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Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

1979-1990: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
def. 1979 (Majority): James Callaghan (Labour), David Steel (Liberal)
def. 1983 (Majority): Michael Foot (Labour), Roy Jenkins--David Steel (SDP--Liberal Alliance)
def. 1987 (Majority): Neil Kinnock (Labour), David Owen--David Steel (SDP--Liberal Alliance)

1990-1996: Michael Heseltine (Conservative)
def. 1991 (Minority with Social Democratic s/c): Neil Kinnock (Labour), Paddy Ashdown (Social & Liberal Democrats), David Owen (Social Democratic)
1995 E.C.: 55% YES, 45% NO
1996-2002: Gordon Brown (Labour)
def. 1996 (Majority): Michael Heseltine (Conservative), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats)
def. 2000 (Majority): Michael Howard (Conservative), Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrats)

2002-2010: Tony Blair (Labour)
def. 2002 (Majority): William Hague (Conservative), Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrats)
def. 2007 (Majority): William Hague (Conservative), Mike German (Liberal Democrats)

2010-2012: David Miliband (Labour)
2012-2016: Tim Collins (Conservative)

def. 2012 (Majority): David Miliband (Labour), Andrew Adonis (Liberal Democrats)
2016 Scottish Independence: 57% YES, 43% NO

2016-20??: Sir John Major (Conservative)
def. 2017 (Majority): Ed Balls (Labour), Kirsty Williams (Liberal Democrats), Nigel Farage (Independence), Adam Price (Plaid Cymru)
 
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Crap list that I made just for the meme at the end, inspired by a post on the Politiyank Discord about Palpatine:

Prime Ministers of Italy (2016-present)

2016-2018: Paolo Gentiloni (Democratic leading Centre-left Coalition)
2018-2019: Giuseppe Conte (Independent leading Five Star Movement-Lega Nord coalition)
2018: Def. Centre-Right Coalition (Matteo Salvini), Centre-left Coalition (Matteo Renzi)
2019-2021: Matteo Salvini (Lega Nord majority)
2019:
Def. Centre-Right Coalition (Silvio Berlusconi), Five Star Movement (Luigi Di Maio), Centre-left Coalition (Marco Minniti), United Left (Marco Rizzo)
Italian Military Coup of 2021, supported by troops sent by Gauland government in Germany and Rees-Mogg government in the UK
2021 to present: Italian Senate acting collectively as Emergency Acting Prime Minister
 
1979-1990: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
def. 1979 (Majority): James Callaghan (Labour), David Steel (Liberal)
def. 1983 (Majority): Michael Foot (Labour), Roy Jenkins--David Steel (SDP--Liberal Alliance)
def. 1987 (Majority): Neil Kinnock (Labour), David Owen--David Steel (SDP--Liberal Alliance)

1990-1996: Michael Heseltine (Conservative)
def. 1991 (Minority with Social Democratic s/c): Neil Kinnock (Labour), Paddy Ashdown (Social & Liberal Democrats), David Owen (Social Democratic)
1995 E.C.: 55% YES, 45% NO
1996-2002: Gordon Brown (Labour)
def. 1996 (Majority): Michael Heseltine (Conservative), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats)
def. 2000 (Majority): Michael Howard (Conservative), Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrats)

2002-2010: Tony Blair (Labour)
def. 2002 (Majority): William Hague (Conservative), Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrats)
def. 2007 (Majority): William Hague (Conservative), Mike German (Liberal Democrats)

2010-2012: David Miliband (Labour)
2012-2016: Tim Collins (Conservative)

def. 2012 (Majority): David Miliband (Labour), Andrew Adonis (Liberal Democrats)
2016 Scottish Independence: 57% YES, 43% NO

2016-20??: Sir John Major (Conservative)
def. 2017 (Majority): Ed Balls (Labour), Kirsty Williams (Liberal Democrats), Nigel Farage (Independence), Adam Price (Plaid Cymru)
Mayors of London

