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Usage
Tiny template to print "Conservatives / Labour / Cons/LibDems" in party colours. Optionally takes a PM as a 3rd argument, eg. "Thatcher".
ToDo: Remove all instances of the old templates Template:Con, Template:Lab and Template:ConLib, and replace with this one.
The parameters are:
{{govt | arg-0 - One of [div / span]. Determines (a) whether the output is wrapped in a div and (b) what font size is used. | arg-1 - Party name, abbreviated. One of [ Con | Lab | Lib | ConLib ] | arg-2 - PM name (optional) }}
Examples
{{govt|div|Con|May}}
Conservatives (May){{govt|span|Con}}
Conservatives{{govt|span|Lab|Blair}}
Labour (Blair){{govt|span|ConLib}}
Cons/LibDem{{govt|span|ConLib|CC}}
Cons/LibDem (Cameron/Clegg){{govt|span|Lib|Lloyd George}}
Liberals (Lloyd George)
List of Prime Ministers
Note: this is not a list of General Elections.
1928: all women over 21 won the right to vote
Jul.2019‑ | Conservatives (Johnson) | {{govt|div|Con|Johnson}} | Boris Johnson |
Jul.2016‑Jul.2019 | Conservatives (May) | {{govt|div|Con|May}} | Theresa May |
May.2015‑Jul.2016 | Conservatives (Cameron) | {{govt|div|Con|Cameron}} | David Cameron |
May.2010‑May.2015 | Cons/LibDem (Cameron/Clegg) | {{govt|div|ConLib|CC}} | David Cameron (Con) + Nicholas Clegg (Lib.Dems) |
Jun.2007‑May.2010 | Labour (Brown) | {{govt|div|Lab|Brown}} | Gordon Brown |
May.1997-Jun.2007 | Labour (Blair) | {{govt|div|Lab|Blair}} | Tony Blair |
Nov.1990-May.1997 | Conservatives (Major) | {{govt|div|Con|Major}} | John Major |
May.1979-Nov.1990 | Conservatives (Thatcher) | {{govt|div|Con|Thatcher}} | Margaret Thatcher |
Apr.1976-May.1979 | Labour (Callaghan) | {{govt|div|Lab|Callaghan}} | James Callaghan |
Mar.1974-Apr.1976 | Labour (Wilson) | {{govt|div|Lab|Wilson}} | Harold Wilson |
Jun.1970-Mar.1974 | Conservatives (Heath) | {{govt|div|Con|Heath}} | Edward Heath |
Oct.1964-Jun.1970 | Labour (Wilson) | {{govt|div|Lab|Wilson}} | Harold Wilson |
Oct.1963-Oct.1964 | Conservatives (Douglas-Home) | {{govt|div|Con|Douglas-Home}} | Alec Douglas-Home |
Jan.1957-Oct.1963 | Conservatives (Macmillan) | {{govt|div|Con|Macmillan}} | Harold Macmillan |
Apr.1955-Jan.1957 | Conservatives (Eden) | {{govt|div|Con|Eden}} | Anthony Eden |
Oct.1951-Apr.1955 | Conservatives (Churchill) | {{govt|div|Con|Churchill}} | Winston Churchill |
Jul.1945-Oct.1951 | Labour (Attlee) | {{govt|div|Lab|Attlee}} | Clement Attlee |
May.1940-Jul.1945 | Coalition (Churchill) | {{govt|div|Coalition|Churchill}} | Winston Churchill (Con), Coalition (Con/Lab) |
May.1937-May.1940 | Coalition (Chamberlain) | {{govt|div|Coalition|Chamberlain}} | Neville Chamberlain (Con) |
Jun.1935-May.1937 | Coalition (Baldwin) | {{govt|div|Coalition|Baldwin}} | Stanley Baldwin (Con) |
Aug.1931-Jun.1935 | Coalition (MacDonald) | {{govt|div|Coalition|MacDonald}} | Ramsay MacDonald (Lab), (Con/Libs/Nat.Lab/Independents) |
Jun.1929-Aug.1931 | Labour (MacDonald) | {{govt|div|Lab|MacDonald}} | Ramsay MacDonald |
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1918: all men over 21 and some women over 30 won the right to vote
Nov.1924-Jun.1929 | Conservatives (Baldwin) | {{govt|div|Con|Baldwin}} | Stanley Baldwin |
Jan.1924-Nov.1924 | Labour (MacDonald) | {{govt|div|Lab|MacDonald}} | Ramsay MacDonald |
May.1923‑Jan.1924 | Conservatives (Baldwin) | {{govt|div|Con|Baldwin}} | Stanley Baldwin |
Oct.1922‑May.1923 | Conservatives (Law) | {{govt|div|Con|Law}} | Bonar Law |
Dec.1916‑Oct.1922 | Liberals (Lloyd George) | {{govt|div|Lib|Lloyd George}} | David Lloyd George, Coalition (Con/Lib/Lab) |
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- 1832: Reform Acts + 1884 Representation of the People Acts but still property qualification.
