Sir Robert Walpole is generally considered to have been Britain’s first prime minister. [1][2], In Großbritannien gibt es keine geschriebene Verfassung, die die Kompetenzen des Regierungschefs klar definiert.[3]. Der volle Titel lautet Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Premierminister, Erster Lord des Schatzamtes und Minister für den Staatsdienst des Vereinigten Königreiches Großbritan… Following the electoral success of Thatcherism in the 1980s, the disastrous result of the 1983 general election for the Labour Party, and the electoral success of the SDP-Liberal Alliance, the Labour Party has moved towards a neo-liberal stance, as shown in the Third Way philosophy. Some saw his Catholicism as a threat to all the religious and political changes that had taken place. 10 seinem Schatzkanzler Gordon Brown, da 10 Downing Street für Blairs Familie zu klein wäre. Those who identified themselves as Tory consisted of the landed gentry and the Church of England, and were opposed to the reformism of the Whigs, such as expanding the franchise and increased Parliamentary representation for lower classes. [7] Am 24. The Conservative Party was founded in 1834 by Sir Robert Peel as a result of his Tamworth Manifesto, a speech in which he outlined the new political philosophy. Das Amt des Premierministers erhielt erstmals 1905 – unter Balfours Nachfolger Henry Campbell-Bannerman – offizielle Anerkennung, als es in der order of precedence (Rangfolge) einen Status unmittelbar nach dem Erzbischof von York erhielt. Since entering government in 1997, some have argued that Labour has become increasingly right wing. Beispiele für starke britische Premierminister in diesem Sinne sind William Ewart Gladstone, David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher und Tony Blair. In the past, the monarch has used personal choice to dismiss or appoint a Prime Minister (the last time being in 1834), but it is now the case that they should not be drawn into p… Jahrhunderts wird per Konvention erwartet, dass ein zu bestimmender Premierminister, wie auch die anderen Mitglieder des Kabinetts, über einen eigenen Sitz im Unterhaus verfügt. Der Premierminister wird durch den Monarchen ernannt, der nach geltender Übereinkunft den Mehrheitsführer des Unterhauses auswählt. Seit 2011 wird eine 2/3 Mehrheit der Abgeordneten benötigt, das Parlament aufzulösen. Dieses Haus hatte König Georg II. From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom&oldid=7135722, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. Government collapsed when his Chancellor's Budget was defeated. With much bloodshed and trauma, the Tudor monarchs of the 16th century had broken with the Catholic Church, created an Anglican Church and formed a Protestant state. [26] Subsequently, Lord Stanhope and Lord Sunderland ran the government jointly,[27] with Stanhope managing foreign affairs and Sunderland domestic. Jahrhunderts vorzogen, in ihrem eigenen Haus zu leben. This suspicion was confirmed in 1714 when the Tory ministers of the late Queen Anne (1702-1714) were disgraced for negotiating for the return of James II on her death. [9], Strictly, the first prime minister of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ireland) was William Pitt the Younger. Therefore, the Whigs, as they came to be known, opposed James' succession to the throne. After 1688, most Tories accepted a limited version of the Whig theory of a Constitutional Monarchy. Traditionell dauern diese etwa ein Jahr. MP for Cambridge University. However, during his short reign of only three years, James II (1685 - 1688) managed to offend not only the Whigs but many Tories with his radical Catholicism and his claims to rule by "Divine Right", like the autocratic Catholic princes of Europe. This new allegiance was confirmed during the Civil Wars and the Interregnum of 1649 - 1660. There was no change in the jurisdiction of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (and hence the area the Prime Minister was Prime Minister of) until 1922, when following the Anglo-Irish War, 26 counties in Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom, forming the Irish Free State. Theoretisch kann der Premierminister (sowie die übrigen Regierungsmitglieder) jederzeit vom Monarchen entlassen werden. Der erste Amtsinhaber war Robert Walpole (1721–1742), derzeitiger Amtsinhaber ist Boris Johnson. Resigned due to ill health; died six months after leaving office. Für den führenden Minister kam gegen Ende des 18. Im Gegensatz zu anderen Kabinettsposten, die teilweise auch von Mitgliedern des House of Lords besetzt werden, waren alle Premierminister seit Arthur Balfour während ihrer Amtszeit Mitglieder des House of Commons; lediglich Alec Douglas-Home war bei seinem Amtsantritt 1963 als Earl of Home Oberhausmitglied, verzichtete aber umgehend auf den Titel und sicherte sich in einer Nachwahl einen Unterhaussitz. Mai 2020 um 21:20 Uhr bearbeitet. He might ally himself with others on a particular issue, but such alliances were temporary and fragile. Das Amt des Premierministers entspringt dem Amt des First Lord of the Treasury, des Ersten Lords des Schatzamtes. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of the Government of the United Kingdom, and chair of the British Cabinet. Consequently, most Whigs and many Tories conspired to oust James during the Glorious Revolution of 1688.