British Prime ministers 1916-2007 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryModern Britain - 19th century onwardsA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: Rose TomkinsonCreated on: 10-11-22 11:26 David Lloyd George (Liberal) (1916-1922) -Education Act 1918 set the school leaving age to 14. 1 of 16 Andrew Bonar Law (Conservative) (1922-1923) -in office for 209 days 2 of 16 James Ramsay MacDonald (Labour) (1924) (1929-1935) -Unemployment Act introduction of unemployment assistance boards 3 of 16 Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) (1923-1924) (1924-1929) (1935-1937) -Public Order Act 1936 banned marches in uniforms (to stop fascists) 4 of 16 Neville Chamberlain (Conservative) (1937-1940) -failed peace talk with Hitler and announced start of WW2 in 1939 5 of 16 Clement Attlee (Labour) (1945-1951) -National Health Service Act 1946 and creation of the NHS in 1948 6 of 16 Winston Churchill (Conservative) (1940-1945) (1951-1955) -Education Act 1944 introduction of the 11+ 7 of 16 Anthony Eden (Conservative) (1955-1957) -Suez Crisis (Egypt) 8 of 16 Harold Macmillan (Conservative) (1957-1963) -Night of the long Knives 1962 sacked 7 cabinet ministers -"you've never had it so good" 9 of 16 Alec Douglas-home (Conservative) (1963-1964) -served 363 days 10 of 16 Edward Heath (Conservative) (1970-1974) -3 day week 11 of 16 Harold Wilson (Labour) (1964-1970) (1974-1976) -Abolished Death Penalty 1965 -Sexual offences Act 1967 12 of 16 James Callaghan (Labour) (1976-1979) -Winter of discontent 13 of 16 Margaret Thatcher (Conservative) (1979-1990) -first female prime minister, longest serving PM so far 14 of 16 John Major (Conservative) (1990-1997) -Council Tax 1992 replaced highly unpopular poll tax 15 of 16 Tony Blair (Labour) (1997-2007) -Civil Partnership Act 2004 allowed same sex couples to have civil partnership 16 of 16
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