Start Date
End Date
Prime Minister
Party
Annualised Growth
Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
David Cameron
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
06/04/1955
10/01/1957
18/10/1963
16/10/1964
19/06/1970
04/03/1974
05/04/1976
04/05/1979
28/11/1990
02/05/1997
27/06/2007
11/05/2010
13/07/2016
24/07/2019
07/09/2022
25/10/2022
10/01/1957
18/10/1963
16/10/1964
19/06/1970
04/03/1974
05/04/1976
04/05/1979
28/11/1990
02/05/1997
27/06/2007
11/05/2010
13/07/2016
24/07/2019
07/09/2022
25/10/2022
Present
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Labour
Conservative
Labour
Labour
Conservative
Conservative
Labour
Labour
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
1.7%
3.4%
5.3%
2.8%
2.9%
0.7%
3.0%
2.4%
2.1%
2.9%
-1.3%
2.0%
1.9%
0.6%
N/A
0.3%
2.3%
1.6%
2.0%
Average Conservative
Average Labour
Total (1955 - May 2024)