British governments 1937-1997

• 1937-1940: Conservative and Unionist government under Neville Chamberlain
  
• 1940-1945: Wartime government of “national unity” under Winston Churchill
• 1945: Conservative “caretaker” government under Winston Churchill
• 1945-1951: Labour governments under Clement Attlee (general elections 1945, 1950)
• 1951-1964: Conservative governments under Winston Churchill, 1951-1955; Anthony Eden, 1955-1957; Harold Macmillan, 1957-1963; Alec Douglas-Home, 1963-1964 (general elections 1951, 1955, 1959)
• 1964-1970: Labour governments under Harold Wilson (general elections 1964, 1966)
• 1970-1974: Conservative government under Edward Heath (general elections 1970)
• 1974-1979: Labour governments under Harold Wilson, 1974-1976; James Callaghan, 1976-1979 (general elections Feb. 1974, Oct. 1974)
• 1979-1997: Conservative governments under Margaret Thatcher, 1979-1990; John Major, 1990-1997 (general elections 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992)