May.1915‑Dec.1916 | Coalition (Asquith) | {{govt|div|Coalition|Asquith}} | H H Asquith (Lib), Coalition (Con/Lib/Lab) |
May.1908‑May.1915 | Liberals (Asquith) | {{govt|div|Lib|Asquith}} | H H Asquith |
Dec.1905‑Apr.1908 | Liberals (Campbell-Bannerman) | {{govt|div|Lib|Campbell-Bannerman}} | Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
Jul.1902–Dec.1905 | Coalition (Balfour) | {{govt|div|Coalition|Balfour}} | Arthur Balfour (Con), Coalition (Con/Lib.Unionist) |
Jun.1895–Jul.1902 | Conservatives (Gascoyne-Cecil) | {{govt|div|Con|Gascoyne-Cecil}} | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Con); Coalition (Con/Lib.Unionist) |
Mar.1894–Jun.1895 | Liberals (Primrose) | {{govt|div|Lib|Primrose}} | Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery |
Aug.1892‑Mar.1894 | Liberals (Gladstone) | {{govt|div|Lib|Gladstone}} | William Gladstone |
Jul.1886–Aug.1892 | Conservatives (Gascoyne-Cecil) | {{govt|div|Con|Gascoyne-Cecil}} | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury |
Feb.1886–Jul.1886 | Liberals (Gladstone) | {{govt|div|Lib|Gladstone}} | William Gladstone |
Jun.1885–Jan.1886 | Conservatives (Gascoyne-Cecil) | {{govt|div|Con|Gascoyne-Cecil}} | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury |
Apr.1880–Jun.1885 | Liberals (Gladstone) | {{govt|div|Lib|Gladstone}} | William Gladstone |
Feb.1874–Apr.1880 | Conservatives (Disraeli) | {{govt|div|Con|Disraeli}} | Benjamin Disraeli |
Dec.1868‑Feb.1874 | Liberals (Gladstone) | {{govt|div|Lib|Gladstone}} | William Ewart Gladstone |
Jun.1866–Feb.1868 | Conservatives (Smith-Stanley) | {{govt|div|Con|Smith-Stanley}} | Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby + Benjamin Disraeli |
Oct.1865–Jun.1866 | Liberals (Russell) | {{govt|div|Lib|Russell}} | John Russell, Earl Russell |
Jun.1859–Oct.1865 | Liberals (Palmerston) | {{govt|div|Lib|Palmerston}} | Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston |
Feb.1858–Jun.1859 | Conservatives (Smith-Stanley) | {{govt|div|Con|Smith-Stanley}} | Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby |
Feb.1855-Feb.1858 | Whigs (Palmerston) | {{govt|div|Whig|Palmerston}} | Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston |
Dec.1852-Jan.1855 | Coalition (Hamilton-Gordon) | {{govt|div|Coalition|Hamilton-Gordon}} | George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen (Con); Coalition (Whigs/Peelites) |
Feb.1852-Dec.1852 | Conservatives (Smith-Stanley) | {{govt|div|Con|Smith-Stanley}} | Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby |
Jul.1846-Feb.1852 | Whigs (Russell) | {{govt|div|Whig|Russell}} | Lord John Russell |
Aug.1841-Jun.1846 | Conservatives (Peel) | {{govt|div|Con|Peel}} | Robert Peel |
Apr.1835-Aug.1841 | Whigs (Lamb) | {{govt|div|Whig|Lamb}} | William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne |
Dec.1834-Apr.1835 | Conservatives (Peel) | {{govt|div|Con|Peel}} | Robert Peel |
Jul.1834-Nov.1834 | Whigs (Lamb) | {{govt|div|Whig|Lamb}} | William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne |
Nov.1830-Jul.1834 | Whigs (Grey) | {{govt|div|Whig|Grey}} | Charles Grey, Earl Grey |
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1265-1831: parliamentary elections occurred at irregular intervals, only owners of property worth at least forty shillings.
