Historical Rankings Of Prime Ministers Of The United Kingdom
The Times constructed a poll for the first time of all British Prime Ministers in the lead up to the 2010 general election. Prior to this there were two polls in 1999 and 2000 which were done by BBC Radio 4 and the British Politics Group; both only consulted a relatively small number of experts. A wider reaching poll was conducted in 2004 by the University of Leeds and Ipsos MORI. All rankings involved only 20th-century prime ministers, with no coverage for the other 31 pre-20th-century Prime Ministers.
Read more about Historical Rankings Of Prime Ministers Of The United Kingdom: 2010 University of Leeds Survey, Mori/University of Leeds Survey, BBC History Magazine List
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