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List of prime ministers by religious affiliation
[edit]Name | Party | Religion | Branch | Denomination | Term of office | Notes | |
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William Ewart Gladstone | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | ||||
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | ||||
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | ||||
Arthur Balford | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | Born a Presbyterian, however became an Anglican when he moved to England | |||
Henry Campbell-Bannerman | Christian | Protestant | Church of Scotland | ||||
H. H. Asquith | Christian | Protestant | Congregationalism | ||||
David Lloyd George | Christian | Protestant | Church in Wales | Born in a devout Anglican family, however he became disillusioned with the Church and became a non-conformist member. Led the disestablishment of Anglian Church in Wales to create the Church in Wales. | |||
Bonar Law | Liberal-Conservative | Christian | Protestant | Church of Scotland | |||
Ramsey McDonald | Liberal | Christian | Protestant | Unitarian | Born a member of Church of Scotland, later became a low-church member of the Free Church of Scotland as an adult. Later in life got involved in the Unitarian church in London. Later buried in a Catholic graveyard in Moray, Scotland. | ||
Stanley Baldwin | Liberal-Conservative | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | |||
Neville Chamberlain | Liberal-Conservative | Christian | Protestant | Unitarian | Neville, who disliked attending worship services of any kind and showed no interest in organised religion, described himself as a Unitarian with no stated faith and also a "reverent agnostic". [1] | ||
Winston Churchill | Conservative (historical) | Agnosticism | Churchill had been christened in the Church of England but underwent a virulently anti-Christian phase in his youth, and as an adult was an agnostic. | ||||
Clement Attlee | Conservative (historical) | Agnosticism | In an interview he described himself as "incapable of religious feeling", saying that he believed in "the ethics of Christianity" but not "the mumbo-jumbo". When asked whether he was an agnostic, Attlee replied "I don't know". [2] | ||||
Anthony Eden | Liberal | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | |||
Harold McMillian | Conservative (historical) | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | |||
Alec Douglas-Home | Conservative (historical) | Christian | Protestant | Scottish Episcopal Church | |||
Harold Wilson | Liberal | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | |||
Edward Heath | Conservative (historical) | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | |||
James Callaghan | Progressive Conservative | Christian | Protestant | Baptist | Was also a Baptist Sunday school teacher. Had allegations in later life he was an atheist, which his son Michael denies. [3] | ||
Margaret Thatcher | Liberal | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | Daughter of a Methodist preacher, married Denis in a Methodist church, later converted to low church Anglicanism. | ||
John Major | Liberal | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | Describes himself as a Christian, but keeps his religious views to very low profile. [4] He shied away from the topic when in office, stating that "I have always been a little wary of politicians who parade their faith, and prefer a little English reserve on the subject." [5] | ||
Tony Blair | Progressive Conservative | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | Grew up an non-practising Anglican, attended Catholic services with his family, and later converted to Catholicism after his prime-ministership. See Religious faith | ||
Gordon Brown | Liberal | Christian | Protestant | Church of Scotland | Son of a Church of Scotland minister | ||
David Cameron | Progressive Conservative | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | Mentioned his faith during the time of the death of his son, Ivan | ||
Theresa May | Progressive Conservative | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | Daughter of an Anglican vicar. Notably went to weekly Sunday service. | ||
Boris Johnson | Liberal | Christian | Catholic | Latin Church | Born into the Catholic Church, later confirmed into the Church of England. Came back to the Catholic Church in 2022 so he could marry Carrie Johnson at Westminster Cathedral | ||
Liz Truss | Liberal | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | |||
Rishi Sunak | Conservative (modern) | Hindu | Unknown | Unknown | |||
Keir Starmer | Labour | Christian | Protestant | Church of England | His wife Victoria is Jewish, and raising their children in the Jewish faith with practicing Shabbat. |
References
[edit]- ^ Ruston, Alan. "Neville Chamberlain". Unitarian Universalist Historical Society. Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Clement Attlee". Humanist Heritage. Humanists UK. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Callaghan, Michael (12 January 2023). "James Callaghan's religion". The Economist.
- ^ Major 2000, pp. 13–14.
- ^ Philip Giddings (December 1999). "John Major – The Autobiography review". Third Way.