Sir Robert Walpole(1721-1742)(Whig)
Walpole seems to be well liked given his long term. However I’m going to simplify the rules here. The elections for Prime Minister are held every five years. There are no term limits. Walpole was appointed by George I, but proceeded to win the 1722, 1727, 1732 and 1737 election ITTL. However, his power like OTL started to decline and his health grew worse so he did not run in 1942 and passed it off to Spencer Compton.
Spencer Compton(1742-1743)(Whig)
Kept due to the Whigs having cemented their power over many decades. Died in office.
Harry Pelham(1743-1754)(Whig)
Succeeded Compton after his death. Due to the extended election he wins the OTL 1747 and the TTL only 1752 election but died in 1754 like OTL
Thomas Pelham-Holles(1754-1762)(Whig)
The brother of Harry Pelham who ruled with and succeeded him. He wins the 1757 election, meaning William Cavendish does not become Prime Minister ITTL. First Whig Prime Minister to be defeated due to the waning power of the Whigs.
John Stuart(1962-1967)(Tory)
The First Tory Prime Minister due to the weakening power fo the Whigs due to their internal corruption. This timelines system of terms butterflies away the terms of George Renville and Charles Watson-Wentworth. Grenville was responsible for the Stamp Act. One of the taxes that led to the American revolution, meaning the Stamp Act doesn’t happen here though that doesn’t prevent the American Revolution.
William Pitt the Elder(1967-1977)(Whig)
Pretty fondly remembered OTL. Pitt the Elder is likely voted out due to the fact that he felt sympathetic towards the Americans and was willing to work with them to find a fair compromise, which in turn worked against him.
Frederick North(1777-1782)(Tory)
Seen largely as the Prime Minister who messed up with the American Revolution, vindicating Pitt the Elder in this case.
Charles Watson-Wentworth(1782)(Whig)
Died in Office OTL as well but accomplished much in his short time.
William Petty(1782-1787)(Whig)
Succeeding to the position upon Wentworth’s death. His biggest legacy is securing peace with America after their Revolution. He holds the position a bit longer than he did OTL due to the election method but also a bit of “He inherited this mess let’s give him a chance).
William Pitt the Younger(1787-1802)(Tory)
The youngest Prime Minister in both timelines though a few years older here(24 OTL, 28 TTL). He sees about the same level of success. Enough to win again in 1792 and 1797.
Henry Addington(1802-1807)(Whig)
Known OTL for poor handing of Napoleonic Wars. OTL he was defeated by William Pitt the Younger returning but due to the election cycle, Pitt the younger dies in 1806 without defeating Addington.
William Grenville(1807-1812)(Whig)
Replaces Addington but sadly also failed to make peace with France or grant Catholic Emancipation. He did however end the British Slave Trade. Likely what he is most remembered for. His premiership butterflies away Spencer Perceval’s Prime Minister role and therefore his assassination, which was brought on by Perceval’s government choices impacting a merchant’s livelihood and most people were actually glad when he was killed. Perceval is more remembered for dying than anything he did alive.
Robert Jenkinson(1812-1827)(Tory)
Prime Minister during notable events including the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars. Won the 1817 and 1822 elections. Jenkinson would resign when his health grew worse.
George Canning(1827)(Tory)
Ironically, Jenkinson’s successor would not outlive him and die in office.
F.J.Robinson(1827-1832)(Tory)
Failed to hold together Canning’s group of Tories and Whigs and they broke apart. While he resigned shortly after OTL, ITTL he is forced to remain in power longer and his reputation is possibly worse given he doesn’t just resign.
Arthur Wellesley(1832-1837)(Tory)
Chosen to replace F.J. Robinson. Wellesley is a war hero after his victory over Napoleon, helping in his victory.
Charles Grey(1837-1842)(Whig)
Chose to keep him as Grey ranks pretty high among Prime Ministers for parliamentary reform and abolition of the Slave Trade. Plus Earl Grey Tea still needs to be named after him.
Sir Robert Peel(1842-1847)(Conservative)
Kept on due to being influential in shaping modern British Politics including the founding of the Conservative party.
Lord John Russel(1847-1852(Whig)
Is seen as generally better when he Wasn’t Prime Minister than when he was as while he did many things, as Prime Minister the other parts of the government were dominated by the opposition and he couldn’t do as much has he wanted. Here he’s able to get more done than OTL.