2000-2004: Ken Livingstone (Livingstone for London)
2000 First Round: Ken Livingstone (LfL), Richard Newby (Liberal Democrats), Frank Dobson (Labour), Jeffrey Archer (Conservative)
2000 Second Round: Ken Livingstone (LfL), Richard Newby (Liberal Democrats)
2004-2012: Sir John Major (Conservative)
2004 First Round: Ken Livingstone (LfL), Sir John Major (Conservative), Sarah Ludford (Liberal Democrats), Shahrar Ali (Green)
2004 Second Round: Sir John Major (Conservative), Ken Livingstone (LfL)
2008 First Round: Sir John Major (Conservative), Tessa Jowell (Labour), Jonathan Fryer (Liberal Democrats)
2008 Second Round: Sir John Major (Conservative), Tessa Jowell (Labour)

2012-2016: Oona King (Labour)
2012 First Round: Oona King (Labour), Syed Kamall (Conservative), Brendan Donnelly (Liberal Democrats), George Galloway (London First!), Siân Berry (Green)
2012 Second Round: Onna King (Labour), Syed Kamall (Conservative)
2016-present: Jonathan Bartley (Conservative)
2016 First Round: Jonathan Bartley (Conservative), Oona King (Labour), Amelia Womack (Green), Damian Hockney (UKIP)
2016 Second Round: Jonathan Bartley (Conservative), Oona King (Labour)
 
1979-1990: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
def. 1979 (Majority): James Callaghan (Labour), David Steel (Liberal)
def. 1983 (Majority): Michael Foot (Labour), Roy Jenkins--David Steel (SDP--Liberal Alliance)
def. 1987 (Majority): Neil Kinnock (Labour), David Owen--David Steel (SDP--Liberal Alliance)

1990-1996: Michael Heseltine (Conservative)
def. 1991 (Minority with Social Democratic s/c): Neil Kinnock (Labour), Paddy Ashdown (Social & Liberal Democrats), David Owen (Social Democratic)
1995 E.C.: 55% YES, 45% NO
1996-2002: Gordon Brown (Labour)
def. 1996 (Majority): Michael Heseltine (Conservative), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats)
def. 2000 (Majority): Michael Howard (Conservative), Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrats)

2002-2010: Tony Blair (Labour)
def. 2002 (Majority): William Hague (Conservative), Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrats)
def. 2007 (Majority): William Hague (Conservative), Mike German (Liberal Democrats)

2010-2012: David Miliband (Labour)
2012-2016: Tim Collins (Conservative)

def. 2012 (Majority): David Miliband (Labour), Andrew Adonis (Liberal Democrats)
2016 Scottish Independence: 57% YES, 43% NO

2016-20??: Sir John Major (Conservative)
def. 2017 (Majority): Ed Balls (Labour), Kirsty Williams (Liberal Democrats), Nigel Farage (Independence), Adam Price (Plaid Cymru)

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The Adonis Dream

2007-2011: Gordon Brown (Labour)
2010 (Minority, with Liberal Democrat confidence and supply) def. David Cameron (Conservative), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat), Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist), Alex Salmond (Scottish National), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein)
2011-2019: David Cameron (Conservative)
2011 (Majority) def. Gordon Brown (Labour), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat), Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein)
2012 Scottish Independence NO 62% YES 36%
2016 (Majority) def. David Miliband (Labour), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat), Arlene Foster (Democratic Unionist), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein), Nigel Farage (United Kingdom Independence)

2019-2026: George Osborne (Conservative)
2021 (Coalition with Liberal Democrats) def. John McDonnell (Labour), David Laws (Liberal Democrat), Nigel Farage (United Kingdom Independence), Arlene Foster (Democratic Unionist), Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein)
2026-2032: Katy Clark (Labour)
2026 (Minority) def. George Osborne (Coalition Coupon - Conservatives, Liberal Democrats), Bill Etheridge (United Kingdom Independence), Emma Little-Pengelly (Democratic Unionist), Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein)
2027 EU Referendum LEAVE 58% REMAIN 42%
2027 (Majority) def. Anna Soubry (Conservative), Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist), Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat), Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein), Bill Etheridge (United Kingdom Independence)


Based on a tweet I saw thanks to @moth.

