10 May	1940: Churchill takes helm as Germans advance
23 Oct	1951: Churchill denies 'warmonger' claims
26 Oct	1951: Churchill wins general election
05 Apr	1955: Sir Winston Churchill resigns
17 May	1955: Eden takes to the airwaves
27 May	1955: Election victory for Tories under Eden
09 Oct	1959: 'Supermac' leads Tories to victory
15 Mar	1962: Liberals seize Orpington
12 Oct	1964: Labour voters are 'bonkers' says Hogg
31 Mar	1966: Harold Wilson wins sweeping victory
13 Mar	1970: Conservative victory in first teen election
01 Jun	1970: British Prime Minister hit by flying egg
19 Jun	1970: Shock election win for Heath
07 Feb	1974: Heath calls snap election over miners
11 Oct	1974: Labour scrapes working majority
11 Feb	1975: Tories choose first woman leader
05 Apr	1976: Callaghan is new prime minister
23 Mar	1977: Government wins no confidence vote
30 Mar	1978: Tories recruit advertisers to win votes
07 Sep	1978: Callaghan accused of running scared
28 Mar	1979: Early election as Callaghan defeated
10 Nov	1980: Michael Foot is new Labour leader
21 Oct	1982: Sinn Fein triumph in elections
09 Jun	1983: Thatcher wins landslide victory
11 Jun	1987: Thatcher wins record third term
05 Dec	1989: Thatcher beats off leadership rival
20 Nov	1990: Thatcher fails to win party mandate
13 Apr	1992: Labour's Neil Kinnock resigns
17 Sep	1993: Shock as racist wins council seat
21 Jul	1994: Labour chooses Blair
04 Jul	1995: Major wins Conservative leadership
08 Apr	1997: BBC TV newsman turns politician
13 Sep	2001: Duncan Smith is new Tory leader
05 May	2005: Blair secures historic third term
06 Dec	2005: David Cameron is new Tory leader