William EwartWilliam Ewart Gladstone 15 August 1892 2 March 1894
None The Earl of Rosebery 5 March 1894 22 June 1895 Prime Minister in House of Lords
None The Marquess of Salisbury 25 June 1895 11 July 1902 Prime Minister in House of Lords
Manchester East Balfour, ArthurArthur Balfour 11 July 1902 5 December 1905
Stirling Burghs Campbell-Bannerman, Sir HenrySir Henry Campbell-Bannerman 5 December 1905 7 April 1908
Fife East Asquith, H. H.H. H. Asquith 7 April 1908 7 December 1916
Caernarvon Boroughs Lloyd George, DavidDavid Lloyd George 7 December 1916 19 October 1922
Glasgow Central Law, BonarBonar Law 23 October 1922 20 May 1923
Bewdley Baldwin, StanleyStanley Baldwin 23 May 1923 16 January 1924
Aberavon MacDonald, RamsayRamsay MacDonald 22 January 1924 4 November 1924
Bewdley Baldwin, StanleyStanley Baldwin 4 November 1924 5 June 1929
Seaham MacDonald, RamsayRamsay MacDonald 5 June 1929 7 June 1935
Bewdley Baldwin, StanleyStanley Baldwin 7 June 1935 28 May 1937
Birmingham Edgbaston Chamberlain, NevilleNeville Chamberlain 28 May 1937 10 May 1940
Epping Churchill, WinstonWinston Churchill 10 May 1940 27 July 1945
Limehouse Attlee, ClementClement Attlee 27 July 1945 23 February 1950 Constituency abolished effective with the 1950 general election
Walthamstow West Attlee, ClementClement Attlee 23 February 1950 26 October 1951
Woodford Churchill, WinstonWinston Churchill 26 October 1951 6 April 1955
Warwick and Leamington Sir Anthony Eden 6 April 1955 10 January 1957
Bromley Macmillan, HaroldHarold Macmillan 10 January 1957 19 October 1963
None Douglas-Home, AlecAlec Douglas-Home 19 October 1963 8 November 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. Elected in by-election, 8 November 1963
Kinross and Western Perthshire Douglas-Home, AlecAlec Douglas-Home 8 November 1963 16 October 1964
Huyton Wilson, HaroldHarold Wilson 16 October 1964 19 June 1970
Bexley Heath, EdwardEdward Heath 19 June 1970 28 February 1974 Constituency abolished effective with February 1974 General Election.
Sidcup Heath, EdwardEdward 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 Wilson, HaroldHarold Wilson 4 March 1974 5 April 1976
Cardiff South East Callaghan, JamesJames Callaghan 5 April 1976 4 May 1979
Finchley Thatcher, MargaretMargaret Thatcher 4 May 1979 28 November 1990
Huntingdon Major, JohnJohn Major 28 November 1990 2 May 1997
Sedgefield Blair, TonyTony Blair 2 May 1997 27 June 2007
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Brown, GordonGordon Brown 27 June 2007 11 May 2010
Witney Cameron, DavidDavid Cameron 11 May 2010 13 July 2016
Maidenhead May, TheresaTheresa May 13 July 2016 Incumbent

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