UK Prime Minsters 1960-2020

1895: Lord Salisbury (Conservative and Liberal Unionist)

1900:Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist)

1906:H. H. Asquith (Liberal-Irish Parliamentary Coalition)

January 1910: James Keir Hardie (Minority Labour)

December 1910: Arthur Griffith-Boscawen (Conservative)

1918: Andrew Bonar-Law (Conservative)

1922: H. H. Asquith (Liberal-Parliamentary Party*)

1923: Neville Chamberlain (Conservative)

1924: John Wheatley (Minority Labour)

1929: W. T. Cosgrave(LPP)

1931: Neville Chamberlain (Conservative)

1935: James Maxton (Labour)

1945: Willie Gallacher (Minority Communist)

1950: Nye Bevan (Labour-Communist Coalition)

1951: Oswald Mosley (National Party)

1955: Oswald Mosley (National Party)

1959: John A. Costello(LPP)

1964: Edwin Duncan Sandys (Conservative)

1966: Edwin Duncan Sandys (Conservative)

1970: Phil Piratin (Minority Communist)

February 1974: Phil Piratin (Democratic Communist and Labour Party*)

October 1974: Max Mosley (National Party)

1979: Willie Whitelaw (Conservative)

1983: Margaret Hilda Roberts (LPP)

1987: Margaret Hilda Roberts (LPP)

1992: Norman Lamont (Conservative)

1997: Robin Cook (DCLP)

2001: Margaret Mary Straw (DCLP)

2005: Michael Howard (Conservative)

2010: Jon Cruddas (DCLP)

2015: Alexander B. de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative)

2020:
 
1895: Lord Salisbury (Conservative and Liberal Unionist)

1900:Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist)

1906:H. H. Asquith (Liberal-Irish Parliamentary Coalition)

January 1910: James Keir Hardie (Minority Labour)

December 1910: Arthur Griffith-Boscawen (Conservative)

1918: Andrew Bonar-Law (Conservative)

1922: H. H. Asquith (Liberal-Parliamentary Party*)

1923: Neville Chamberlain (Conservative)

1924: John Wheatley (Minority Labour)

1929: W. T. Cosgrave(LPP)

1931: Neville Chamberlain (Conservative)

1935: James Maxton (Labour)

1945: Willie Gallacher (Minority Communist)

1950: Nye Bevan (Labour-Communist Coalition)

1951: Oswald Mosley (National Party)

1955: Oswald Mosley (National Party)

1959: John A. Costello(LPP)

1964: Edwin Duncan Sandys (Conservative)

1966: Edwin Duncan Sandys (Conservative)

1970: Phil Piratin (Minority Communist)

February 1974: Phil Piratin (Democratic Communist and Labour Party*)

October 1974: Max Mosley (National Party)

1979: Willie Whitelaw (Conservative)

1983: Margaret Hilda Roberts (LPP)

1987: Margaret Hilda Roberts (LPP)

1992: Norman Lamont (Conservative)

1997: Robin Cook (DCLP)

2001: Margaret Mary Straw (DCLP)

2005: Michael Howard (Conservative)

2010: Jon Cruddas (DCLP)

2015: Alexander B. de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative)

2020: Alexander B. de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative)
 
OOC: black angel, your Thatcher use is indeed inspired. Any rough ideas of how she ended up in a Liberal party that's very interested in representing Ireland? I guess it is a sort of ultimate Tory Unionist position, so it makes sense... love it.

well after Asquith's first term the Irish issues faded over the next 70 years, though Ireland stayed a strong base for the party, they stayed very classically Liberal, I'd say WC stays a Liberal and becomes a LPPer
 
What a weird little timeline, though I suppose it turned out okay in the end.

I really wonder what sort of stress Britain was put under during the post-war period and the 1970s, that allowed more extreme parties to take control.

The story of Margaret Roberts deserves to be told as well. Possibly she moved to Ireland in her youth, fleeing the Communist and Fascist governments, and found refuge instead with the Irish and their love of freedom?

