As promised, the list of Prime Ministers and their jobs. The date in the second column is the year they were first elected, if they served multiple times. It’s also the party they stood under when first elected. This list isn’t including any political roles, such a members of parliament or County Councillors.
| Party | Name and when first took office | Profession |
| Whig | 1721 Sir Robert Walpole | Businessman, investor |
| Whig | 1742 Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington | Statesman |
| Whig | 1743 Henry Pelham | Soldier |
| Whig | 1754 Thomas Pelham- Holles, Duke of Newcastle | Statesman |
| Whig | 1756 William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire | Statesman |
| Whig | 1757 Thomas Pelham- Holles, Duke of Newcastle | Statesman |
| Tory | 1762 John Stuart, Earl of Bute | Statesman |
| Whig | 1763 George Grenville | Barrister |
| Whig | 1765 Charles Watson- Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham | Military Officer |
| Whig | 1766 William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham | Military Officer |
| Whig | 1767 Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton | Statesman |
| Tory | 1770 Frederick North, Lord North | Statesman |
| Whig | 1782 William Petty, Earl of Shelburne | Military Officer |
| Tory | 1783 William Bentinck, Duke of Portland | Statesman |
| Tory | 1783 William Pitt, the Younger | Barrister |
| Tory | 1801 Henry Addington | Barrister |
| Tory | 1806 William Grenville, Lord Grenville | Barrister |
| Tory | 1809 Spencer Perceval | Barrister |
| Tory | 1812 Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool | Statesman |
| Tory | 1827 George Canning | Barrister |
| Tory | 1827 Frederick Robinson, Viscount Goderich | Military Officer |
| Tory | 1828 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington | Military Officer |
| Whig | 1830 Charles Grey, Earl Grey | Statesman |
| Whig | 1834 William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne | Barrister, Military Officer |
| Whig/ Conservat-ive/ Peelite | 1834 Sir Robert Peel | Barrister, Military Officer |
| Whig/Liberal | 1846 Lord John Russell | Statesman |
| Conservative | 1852 Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby | Statesman |
| Tory/ Conservative/Peelite | 1852 George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen | News Editor |
| Liberal | 1855 Viscount Palmerston | Landowner, Military Officer |
| Liberal | 1868 William Ewart Gladstone | Barrister |
| Conservative | 1868 Benjamin Disraeli | Legal Clerk, Barrister, Writer |
| Conservative | 1885 Marquess of Salisbury | Barrister |
| Liberal | 1894 Earl of Rosebery | Racehorse Owner |
| Conservative | 1902 Arthur Balfour | Philosopher |
| Liberal | 1905 Henry Campbell- Bannerman | Businessman, Military Officer |
| Liberal | 1908 Herbert H. Asquith | Barrister, Writer |
| Liberal | 1916 David Lloyd George | Solicitor |
| Conservative | 1922 Andrew Bonar Law | Banker, Businessman |
| Conservative | 1923 Stanley Baldwin | Military Officer, Businessman, Justice of the Peace |
| Labour | 1924 James Ramsay MacDonald | Pupil Teacher, Invoice Clerk |
| Conservative | 1937 Neville Chamberlain | Businessman |
| Conservative | 1940 Winston Churchill | Military Officer |
| Labour | 1945 Clement Attlee | Club Manager, Secretary, Civil Servant, Lecturer, Military Officer |
| Conservative | 1955 Sir Anthony Eden | Military Officer |
| Conservative | 1957 Harold Macmillan | Military Officer, Businessman |
| Conservative | 1963 Sir Alec Douglas- Home | Military Officer, Cricketer |
| Labour | 1964 Harold Wilson | Research Assistant, Economist |
| Labour | 1970 Edward Heath | Military Officer, Civil Servant, News Editor, Management Trainee |
| Labour | 1976 James Callaghan | Tax Inspector, Naval Officer |
| Conservative | 1979 Margaret Thatcher | Research Chemist, Barrister |
| Conservative | 1990 John Major | Insurance Clerk, Civil Servant, Bank Executive |
| Labour | 1997 Tony Blair | Rock Music Promoter, Rock Band Guitar and Vocalist, Barrister |
| Labour | 2007 Gordon Brown | Lecturer, Tutor, Journalist |
| Conservative | 2010 David Cameron | Conservative Researcher, Special Advisor, Director of Corporate Affairs |
| Conservative | 2016 Theresa May | Baker, Financial Consultant |