Edward Smith-Stanley(1852-1862)(Conservative)
Prime Minister three separate times OTL, each fairly briefly. His continued terms butterfly away that of George Hamilton-Gordon.
Henry John Temple(1862-1865)(Liberal)
John Temple was responsible OTL for Britain taking parts of China and India, fortunately his impact is reduced as with his term pushed up time wise to closer to his death he is only alive three years, essentially dying mid wars.
Lord John Russell(1865-1867)(Liberal)
The Former Prime Minister assumed the role again after Temple’s death, having founded the Liberal Party after he left office.
Benjamin Disraeli(1867-1872)(Conservative)
Edward Smith is getting old and knows he would die midterm so Disraeli runs and wins instead to beat Russell.
William Ewart Gladstone(1872-1877)(Liberal)
Part of the Disraeli-Gladstone Wars so to speak in which the two faced offs witching multiple times, albeit somewhat reduced here by the length of the terms.
Benjamin Disraeli(1877-1881)(Conservative)
Parallels Disraeli’s real term in office. He died in 1881 and here is replaced by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil.
Robert Gascoyne Cecil(1881-1887)(Conservative)
Disraeli’s successor. He resumes the rivalry with Gladstone to an extent here.
William Ewart Gladstone(1887-1892)(Liberal)
He’s back.
Archibald Primrose(1892-1897)(Liberal)
Gladstone’s successor.
Robert Gascoyne Cecil(1897-1902)(Conservative)
He’s back for the final time as he died in 1903.
Joseph Chamberlain(1902-1912)(Conservative)
Not to be confused with his son Neville Chamberlain. Joseph is considered one of the most influential British politicians to never become British Prime Minister. He campaigned for Lord Salisbury and helped behind the scenes. He was kicked out of the Liberal Party for being against Irish Home rule and this would be echoed in his Premiership, meaning he gives Ireland more independence, hopefully averting the Troubles. He refused to run again in 1914 OTL and died soon after. With the different elections he resigns with two years left. Chamberlain also fought in the Boer Wars so there’s that and Winston Churchill met him at the time and revered him. He did collapse in 1906, but recovered, so there would be a short scare at that time.
H.H Asquith(1912-1917)(Liberal)
Leads the country through World War I. He was seen at the time as pretty inept and resigned but ITTL with elements such as the US entering the war earlier. He’s remembered a bit better than OTL.
David Lloyd George(1917-1922)(Liberal)
OTL the last Liberal Prime Minister. Known largely for his handling of the post war period.
Austen Chamberlain(1922-1927)(Conservative)
Nivelle’s half brother. OTL he wanted to bring down Lloyd George but chose to stick with Andrew Bonar Law despite his illness, Law died in Office OTL which did not happen here and Chamberlain takes his place, butterflying away the Premierships of Stanley Baldwin and Ramsay McDonald. The fact that his father was an excellent Prime Minister ITTL likely encouraged him to step up.
JR Clynes(1927-1937)(Labour)
Is said to have lost the election in OTL 1924 because his victory seemed so certain that a cab of his supports got lost o the way there and others thought that their vote wouldn’t make a difference and failed to turn up, which does not happen ITTL.
Edward Wood(1937-1940)(Conservative)
Lord Halifax. Was fairly Lukewarm about being Prime Minister. He was also Neville Chamberlain’s OTL choice for his successor. He continued to push for peace talks, which would be useless against Hitler and force the same outcome of resignation and replacement by Winston Churchill as OTL. I guess the name Ed Wood is always going to be synonymous with good intentions but terrible execution that results in crimes against humanity.
Winston Churchill(1940-1947)(Conservative)
Had to keep him for various reasons. He was foreign secretary under Austen Chamberlain ITTL and declares war with Germany in 1939, making the war drawn out but leading it better than OTL Neville Chamberlain.
Herbert Morrison(1947-1957)(Labour)
OTL a rival to Clement Attlee. He is seen as more aggressive, taking a tough stance on many topics and outright saying He should have been Prime Minister instead of Attlee. His election would actually have the outcome of splitting the Labour Party between Morrison and Attlee, leading to further Conservative victories.
Iain Macleod(1952-1957)(Conservative)
Macleod is known largely for his role in granting parts of the British Empire independence post war and serving multiple positions. He was generally unhappy with the OTL choices for Prime Ministers and so it seems fitting if he rose earlier and took the position himself.