I was going to try and work Churchill in as a PM for the LPP during the '20s actually, but my turn didn't come up at the right time. I put Chamberlain in office in '31 instead, since I couldn't find reason for the LPP to ditch Cosgrave in favor of Churchill.
 
1895: Lord Salisbury (Conservative and Liberal Unionist)

1900:Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist)

1906:H. H. Asquith (Liberal-Irish Parliamentary Coalition)

January 1910: James Keir Hardie (Minority Labour)

December 1910: Arthur Griffith-Boscawen (Conservative)

1918: Andrew Bonar-Law (Conservative)

1922: H. H. Asquith (Liberal-Parliamentary Party*)

1923: Neville Chamberlain (Conservative)

1924: John Wheatley (Minority Labour)

1929: W. T. Cosgrave(LPP)

1931: Neville Chamberlain (Conservative)

1935: James Maxton (Labour)

1945: Willie Gallacher (Minority Communist)

1950: Nye Bevan (Labour-Communist Coalition)

1951: Oswald Mosley (National Party)

1955: Oswald Mosley (National Party)

1959: John A. Costello(LPP)

1964: Edwin Duncan Sandys (Conservative)

1966: Edwin Duncan Sandys (Conservative)

1970: Phil Piratin (Minority Communist)

February 1974: Phil Piratin (Democratic Communist and Labour Party*)

October 1974: Max Mosley (National Party)

1979: Willie Whitelaw (Conservative)

1983: Margaret Hilda Roberts (LPP)

1987: Margaret Hilda Roberts (LPP)

1992: Norman Lamont (Conservative)

1997: Robin Cook (DCLP)

2001: Margaret Mary Straw (DCLP)

2005: Michael Howard (Conservative)

2010: Jon Cruddas (DCLP)

2015: Alexander B. de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative)

2020: Alexander B. de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative)

2025: Nicholas Clegg (Conservative)

Couldn't resist. Anyone fancy doing a quick TL making all the above make sense?
 
What a weird little timeline, though I suppose it turned out okay in the end.

I really wonder what sort of stress Britain was put under during the post-war period and the 1970s, that allowed more extreme parties to take control.

The story of Margaret Roberts deserves to be told as well. Possibly she moved to Ireland in her youth, fleeing the Communist and Fascist governments, and found refuge instead with the Irish and their love of freedom?

I was going to try and work Churchill in as a PM for the LPP during the '20s actually, but my turn didn't come up at the right time. I put Chamberlain in office in '31 instead, since I couldn't find reason for the LPP to ditch Cosgrave in favor of Churchill.

I'd think that Churchill would be Chancellor of the Exchequer during Cosgrave and leader of Party till maybe the mid-50s

well while Ireland is the LPP's base, like Scotland is to Labour today it isn't the only place the party would be strong I mean they get elected to Government so they have to have legs outside of Ireland.
 
On the left, I think this timeline sees a much more radical left in the UK than in our own. Keir forming a minority government in 1910 was a stretch I know, but after the alliance with the Irish Parliamentary Party the Liberals formed I figured it was somewhat conceivable that the working man could feel left behind by a Liberal government more focused on Ireland than OTL's 'Liberal reforms', and therefore get maybe 200 Labour MPs in in a shock result. Probably a bit ASB but a lot can happen in 4 years - maybe a general strike in 1908.

I think the reason the Commies get so popular is the people leading Labour - we get die hard reformers like Wheatley at the top, not mods like MacDonald, and similarly the mighty, indomitable James Maxton seemingly led Britain through WWII. A committed Socialist at the helm would probably set the agenda for real progress put on hold by the war (and direct intervention in the Spanish Civil War), and Gallacher's commies get the shock result in '45 that Labour got in OTL, because they, not Labour, represent an even more radical social programme.

However, under Bevan, matters are consolidated and Labour shifts left while the Commies reject Stalinism and shift to Democratic Eurocommunism. I'll leave it to someone else to work out the next stage - how the hell did Mosley get into the equation then?
 
