Constituency
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Prefecture
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Prime Minister
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Portrait
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Start
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End
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Notes
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King's Lynn
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Norfolk
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Sir Robert Walpole
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3 April 1721
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6 February 1742
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Regarded as the first prime minister in the modern sense. Created Earl of Orford on 6 February 1742
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Earl of Orford
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Orford
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6 February 1742
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11 February 1742
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See previous entry.
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Earl of Wilmington
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Wilmington
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16 February 1742
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2 July 1743
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Sussex
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Sussex
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Henry Pelham
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27 August 1743
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6 March 1754
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Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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House of Lords
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The Duke of Newcastle
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16 March 1754
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11 November 1756
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Duke of Devonshire
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House of Lords
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The Duke of Devonshire
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16 November 1756
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29 June 1757
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Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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House of Lords
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The Duke of Newcastle
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29 June 1757
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26 May 1762
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Representative Peer
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Bute
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26 May 1762
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8 April 1763
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[note 1]
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Buckingham
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Buckinghamshire
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George Grenville
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16 April 1763
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10 July 1765
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Marquess of Rockingham
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House of Lords
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The Marquess of Rockingham
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13 July 1765
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30 July 1766
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Bath
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Somerset
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William Pitt the Elder
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30 July 1766
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4 August 1766
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Pitt "kissed hands" as a commoner on 30 July 1766. He chose to become Lord Privy Seal, and was created Earl of Chatham on 4 August 1766.
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Earl of Chatham
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Chatham
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4 August 1766
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14 October 1768
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See previous entry.
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Duke of Grafton
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House of Lords
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The Duke of Grafton
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14 October 1768
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28 January 1770
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Banbury
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Oxfordshire
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Lord North
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28 January 1770
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27 March 1782
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Marquess of Rockingham
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House of Lords
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The Marquess of Rockingham
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27 March 1782
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1 July 1782
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Baron Wycombe
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Shelburne
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4 July 1782
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26 March 1783
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[note 2]
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Duke of Portland
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House of Lords
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The Duke of Portland
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2 April 1783
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18 December 1783
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Appleby
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Westmorland
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William Pitt the Younger
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19 December 1783
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3 April 1784
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Cambridge University
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Cambridgeshire
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William Pitt the Younger
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3 April 1784
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14 March 1801
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Chose to stand for different constituency
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Devizes
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Wiltshire
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Henry Addington
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17 March 1801
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10 May 1804
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Cambridge University
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Cambridgeshire
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William Pitt the Younger
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10 May 1804
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23 January 1806
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Baron Grenville
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House of Lords
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The Lord Grenville
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11 February 1806
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25 March 1807
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Duke of Portland
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House of Lords
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The Duke of Portland
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31 March 1807
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4 October 1809
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Northampton
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Northamptonshire
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Spencer Perceval
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4 October 1809
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11 May 1812
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Perceval was shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons. He is the only British prime minister to have been assassinated.
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Earl of Liverpool
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Liverpool
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8 June 1812
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9 April 1827
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Seaford
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Sussex
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George Canning
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20 April 1827
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8 August 1827
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Chose to stand for different constituency
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Viscount Goderich
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House of Lords
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The Viscount Goderich
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31 August 1827
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8 January 1828
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Duke of Wellington
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House of Lords
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The Duke of Wellington
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22 January 1828
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16 November 1830
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Earl Grey
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House of Lords
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The Earl Grey
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22 November 1830
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9 July 1834
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Baron Melbourne
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House of Lords
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The Viscount Melbourne
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16 July 1834
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14 November 1834
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[note 2]
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Duke of Wellington
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House of Lords
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The Duke of Wellington
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17 November 1834
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9 December 1834
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Tamworth
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Staffordshire
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Sir Robert Peel, Bt.
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10 December 1834
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8 April 1835
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Baron Melbourne
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House of Lords
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The Viscount Melbourne
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18 April 1835
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30 August 1841
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[note 2]
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Tamworth
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Staffordshire
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Sir Robert Peel, Bt.
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30 August 1841
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29 June 1846
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City of London
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City of London
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Lord John Russell
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30 June 1846
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21 February 1852
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Later created Earl Russell on 27 July 1861
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Earl of Derby
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Derby
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23 February 1852
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17 December 1852
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Viscount Gordon
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Aberdeen
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19 December 1852
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30 January 1855
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[note 1]
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Tiverton
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Devon
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The Viscount Palmerston
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6 February 1855
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19 February 1858
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Earl of Derby
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Derby
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20 February 1858
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11 June 1859
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Tiverton
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Devon
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The Viscount Palmerston
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12 June 1859
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18 October 1865
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Earl Russell
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House of Lords
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The Earl Russell
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29 October 1865
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26 June 1866
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Previously Lord John Russell.
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Earl of Derby
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Derby
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28 June 1866
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25 February 1868
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Buckinghamshire
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Buckinghamshire
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Benjamin Disraeli
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27 February 1868
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1 December 1868
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Greenwich
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Kent
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William Ewart Gladstone
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3 December 1868
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17 February 1874
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Buckinghamshire
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Buckinghamshire
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Benjamin Disraeli
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20 February 1874
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21 August 1876
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Created Earl of Beaconsfield on 21 August 1876
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Earl of Beaconsfield
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Beaconsfield
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21 August 1876
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21 April 1880
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See previous entry.