Rab Butler(1957-1962)(conservative)
OTL Rab Butler was criticized by Harold Macmillian for being “a politician of vague ambition” which is seen as meaning he wasn’t good enough at back stabbing people. Here he defeats Macmillian in a show of”Sometimes you don’t need to backstab people to succeed in politics Sometimes you just have to be a good person.” OTL he also spoke against military action in Suez in 1957, which hurts his credit and leaves him without US help(especially if ITTL Patton is the President I just imagine Patton saying “That Bastard won’t send help!? No wonder he’s called Butler, he should be wiping my ass!”). An event which does not happen here if Gaitskell is in charge. There are several Prime Ministers his longer term butterflies away. Sir Anthony Eden is seen as one of the lower Prime Ministers and Sir Douglas-Home was only in power a short time.Macmillian not being Prime Minster butterflies away the “Supermac” parody of him. Macmillian also got along well with Eisenhower so that connection wouldn’t exist ITTL. He would be vindicated by history though so there’s that.
Quentin Hogg(1962-1967)(Conservative)
A law was passed by the Conservatives to literally allow him to lead the party and run for Prime Minister since he also had a royal title. ITTL he actually does get the nomination.
Hugh Gaitskell(1967-1972)(Labour)
Gaitskell opposed military action in the Suez and abandoned Claus IV Socialism. OTL he dies suddenly when he seemed to be leading the Labour Party to be the next Prime Minster in 1962, ITTL he does not die suddenly and does just that. His one term however, in this case is while his immediate death is removed, he likely is still very sick and so would step down after one term to focus on his health.
Michael Foot(1972-1977)(Labour)
Defeated James Callaghan in a narrow victory. Foot came very close multiple times to leading Labour to victory. ITTL he succeeds.
Tony Benn(1977-1982)(Labour)
Called The Grandfather of British Politics and very influential but OTL he was hampered throughout the 70’s and 80’s by the fact that he was the most vocal opposition to Margaret Thatcher while she was in power, ironically, he has replaced her, to an extent, but was liked by both political parties so has an easier time in office than her.
Enoch Powell(1982-1987)(Conservative)
Gets a bad rap for his “Rivers of Blood” speech but OTL was actually a more reasonable person that knew he couldn’t do everything he wanted to do and seems to have been pragmatic. His term fittingly is a nod to him losing the 1987 election OTL. However most of the criticisms Thatcher received OTL can be directed to him. Imagine political cartoons of 1984 with Powell’s face giving the Rivers of Blood Speech.
Barbara Castle(1987-1992)(Labour)
One of the longest serving female MPs is now the first female Prime Minister and on top of that she is much kinder than Thatcher was. Why have a Thatched Roof when we can have a Castle.
Michael Heseltine(1992-1997)(Conservative)
OTL Heseltine’s political career was hampered by him being the one to finally bring down Margaret Thatcher and even the people who were against her couldn’t bring themselves to support the man who brought her down, leading to his OTL lost to John Major. Without Margaret Thatcher for him to bring down he does a lost better.
John Smith(1997-2002)(Labour)
John Smith is seen as one of the best Prime Ministers we never had. He died suddenly at 55 in 1994 with headlines reading “Britain’s next Prime Minister died yesterday”. Being Scottish its generally agreed he would have handled Scottish referendum much better had he survived. Fittingly he’s replaced another John, John Major. Here he does step down for health reasons.
Denis Healey(2002-2007)(Labour)
A Pretty consistently loyal member of Labour, returning every time they were In power, though he had a rival in Tony Benn. He consistently ran in elections but never seemed to win. Throwing him a bone here as he was a center left politician who was seen as intelligent and with common sense.
Kenneth Clarke(2007-2012)(Conservative)
Quite possibly currently the most experienced man in British politics as well as being Queen Consul. He ran several times and was defeated by David Cameron in 2005. ITTL it is the reverse.
Neil Kinnock(2012-2017)(Labour)
Kinnock has experience in. Multiple different parts of the government, so he might be a good fit.
William Hague(2017-2022)(Conservative)
Seen as intelligent and knowledgeable. Lost to Tony Blair in 1997. ITTL he lost to John Smith instead.
Rory Stewart(2022-)(Independent)
Fairly young compared to most politicians on this list. Stewart is accomplished, having been an author, a soldier, academic, diplomat and explorer. OTL he resigned when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister, ITTL its reversed, and yes he did join an Independent Party, which once more shakes up British politics.