Jan.1828‑Nov.1830 | Tories (Wellesley) | {{govt|div|Tory|Wellesley}} | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington |
May.1827‑Dec.1827 | Tory/Whig (Canning) | {{govt|div|Tory-Whig|Canning}} | (a) George Canning; (b) Frederick Robinson, Earl of Ripon |
Jun.1812‑Apr.1827 | Tories (Jenkinson) | {{govt|div|Tory|Jenkinson}} | Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool |
Oct.1809-May.1812 | Tories (Perceval) | {{govt|div|Tory|Perceval}} | Spencer Perceval |
Mar.1807-Oct.1809 | Tories (Cavendish-Bentinck) | {{govt|div|Tory|Cavendish-Bentinck}} | William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland |
Feb.1806-1807 | Tory/Whig (Grenville) | {{govt|div|Whig-Tory|Grenville}} | William Grenville, Baron Grenville |
May.1804-Jan.1806 | Tories (Pitt the Younger) | {{govt|div|Tory|Pitt the Younger}} | William Pitt the Younger |
Mar.1801-May.1804 | Tories (Addington) | {{govt|div|Tory|Addington}} | Henry Addington |
Dec.1783-Mar.1801 | Tories (Pitt the Younger) | {{govt|div|Tory|Pitt the Younger}} | William Pitt the Younger |
Apr.1783-Dec.1783 | Tory/Whig (Fox/North) | {{govt|div|Whig-Tory|Fox|North}} | Charles James Fox + Frederick North, Earl of Guilford |
Jul.1782-Mar.1783 | Tory/Whig (Petty) | {{govt|div|Whig-Tory|Petty}} | William Petty, Earl of Shelburne |
Mar.1782-Jul.1782 | Whigs (Watson-Wentworth) | {{govt|div|Whig|Watson-Wentworth}} | Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham |
Jan.1770-Mar.1782 | Tory/Whig (North) | {{govt|div|Tory-Whig|North}} | Frederick North, Earl of Guilford |
Oct.1768-Jan.1770 | Tory/Whig (Fitzroy) | {{govt|div|Whig-Tory|Fitzroy}} | Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton |
Aug.1766-1768 | Tory/Whig (Pitt) | {{govt|div|Whig-Tory|Pitt}} | William Pitt, Earl of Chatham |
Jul.1765-Jul.1766 | Whigs (Watson-Wentworth) | {{govt|div|Whig|Watson-Wentworth}} | Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham |
Apr.1763-Jul.1765 | Tory/Whig (Grenville) | {{govt|div|Tory-Whig|Grenville}} | George Grenville |
1762-1763 | Tory/Whig (Stuart) | {{govt|div|Tory-Whig|Stuart}} | John Stuart, Earl of Bute |
Jul.1757-1762 | Whigs (Pelham-Holles/Pitt) | {{govt|div|Whig|Pelham-Holles/Pitt}} | Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle + William Pitt, Earl of Chatham |
Nov.1756-Apr.1957 | Whigs (Pitt the Elder/Cavendish) | {{govt|div|Whig|Pitt the Elder/Cavendish}} | William Pitt the Elder + William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire |
1754-1756 | Whigs (Pelham-Holles) | {{govt|div|Whig|Pelham-Holles}} | Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle |
1744-1754 | Whigs (Pelham) | {{govt|div|Whig|Pelham}} | Henry Pelham |
1742-1744 | Whigs (Compton) | {{govt|div|Whig|Compton}} | Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington |
1730-1742 | Whigs (Walpole) | {{govt|div|Whig|Walpole}} | Robert Walpole |
1721-1730 | Whigs (Walpole) | {{govt|div|Whig|Walpole}} | Robert Walpole + Charles Townshend, Viscount Townshend |
1717-Feb.1721 | Whigs (Stanhope) | {{govt|div|Whig|Stanhope}} | James Stanhope, Earl Stanhope + Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland |
Sept.1714-1717 | Whigs (Townshend) | {{govt|div|Whig|Townshend}} | Charles Townshend, Viscount Townshend |
Aug.1710-1714 | Tories (Harley) | {{govt|div|Tory|Harley}} | Robert Harley |
May.1702‑Aug.1710 | Tory/Whig (Godolphin/Churchill) | {{govt|div|Tory-Whig|Godolphin|Churchill}} | Sidney Godolphin, Earl of Marlborough + John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough |