Permanent historical factsheet

Resignation as Prime Minister

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
2010–2026Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

2010

James Gordon Brown11 May 2010

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Brown resigns as Prime Minister after coalition negotiations produce a Conservative-led government.

2026

Keir Starmer20 July 2026

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Starmer resigns and supports Andy Burnham as his successor.

Names involved

James Gordon BrownKeir Starmer

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.