This is a listing of sessions of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. For previous Westminster parliaments, see List of Parliaments of Great Britain.
Number | Start date | Election | Members | Prime Minister(s) |
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1st | 1802 | election | MPs | |
2nd | 1806 | election | MPs | |
3rd | 1807 | election | MPs | |
4th | 1818 | election | MPs | |
5th | 1820 | election | MPs | |
6th | 1826 | election | MPs | |
7th | 1830 | election | MPs | |
8th | 1831 | election | MPs | |
9th | 1832 | election | MPs | |
10th | 1835 | election | MPs | |
11th | 1837 | election | MPs | |
12th | 1841 | election | MPs | |
13th | 1847 | election | MPs | |
14th | 1852 | election | MPs | |
15th | 1857 | election | MPs | |
16th | 1859 | election | MPs | |
17th | 1865 | election | MPs | |
18th | 1868 | election | MPs | |
19th | 1874 | election | MPs | |
20th | 1880 | election | MPs | |
21st | 1885 | election | MPs | |
22nd | 1886 | election | MPs | |
23rd | 1892 | election | MPs | |
24th | 1895 | election | MPs | |
25th | 1900 | election | MPs | |
26th | 1906 | election | MPs | |
29th | 1910 (January) | election | MPs | |
30th | 1910 (December) | election | MPs | |
31st | 1918 | election | MPs | |
32nd | 1922 | election | MPs | |
33rd | 1923 | election | MPs | |
34th | 1924 | election | MPs | |
35th | 1929 | election | MPs | |
36th | 1931 | election | MPs | |
37th | 1935 | election | MPs | |
38th | 1945 | election | MPs | Clement Atlee |
39th | 1950 | election | MPs | Clement Atlee |
40th | 1951 | election | MPs | Harold Macmillan |
41st | 1955 | election | MPs | Harold Macmillan |
42nd | 1959 | election | MPs | Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home |
43rd | 1964 | election | MPs | Harold Wilson |
44th | 1966 | election | MPs | Harold Wilson |
45th | 1970 | election | MPs | Edward Heath |
46th | 1974 (February) | election | MPs | Harold Wilson |
47th | 1974 (October) | election | MPs | Harold Wilson, James Callaghan |
48th | 1979 | election | MPs | Margaret Thatcher |
49th | 1983 | election | MPs | Margaret Thatcher |
50th | 1987 | election | MPs | Margaret Thatcher, John Major |
51st | 1992 | election | MPs | John Major |
52nd | 1997 | election | MPs | Tony Blair |
53rd | 2001 | election | MPs | Tony Blair |