PMs by County/Seat

[Devil Wincarnate]

An idea I had some time ago- US presidents are often listed by state of primary affiliation and state of birth.  Would anyone be interested in working this out collectively, with a view to creating a proper list, for British prime ministers?  For example, May is Sussex by birth and presumably Berkshire by primary affiliation.

[Lord Twaddleford]

When listing the county of birth, I'm assuming that we'd use county that the birthtown was in at the time, as opposed to where it is now (if such a discrepancy exists)?

For post World War II PMs I think it'd be something like this:

(Name:Party:Birth County:County of Constituency when in Office)

Theresa May, Conservative, Sussex, Berkshire
David Cameron, CON, Greater London, Oxfordshire
Gordon Brown, Labour, Renfrewshire, Fife
Tony Blair, LAB, Midlothian(?), County Durham
John Major, CON, Surrey, Cambridgeshire
Margaret Thatcher, CON, Lincolnshire, Greater London
James Callaghan, LAB, Hampshire, Glamorganshire
Harold Wilson (2nd Time), LAB, Yorkshire, Merseyside
Edward Heath, CON, Kent, London
Harold Wilson (1st Time), LAB, Yorkshire, Lancashire
Alec Douglas-Home, CON, London, Kinross/Perthshire
Harold Macmillan, CON, London, Kent
Anthony Eden, CON, County Durham, Warwickshire
Winston Churchill, CON, Oxfordshire, Essex
Clement Attlee, LAB, Surrey, London then Essex

[yellowperil]

There are quite a few problems with associating our PMs with particular ceremonial counties. The list might now be technically correct according to the conditions laid down, but they are pretty misleading nevertheless. Take Harold Macmillan,for instance. I blinked at the thought of HM as a Kentish man (clearly not a Man of Kent) on the basis that he became MP for Bromley, which was once in Kent but now is firmly London. But Macmillan was ever associated with Stockton, and on retirement became Earl Stockton, not Earl Bromley, which indicates where his heart was, maybe.

I can see fun coming up if you delve further back in history not least with the GOM.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

No, he was born in St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey.

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Andrew Bonar Law, CON/UNIONIST, New Brunswick, Glasgow