I'd think that Churchill would be Chancellor of the Exchequer during Cosgrave and leader of Party till maybe the mid-50s
Just frustratingly unable to become PM as Communism and Fascism runs rampant. A nightmare scenario for the poor man.

well while Ireland is the LPP's base, like Scotland is to Labour today it isn't the only place the party would be strong I mean they get elected to Government so they have to have legs outside of Ireland.

Right but with strong authoritarian governments in power from 1945-1959 it would have to be difficult to be an outspoken Liberal. I could see Ireland being the land of a sort of party-in-exile during this dark period before Costello is able to restore its strength throughout the UK.
 
I think the reason the Commies get so popular is the people leading Labour - we get die hard reformers like Wheatley at the top, not mods like MacDonald, and similarly the mighty, indomitable James Maxton seemingly led Britain through WWII. A committed Socialist at the helm would probably set the agenda for real progress put on hold by the war (and direct intervention in the Spanish Civil War), and Gallacher's commies get the shock result in '45 that Labour got in OTL, because they, not Labour, represent an even more radical social programme.

Maxton I see ITTL as being driven more to the center due to the war. He did have that sort of broad reaching leadership ability, and could have done well given a cause to use it, rather than be an ideologue. Maxton would mean more direct intervention in the SCW, as you mentioned, and probably a more generous approach to the USSR as an ally during and just after the war. Gallacher would guarantee that.

I wonder what sort of government France and Italy would have in the late 40s. Or how the USA would react. Is there any sort of Marshall Plan from the USA? If not, maybe that's what makes the post-war period so difficult for the UK and Europe.

However, under Bevan, matters are consolidated and Labour shifts left while the Commies reject Stalinism and shift to Democratic Eurocommunism. I'll leave it to someone else to work out the next stage - how the hell did Mosley get into the equation then?

Must have been a terrible post-war recovery. Times of crisis will see people shift from one extremist party to another. Need of drastic change + fear of coming into the Soviet sphere + the idea of a European community headed by Britain brings Mosley to the forefront.
 
Right but with strong authoritarian governments in power from 1945-1959 it would have to be difficult to be an outspoken Liberal. I could see Ireland being the land of a sort of party-in-exile during this dark period before Costello is able to restore its strength throughout the UK.

an elected authoritarian government, I was feeling it'd be like the darker days of the Bush years any one that says boo gets blasted in the media, lots of spying, and gay/abortion bashing general racism and such BS.
 
I`m starting a new list...

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1951: Clement Attlee (Labour)
1955: Jo Grimond (Liberal)
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1951: Clement Attlee (Labour)
1955: Jo Grimond (Liberal)
1959: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
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1951: Clement Attlee (Labour)
1955: Jo Grimond (Liberal)
1959: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1964: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1968: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
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No other Anglophiles? Okay then, lets see if Thorneycroft's tenure can rival Walpole's.

1951: Clement Attlee (Labour)
1955: Jo Grimond (Liberal)
1959: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1964: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1968: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
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1951: Clement Attlee (Labour)
1955: Jo Grimond (Liberal)
1959: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1964: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1968: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1973: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1978: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
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Well done, and after more than 21 years he retires proudly.

1951: Clement Attlee (Labour)
1955: Jo Grimond (Liberal)
1959: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1964: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1968: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1973: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1978: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1981: Nigel Lawson (Conservative)
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1951: Clement Attlee (Labour)
1955: Jo Grimond (Liberal)
1959: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1964: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1968: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1973: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1978: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1981: Nigel Lawson (Conservative)
1983: Roy Jenkins (Labour)
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1951: Clement Attlee (Labour)
1955: Jo Grimond (Liberal)
1959: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1964: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1968: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1973: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1978: Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative)
1981: Nigel Lawson (Conservative)
1983: Roy Jenkins (Labour)
1987: David Steel (Liberal)
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