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- Alec Douglas-Home [r]: (2 July 1903 - 9 October 1995) British Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, serving 12 months between 1964 to 1965. [e]
- Anthony Eden [r]: (12 June 1897 - 14 January 1977) British Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, serving one term between 1955 to 1957. [e]
- Conservative Party [r]: Add brief definition or description
- David Cameron [r]: Leader of the UK Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the UK Parliament since December 2005; Member of Parliament for Witney since May 2001 (born 1966). [e]
- Deselection [r]: Refusal of a local party association to continue supporting a candidate who had previously been elected under their banner. [e]
- Edward Heath [r]: (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), British Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, serving one term 1970 to 1974. [e]
- Euro [r]: Official currency of the majority of the European Union member states. [e]
- Gordon Brown [r]: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since June 2007; Leader of the Labour Party (born 1951). [e]
- Government of the United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional government where executive authority notionally lies with the monarch but is exercised in practice by her ministers, and is the collective name for these ministers. [e]
- Harold Macmillan [r]: (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) British Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, serving two terms between 1957 to 1963. [e]
- Harold Wilson [r]: (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995), British Labour prime minister of the United Kingdom, serving two non-consecutive terms 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976. [e]
- James Callaghan [r]: (27 March 1912 - 26 March 2005), British Labour prime minister of the United Kingdom, serving one term 1976 to 1980. [e]
- John Major [r]: (b. 29 March 1943), British Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, serving two terms 1990 to 1997. [e]
- Labour Party (UK) [r]: Political party in the United Kingdom, founded at the start of the 20th century, and has been seen since 1920 as the principal party of the Left. [e]
- Leader of the Opposition (UK) [r]: the leader of the largest political party in the UK House of Commons in opposition to the government; office held by David Cameron since December 2005. [e]
- Margaret Thatcher [r]: The first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, famous for her free market views and for successfully waging the Falklands War, frequently called the "Iron Lady". [e]
- Members' Lobby [r]: Hallway in the Palace of Westminster used by members of the House of Commons, that may congregate here for discussions while not dealing with other business. [e]
- Minority government [r]: Parliamentary government in which the governing party has fewer votes than the parties of the opposition. [e]
- Neville Chamberlain [r]: (18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) British Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, serving one term between 1937 to 1940. [e]
- Oswald Mosley [r]: British 20th century politician, founder of the British Union of Fascists. [e]
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [r]: The head of the British government, usually the leader of the largest political party in the House of Commons. [e]
- Regions of England [r]: the first level of administrative division, below the U.K. national government, within England. [e]
- Tony Blair [r]: Labour Party politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007). [e]
- United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy (capital London) and island nation in north-west Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, which includes England, Scotland, Wales (on the island of Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. [e]
- William Hague [r]: UK politician, currently Shadow Foreign Secretary, and former Conservative Party leader from 1997 until 2001. [e]
- Winter of Discontent [r]: A series of rolling strikes and industrial actions throughout the British winter of 1978–1979, which eventually led to the downfall of the Callaghan Labour government. [e]
- York [r]: City in North Yorkshire, England, at the meeting point of the rivers Ouse and Foss. [e]
