Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Alan's World)

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government in Great Britain
Incumbent Ben Wallace since 6 June 2019
Residence	10 Downing Street
Appointer	The Crown The incumbent monarch appoints the person who commands the confidence of the House of Commons
Term length	At His Majesty's Pleasure While commanding the confidence of the majority of the House of Commons. No term limits are imposed on the office.
Formation	20 February 1874
First holder	Sir Benjamin Disraeli
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister

The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern prime ministers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons, they sit as members of Parliament.

The prime minister is selected by the monarch, whereby the monarch appoints as prime minister the person most likely to command the confidence of the House of Commons. In practice, this is the leader of the political party that holds the largest number of seats in the Commons; often the leader of the largest party.

The Prime Minister was not an official role until 1874 when George V invited Benjamin Disraeli to be "The Prime Minister in the Cabinet". Disraeli was given the power to select ministers, be the monarch's representative in the Houses of Parliament, and declare elections. The Prime Ministerial role greatly expanded during the Premiership of Ramsay MacDonald. MacDonald reformed the Nation to make it into a new democracy.

Ben Wallace has been the prime minister since 6 June 2019.

List of Prime Ministers

No.	Prime Minister			Took Office	Left Office	Election	Party	Government
1			Benjamin Disraeli	20 February 1874	19 April 1881	1874	Conservative	Disraeli I
						1880		Disraeli II
-			Richard A. Cross	19 April 1881	1 May 1881	-		Cross Caretaker
2			Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy	1 May 1881	19 December 1885	-		Gathorne-Hardy
3			William Ewart Gladstone	19 December 1885	5 June 1891	1885	Liberal	Gladstone I
						1890		Gladstone II
4			Henry Asquith	5 June 1891	20 March 1896	-		Asquith I
						1891		Asquith II
5			Arthur Balfour	20 March 1896	11 May 1900	1896	Conservative	Balfour
(4)			Henry Asquith	11 May 1900	11 Feburary 1910	1900	Liberal	Asquith III
						1905		Asquith IV
6			Arthur Henderson	11 Feburary 1910	30 April 1916	1910	Labour	Henderson I
						1915		Henderson II
7			Ramsay MacDonald	30 April 1916	6 May 1921	-		MacDonald Caretaker
						-		MacDonald II
						Aug. 1916		MacDonald III
						Dec. 1916		MacDonald IV
8			Austen Chamberlain	6 May 1921	2 May 1930	1921	Conservative	Chamberlain I
						1925		Chamberlain II
(7)			Ramsay MacDonald	2 May 1930	17 June 1935	1930	Labour	MacDonald V
						1933		MacDonald VI
9			Clement Attlee	17 June 1935	6 July 1945	-		Attlee I
						1935		Attlee II
						1940		Attlee III
10			Winston Churchill	6 July 1945	3 January 1947	1945	Conservative	Churchill
11			Herbert Morrison	3 January 1947	5 June 1960	1947	Labour	Morrison I
						1952		Morrison II
						1956		Morrison III
12			Hugh Gaitskell	5 June 1960	18 January 1963	-		Gaitskell I
						1961		Gaitskell II
-			James Callaghan	18 January 1963	15 Feburary 1963	-		Callaghan Caretaker
13			Harold Wilson	15 Feburary 1963	3 May 1968	-		Wilson I
						1963		Wilson-Grimond
14			Reginald Maudling	3 May 1968	5 May 1978	1968	Conservative	Maudling I
						1973		Maudling II
15			Michael Foot	5 May 1978	3 July 1981	1978	Labour	Foot
16			Margaret Thatcher	3 July 1981	8 September 1982	1981	Conservative	Thatcher
17			Michael Heseltine	8 September 1982	17 March 1989	-		Heseltine I
						1985		Heseltine II
18			Geoffrey Howe	17 March 1989	4 August 1989	-		Howe
19			John Smith	4 August 1989	11 May 1994	1989	Labour	Smith I
						1993		Smith II
-			Bryan Gould	11 May 1994	21 July 1994	-		Gould Caretaker
20			Gordon Brown	21 July 1994	3 May 2002	-		Brown I
						1994		Brown II
21			William Hague	3 May 2002	4 May 2007	1998	Conservative	Hague I
						2002		Hague II
22			Peter Mandelson	4 May 2007	4 May 2012	2007	Labour	Mandelson-Huhne
23			Theresa May	4 May 2012	6 June 2019	2012	Conservative	May I
						2017		May II
24			Ben Wallace	6 June 2019	Incumbent	-		Wallace I
						2019		Wallace II