Political prime minister from WW2 to NOW

Conservative

Period: Jan 5, 1940 to Jan 5, 1945

Winston Churchill

Labour

Period: Jan 5, 1945 to Jan 5, 1951

Clement Attlee

Conservative

Period: Jan 5, 1951 to Jan 5, 1955

Sir Winston Churcill

Conservative

Period: Jan 5, 1955 to Jan 5, 1957

Sir Anthony Eden

Conservative

Period: Jan 5, 1957 to Jan 5, 1963

Harold Macmillan

Conservative

Period: Jan 5, 1963 to Jan 5, 1964

Sir Alec Douglas-Home

labour

Period: Jan 5, 1964 to Jan 5, 1970

Harold Wilson

Conservative

Period: Jan 5, 1970 to Jan 5, 1974

Edward Heath

Labour

Period: Jan 5, 1974 to Jan 5, 1976

Harold Wilson

Labour

Period: Jan 5, 1976 to Jan 5, 1979

James Callaghan

Conservative

Period: Jan 5, 1979 to Jan 5, 1990

Margaret Thatcher

Miners' strike

Period: Jan 4, 1984 to Jan 6, 1985

Women Against Pit Closures was a political movement supporting miners and their families in the UK miners' strike of 1984–85. The movement is credited with bringing feminist ideas into practice in an industrial dispute and empowering women to take a public role in a community with a male-dominated sphere

Conservative

Period: Jan 5, 1990 to Jan 5, 1997

John Major

Labour

Period: Jan 5, 1997 to Jan 5, 2007

Tony Blair

Labour

Period: Jan 5, 2007 to Jan 5, 2010

Gordon Brown

Conservative

Period: Jan 5, 2010 to Jan 5, 2016

David Cameron