Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

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government office head of government role

Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom are the heads of the UK government, leading the executive branch, setting national policy, and representing the country domestically and internationally.

Aliases (5)

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ×136
Prime Minister of Great Britain ×3
British Prime Ministers ×1
United Kingdom Prime Minister ×1
the Prime Minister of Great Britain ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government office → head of government role →
accountableTo	House of Commons of the United Kingdom →
appliesToJurisdiction	United Kingdom →
appointedBy	Monarch of the United Kingdom →
associatedWithBuilding	Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall, London →
canAdviseMonarchOn	appointment of ministers → calling a general election → dissolution of Parliament →
canDissolve	Parliament of the United Kingdom (subject to law and royal assent) →
chairs	Cabinet of the United Kingdom →
country	United Kingdom →
eligibleFrom	citizens eligible to sit in the House of Commons →
firstOfficeHolder	Robert Walpole →
firstOfficeHolderStartDate	1721 →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street →
hasSubordinateOffice	Chancellor of the Exchequer → Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
heads	executive branch of the United Kingdom →
leads	Government of the United Kingdom →
legalBasis	constitutional convention → royal prerogative →
meetsRegularlyWith	Monarch of the United Kingdom →
memberOf	Cabinet of the United Kingdom → Privy Council of the United Kingdom →
nominatedBy	House of Commons of the United Kingdom →
officeCreated	18th century →
officeHolderOf	Head of His Majesty's Government →
officeLocation	10 Downing Street, London →
officeType	political leadership position →
oversees	Civil Service of the United Kingdom →
participatesIn	Prime Minister's Questions →
partOf	Government of the United Kingdom →
precededBy	First Lord of the Treasury (as primary executive role) →
reportsTo	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
requires	membership of the House of Commons (by modern convention) →
residence	10 Downing Street → Chequers →
responsibleFor	representing the United Kingdom domestically → representing the United Kingdom internationally → setting national policy of the United Kingdom →
selectionMethod	appointed by the monarch who can command confidence of the House of Commons →
styleOfAddress	Prime Minister → The Right Honourable →
symbol	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom →
termDependsOn	confidence of the House of Commons →
termLength	no fixed term →
typicalConcurrentOffice	First Lord of the Treasury → Minister for the Civil Service →

Referenced by (95)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alec Douglas-Home ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Anthony Eden ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Arthur Balfour ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Benjamin Disraeli ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Benjamin Disraeli ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → David Cameron ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → David Cameron ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Earl Grey ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Edward Heath ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Edward Heath ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Frederick North, Lord North ("Prime Minister of Great Britain") → George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Harold Wilson ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Herbert Henry Asquith ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → James Callaghan ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → John Major ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Margaret Thatcher ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Pitt the Elder ("Prime Minister of Great Britain") → Rishi Sunak ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Stanley Baldwin ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Stanley Baldwin ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Tony Blair ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → William Ewart Gladstone ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ("Prime Minister of Great Britain") → William Pitt the Younger ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	positionHeld
Attorney General for England and Wales ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → British Home Department ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Home Office ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Number 10 Communications ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Prime Minister's Office (United Kingdom) ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Scotland Office ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Air ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Justice ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for War ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	reportsTo
Air Ministry ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Board of Admiralty ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Ministry of Aircraft Production ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for India ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ("the Prime Minister of Great Britain") →	subordinateTo
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → HMG ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → His Majesty’s Government ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → UK government ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	headOfGovernment
All Saints’ Churchyard, Sutton Courtenay ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Broket Hall → Windlestone Hall ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	associatedWith
Attorney General for England and Wales ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Governor of the Bank of England ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	appointedOnAdviceOf
Secretary of State for Defence ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Justice ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	appointmentOnAdviceOf
Chief of the Air Staff ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Air ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	nominatedBy
The Decline and Fall of Lloyd George ("British Prime Ministers") →	about
Lord Privy Seal ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	advisedBy
First Sea Lord ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	appointedBy
British Cabinet ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	appointmentsRecommendedBy
The Iron Lady ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	associatedOffice
Hughenden Manor ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	associatedWithOccupation
Number 10 ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	associatedWithOffice
Remembrance Sunday national service ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	attendee
Crimean Conference ("United Kingdom Prime Minister") →	attendeeRole
British Cabinet ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	composedOf
British Crown ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	delegatesPowerTo
Downing Street Press Secretary ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	employer
Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	executiveAuthority
Crown in right of the United Kingdom ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	exercisesPowerThrough
Great Offices of State ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	hasNotableOffice
Downing Street ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	hasOffice
State Opening of Parliament ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	hasParticipant
British Cabinet ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	headedBy
First Lord of the Treasury ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	isOftenHeldBy
First Lord of the Treasury ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	isStyleUsedOnOfficialDocumentsFor
First Minister of Scotland ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	meetsWith
Number 10 ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	occupant
Jeremy Hunt ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	officeContested
First Lord of the Treasury ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	officeHolderUsually
British intelligence ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	overseenBy
British monarch ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	powerExercisedThrough
2016 Witney by-election ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	preByElectionMPPosition
Conservative Party (UK) →	producedOfficeHolders
George Cross ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	recommendationBy
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	requiresActionBy
10 Downing Street ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	servesAsOfficeOf
Trident nuclear missile system ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	strategicCommandAuthority
Cabinet Office ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	supports
First Lord of the Treasury ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	traditionallyCombinedWith
First Lord of the Treasury ("Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	usedAsTitleBy