List of sessions of the Parliament of Great Britain
This is a listing of sessions of the Parliament of Great Britain, tabulated with the elections to the House of Commons of Great Britain for each session, and the list of members of the House.
The sessions are numbered from the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain. For later Westminster parliaments, see List of parliaments of the United Kingdom, and for earlier ones, see List of parliaments of England and List of parliaments of Scotland.
Monarch
|
Number
|
Start date
|
Election
|
Members
|
First Lord(s) of the Treasury
|
Party
|
Anne
|
1st
|
1707
|
none - co-opted
|
MPs
|
|
|
2nd
|
1708
|
election
|
MPs
|
|
Whig
|
3rd
|
1710
|
election
|
MPs
|
|
Tory
|
4th
|
1713
|
election
|
MPs
|
|
Tory
|
George I
|
5th
|
1715
|
election
|
MPs
|
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle Robert Walpole
|
Whig
|
6th
|
1722
|
election
|
MPs
|
Robert Walpole
|
Whig
|
George II
|
7th
|
1727
|
election
|
MPs
|
Robert Walpole
|
Whig
|
8th
|
1734
|
election
|
MPs
|
Robert Walpole
|
Whig
|
9th
|
1741
|
election
|
MPs
|
Robert Walpole Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington Henry Pelham
|
Whig
|
10th
|
1747
|
election
|
MPs
|
Henry Pelham
|
Whig
|
11th
|
1754
|
election
|
MPs
|
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire Duke of Newcastle
|
Whig
|
George III
|
12th
|
1761
|
election
|
MPs
|
Duke of Newcastle John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute George Grenville Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
|
Whig
|
13th
|
1768
|
election
|
MPs
|
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton Frederick North, Lord North
|
Whig
|
14th
|
1774
|
election
|
MPs
|
Lord North
|
Tory
|
15th
|
1780
|
election
|
MPs
|
Lord North Marquess of Rockingham William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland William Pitt the Younger
|
Tory
|
16th
|
1784
|
election
|
MPs
|
William Pitt the Younger
|
Tory
|
17th
|
1790
|
election
|
MPs
|
William Pitt the Younger
|
Tory
|
18th
|
1796
|
election
|
MPs
|
William Pitt the Younger Henry Addington
|
Tory
|