List of Parliaments of Great Britain
This is a listing of sessions of the Parliament of Great Britain , tabulated with the elections to the House of Commons for each session, and the list of members of the House.
The sessions are numbered from the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain . For later Westminster parliaments, see List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom , and for earlier ones, see List of Parliaments of England .
Number Start date Election Members Prime Minister(s) Party
1 1708 election MPs Whig
2 1710 election MPs Tory
3 1713 election MPs Tory
4 1715 election MPs Whig
5 1722 election MPs Robert Walpole Whig
6 1727 election MPs Robert Walpole Whig
7 1734 election MPs Robert Walpole Whig
8 1741 election MPs Robert Walpole, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington , Henry Pelham Whig
9 1747 election MPs Henry Pelham Whig
10 1754 election MPs Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle , William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire , Duke of NewcastleWhig
11 1761 election MPs Duke of Newcastle, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute , George Grenville , Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham , William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Whig
12 1768 election MPs Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton , Frederick North, Lord North Whig
13 1774 election MPs Lord North Tory
14 1780 election MPs Lord North, Marquess of Rockingham, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne , William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland , William Pitt the Younger Tory
15 1784 election MPs William Pitt the Younger Tory
16 1790 election MPs William Pitt the Younger Tory
17 1796 election MPs William Pitt the Younger, Henry Addington Tory
See also
