British Prime ministers 1916-2007

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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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Card 2

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(1922-1923)

-in office for 209 days

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Andrew Bonar Law
(Conservative)

Card 3

Front

(1924) (1929-1935)

-Unemployment Act
introduction of unemployment assistance boards

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

(1923-1924) (1924-1929) (1935-1937)

-Public Order Act 1936
banned marches in uniforms (to stop fascists)

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

(1937-1940)

-failed peace talk with Hitler and announced start of WW2 in 1939

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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