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UK prime ministers since 1979 in order

11 prime ministers, shuffled. Put them back in the order they came into Downing Street.

Format
Put them in order
Items
11 to sort
Limit
None
Level
Easy
Checked
2026.10.03

See every entry and put the whole list in order.

Entries
11
Sort by
Took office
Time limit
None
  • Touch screens start in Tap mode: tap the entries in order, and tap one again to take it back.
  • Drag mode: drag an entry (press and hold on a phone), or use the arrow buttons.
  • Keyboard: space to pick up, arrows to move, space to drop.
  • Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.

About this quiz

From 1979 to now: Thatcher and Major, Blair and Brown for Labour, five Conservatives from 2010, then Labour again from 2024.

  • Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak both took office in 2022.
  • Margaret Thatcher served the longest of these, from 1979 to 1990.

Sources

  1. [1]GOV.UK. Past Prime Ministers.
  2. [2]GOV.UK. Prime Minister.

Note on the data. 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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