History quiz
Conservative or Labour? UK prime ministers since 1945
One prime minister at a time. Click Conservative or Labour. Every prime minister since the end of the Second World War belongs to one of the two.
- Format
- Sort into groups
- Items
- 19 to sort
- Limit
- 1:15
- Level
- Easy
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Items
- 19
- Groups
- 2
- Time limit
- 1:15
- A miss
- Shows the answer, then moves on
- Each prime minister appears in turn. Click its party, or press its number.
- The groups never move, so the number keys are quick.
- Skip (0) sends a prompt to the back of the queue.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click the party of each prime minister. The groups appear when you start.
About this quiz
12 Conservatives and 7 Labour prime ministers since 1945, from Clement Attlee to Andy Burnham.
- Winston Churchill is counted as a Conservative: his second term began in 1951.
- Harold Wilson led two Labour governments, 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976.
Sources
- [1]GOV.UK. Past Prime Ministers.
- [2]UK Parliament. Members of Parliament.
Note on the data. Parties are the political party GOV.UK names on each prime minister's page, from Attlee to May; for Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer and Burnham, who have no page there yet, the party Parliament's members service lists (Burnham sits for Labour and Co-operative, counted as Labour). All read on 3 October 2026. Prime ministers and their years are those of Ribbia's quiz on UK prime ministers since 1900, which follows GOV.UK's list of past prime ministers (read on 3 October 2026).
Last checked October 3, 2026
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