General Elections in England

55th Parliament (est. 2009/10)
The next United Kingdom general election must be held on or before 3 June 2010,

MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2005 ...
5 May 2005

53rd Parliament
7 June 1001

52nd Parliament

52nd Parliament (1997)
1 May 1997

51st Parliament (1992)
9 April 1992

50th Parliament (1987)
11 June 1987

49th Parliament (1983)
9 June 1983

48th Parliament (1979)
3 May 1979

47th Parliament (October 1974)
10 October 1974

46th Parliament (February 1974)
28 February 1974

45th Parliament (1970)
18 June 1970

44th Parliament (1966)
31 March 1966

43rd Parliament (1964)
15 October 1964

42nd Parliament (1959)
8 October 1959

41st Parliament (1955)
26 May 1955

40th Parliament (1951)
25 October 1951

39th Parliament (1950)
23 February 1950

38th Parliament (1945)
5 July 1945

37th Parliament (1935)
14 November 1935

36th Parliament (1931)
27 October 1931

35th Parliament (1929)
30 May 1929

34th Parliament (1924)
29 October 1924

33rd Parliament (1923)
5 December 1923

32nd Parliament (1922)
15 November 1922

31st Parliament (1918)
14 December 1918

30th Parliament (December 1910)
3 - 19 December 1910

29th Parliament (January 1910)
15 January - 10 February 1910

28th Parliament (1906)
12 January - 1906

27th Parliament (1900)
25 September - 1900

26th Parliament (1895)
13 July - 1895

25th Parliament (1892)
4 July - 1892

24th Parliament (1886)
1 July - 1886

23rd Parliament (1885)
24 November - 1885

22nd Parliament (1880)
March - April 1880

21st Parliament (1874)

20th Parliament (1868)

List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom

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.

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.

Monarch	Number	Start date	Election	Members	Prime Minister(s)^[1]	Party
George III	1st	1801	none: co-opted		William Pitt the Younger, Henry Addington	Tory
	2nd	1802	election	MPs	Henry Addington, William Pitt the Younger	Tory
	3rd	1806	election	MPs	William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Lord Grenville	Whig
	4th	1807	election	MPs	William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Spencer Perceval, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool	Tory
	5th	1812	election	MPs	The Earl of Liverpool	Tory
	6th	1818	election	MPs	The Earl of Liverpool	Tory
George IV	7th	1820	election	MPs	The Earl of Liverpool	Tory
George IV	8th	1826	election	MPs	The Earl of Liverpool, George Canning, Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	Tory
William IV	9th	1830	election	MPs	Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey	Whig
	10th	1831	election	MPs	The Earl Grey	Whig
	11th	1832	election	MPs	The Earl Grey, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Robert Peel	Whig
	12th	1835	election	MPs	William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne	Whig
Victoria	13th	1837	election	MPs	The Viscount Melbourne	Whig
	14th	1841	election	MPs	Sir Robert Peel, Bt	Conservative
	15th	1847	election	MPs	The Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell	Whig
	16th	1852	election	MPs	Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen	Conservative
	17th	1857	election	MPs	Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Earl of Derby	Whig
	18th	1859	election	MPs	The Viscount Palmerston	Liberal
	19th	1865	election	MPs	John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, The Earl of Derby, Benjamin Disraeli	Liberal
	20th	1868	election	MPs	William Ewart Gladstone
	21st	1874	election	MPs	Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield	Conservative
	22nd	1880	election	MPs	William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal
	23rd	1885	election	MPs	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, William Ewart Gladstone
	24th	1886	election	MPs	The Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative
	25th	1892	election	MPs	William Ewart Gladstone, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery	Liberal
	26th	1895	election	MPs	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative
	27th	1900	election	MPs	The Marquess of Salisbury, Arthur Balfour	Conservative
Edward VII	27th	1900	election	MPs	The Marquess of Salisbury, Arthur Balfour	Conservative
	28th	1906	election	MPs	Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Herbert Henry Asquith	Liberal
	29th	1910 (Jan)	election	MPs	Herbert Henry Asquith	Liberal
George V	29th	1910 (Jan)	election	MPs	Herbert Henry Asquith	Liberal
	30th	1910 (Dec)	election	MPs	Herbert Henry Asquith, David Lloyd George	Liberal
	31st	1918	election	MPs	David Lloyd George	Coalition
	32nd	1922	election	MPs	Andrew Bonar Law	Conservative
	33rd	1923	election	MPs	Stanley Baldwin	Conservative
	34th	1924	election	MPs	Stanley Baldwin	Conservative
	35th	1929	election	MPs	Ramsay MacDonald	Labour
	36th	1931	election	MPs	Ramsay MacDonald	National Government
	37th	1935	election	MPs	Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill	National Government
Edward VIII
George VI
	38th	1945	election	MPs	Clement Attlee	Labour
	39th	1950	election	MPs	Clement Attlee	Labour
	40th	1951	election	MPs	Winston Churchill	Conservative
Elizabeth II	40th	1951	election	MPs	Winston Churchill	Conservative
	41st	1955	election	MPs	Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan	Conservative
	42nd	1959	election	MPs	Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home	Conservative
	43rd	1964	election	MPs	Harold Wilson	Labour
	44th	1966	election	MPs	Harold Wilson	Labour
	45th	1970	election	MPs	Edward Heath	Conservative
	46th	1974 (Feb)	election	MPs	Harold Wilson	Labour
	47th	1974 (Oct)	election	MPs	Harold Wilson, James Callaghan	Labour
	48th	1979	election	MPs	Margaret Thatcher	Conservative
	49th	1983	election	MPs	Margaret Thatcher	Conservative
	50th	1987	election	MPs	Margaret Thatcher, John Major	Conservative
	51st	1992	election	MPs	John Major	Conservative
	52nd	1997	election	MPs	Tony Blair	Labour
	53rd	2001	election	MPs	Tony Blair	Labour
	54th	2005	election	MPs	Tony Blair, Gordon Brown (as of 27 June 2007)	Labour

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

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