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Midlothian
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Edinburgh
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William Ewart Gladstone
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23 April 1880
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9 June 1885
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Marquess of Salisbury
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House of Lords
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The Marquess of Salisbury
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23 June 1885
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28 January 1886
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Midlothian
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Edinburgh
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William Ewart Gladstone
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1 February 1886
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20 July 1886
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Marquess of Salisbury
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House of Lords
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The Marquess of Salisbury
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25 July 1886
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11 August 1892
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Midlothian
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Edinburgh
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William Ewart Gladstone
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15 August 1892
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2 March 1894
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Baron Rosebery
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Rosebery
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5 March 1894
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22 June 1895
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[note 1]
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Marquess of Salisbury
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House of Lords
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The Marquess of Salisbury
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25 June 1895
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11 July 1902
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Manchester East
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Lancashire
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Arthur Balfour
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12 July 1902
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4 December 1905
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Stirling Burghs
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Stirlingshire
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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
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5 December 1905
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5 April 1908
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Perthshire
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Fife
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Linlithgowshire
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Fife East
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Fife
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H. H. Asquith
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5 April 1908
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5 December 1916
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Caernarvon Boroughs
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Caernarfon
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David Lloyd George
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6 December 1916
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19 October 1922
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Glasgow Central
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Glasgow
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Bonar Law
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23 October 1922
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20 May 1923
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Bewdley
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Worcestershire
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Stanley Baldwin
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22 May 1923
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22 January 1924
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Aberavon
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Glamorgan
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Ramsay MacDonald
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22 January 1924
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4 November 1924
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Bewdley
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Worcestershire
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Stanley Baldwin
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4 November 1924
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4 June 1929
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Seaham
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County Durham
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Ramsay MacDonald
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5 June 1929
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7 June 1935
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Bewdley
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Worcestershire
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Stanley Baldwin
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7 June 1935
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28 May 1937
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Birmingham Edgbaston
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Warwickshire
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Neville Chamberlain
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28 May 1937
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10 May 1940
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Epping
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Essex
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Winston Churchill
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10 May 1940
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5 July 1945
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Constituency abolished effective with 1945 general election
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Woodford
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Essex
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Winston Churchill
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5 July 1945
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26 July 1945
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Limehouse
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County of London
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Clement Attlee
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26 July 1945
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23 February 1950
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Constituency abolished effective with 1950 general election
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Walthamstow West
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Essex
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Clement Attlee
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23 February 1950
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26 October 1951
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Woodford
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Essex
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Sir Winston Churchill
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26 October 1951
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5 April 1955
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Warwick and Leamington
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Warwickshire
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Sir Anthony Eden
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6 April 1955
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9 January 1957
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Bromley
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Kent
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Harold Macmillan
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10 January 1957
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18 October 1963
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Earl of Home
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House of Lords
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The Earl of Home
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19 October 1963
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22 October 1963
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Douglas-Home was the Earl of Home when he became Prime Minister and renounced his peerage four days later to stand for the House of Commons.
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Prime Minister outside Parliament
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Sir Alec Douglas-Home
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23 October 1963
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7 November 1963
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Douglas-Home was in neither House of Parliament and during an active parliament, briefly for twenty days. He was elected in by-election on 8 November 1963, but did not take his seat until 12 November.
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Kinross and Western Perthshire
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Kinross-shire
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Sir Alec Douglas-Home
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8 November 1963
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16 October 1964
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Perthshire
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1st district
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Oita
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Tomiichi Murayama
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30 June 1994
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11 January 1996
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4th district
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Okayama
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Ryūtarō Hashimoto
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11 January 1996
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30 July 1998
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5th district
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Gunma
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Keizō Obuchi
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30 July 1998
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5 April 2000
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2nd district
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Ishikawa
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Yoshiro Mori
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5 April 2000
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26 April 2001
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11th district
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Kanagawa
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Junichiro Koizumi
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26 April 2001
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26 September 2006
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4th district
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Yamaguchi
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Shinzo Abe
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26 September 2006
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26 September 2007
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4th district
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Gunma
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Yasuo Fukuda
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26 September 2007
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24 September 2008
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8th district
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Fukuoka
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Tarō Asō
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24 September 2008
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16 September 2009
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9th district
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Hokkaido
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Yukio Hatoyama
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16 September 2009
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8 June 2010
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18th district
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Tokyo
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Naoto Kan
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8 June 2010
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2 September 2011
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4th district
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Chiba
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Yoshihiko Noda
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2 September 2011
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26 December 2012
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4th district
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Yamaguchi
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Shinzo Abe
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26 December 2012
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16 September 2020
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2nd district
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Kanagawa
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Yoshihide Suga
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16 September 2020
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4 October 2021
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1st district
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Hiroshima
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Fumio Kishida
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4 October 2021
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Incumbent
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