POLITICS
United Kingdom
Longest Tenured Prime Ministers
This list features the British Prime Ministers with the longest tenures in history.
RANK | PRIME MINISTER | TENURE | YEARS IN OFFICE | PARTY |
1 | Sir Robert Walpole | 1721-1742 | 20 years, 314 days | Whig |
2 | William Pitt the Younger | 1783-1801 | 18 years, 343 days | Tory (Pittite) |
3 | The Earl of Liverpool | 1812-1827 | 14 years, 305 days | Tory (Pittite) |
4 | The Marquess of Salisbury | 1895-1902 | 13 years, 252 days | Conservative |
5 | William Ewart Gladstone | 1868-1874 1880-1885 | 12 years, 126 days | Liberal |
6 | Lord North | 1766-1782 | 12 years, 58 days | Tory (Northite) |
7 | Margaret Thatcher | 1979-1990 | 11 years, 208 days | Conservative |
8 | Henry Pelham | 1743-1754 | 10 years, 191 days | Whig |
9 | The Viscount Palmerston | 1855-1865 | 9 years, 141 days | Whig / Liberal |
10 | H. H. Asquith | 1908-1916 | 8 years, 244 days | Liberal |
11 | Sir Winston Churchill | 1940-1945 | 8 years, 239 days | Conservative |
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