Brown manages to get a confidence and supply deal out of Clegg, relying on the anti-Tory sentiments of the SNP. This proves a short-lived decision, as when things come down a confidence vote, the SNP - with newfound confidence with their majority in Holyrood - vote to remove Brown on the understanding with Cameron that an independence referendum would be on the cards.

Cameron wins the majority he missed out on in 2010, helped along with winning a couple of Scottish seats as the SNP suffers for letting the Tories into Westminster. They suffer a further body blow in 20212 as the No campaign win a resounding victory. The Lib Dems on the other hand, reach over 70 seats and Labour attempts to return to Blairism from the seeming left turn of the Brownites. The 2011 to 2016 Parliament is dominated by austerity economics and rising Eurosceptic fervour in the country. With the big three parties seeming to offer only mildly different flavours of centrism, UKIP wins a handful of seats across the country in both Tory and Labour areas.

Cameron stands aside, comfortable in what he has done and hands over to his trusted lieutenant Osborne. However, the rise of right-populist parties across Europe is mirrored in Britain and at the 2021 election, the mild recovery of Labour is met by renewed Lib Dem growth and a continued UKIP surge. The Conservatives narrowly remain the largest party and the 80+ seats of the Lib Dems secure a comfortable majority. This coalition holds together well but a new global economic crisis begins in 2023 as China returns to Maoism and the EU frays at the edges.

Things look so tense that at the 2026 election, the Conservatives and Lib Dems form an electoral pact. Labour becomes the largest party and secure the premiership due to their promise of a referendum on Europe, which earns the backing of UKIP on that alone. Leave wins a comfortable majority, and a snap election sees the electoral landscape transformed dramatically. Anna Soubry successfully cannibalises the Lib Dems but her 'Remoaner' message sees most of the UKIP vote folded into Labour. With a large majority for Clark's radical socialist manifesto, the future of Britain looks both Red and Uncertain.
 
Based on a tweet I saw thanks to @moth.
I think it would make sense for the SNP to also be in a s/c deal, if they're getting an Indo Ref.

Good list, although I think as a continuity Cleggite, Steve Webb is a more suitable pick than Laws, who is too Gladstonian for the Party (and for the future, I assume anti-Tory lefty, Lib Dem leader, Kirsty Williams perhaps? Farron is a bit too, well, Farron.).
 
I think it would make sense for the SNP to also be in a s/c deal, if they're getting an Indo Ref.

Good list, although I think as a continuity Cleggite, Steve Webb is a more suitable pick than Laws, who is too Gladstonian for the Party (and for the future, I assume anti-Tory lefty, Lib Dem leader, Kirsty Williams perhaps? Farron is a bit too, well, Farron.).

There's no need for the Conservatives to get an SNP s/c deal if they have a majority.

Those are good calls for Lib Dems tho, I felt Farron in particular was very 'look at all these dead butterflies'.
 
ZUGZWANG: Original Draft
Complied from the various notes and post-its on my wall that I made in late 2016/early 2017 when planning Zugzwang.

2001-2002: Jane Montgomery (Nat. Democratic)
def. 2001 May (404 seats, Majority): John Aniseed (Social Democrats) - 215, Hugh Jones (Centre) - 22, 9 Independents and N.P.S.

2002-2019: Andrew Gould (Nat. Democratic)
def. 2005 Jun (427 seats, Majority): Peter Bart (Social Democrats) - 157, Hugh Jones (Centre) - 45, Iain Chambers (Ulster Alliance)- 16, 5 Independents and N.P.S
def. 2009 Aug (388 seats, Majority): Susan Clarkson (Social Democrats) - 181, Hugh Jones (Centre) - 60, Iain Chambers (Ulster Alliance) - 13, 8 Independents and N.P.S.
def. 2013 Oct. (335 seats, Majority): Xavier Lewis (Social Democrats) - 276, David McMann (Centre) - 15, Iain Chambers (Ulster Alliance) - 11, Jim Collins (Scottish People's) - 10
def. 2018 Oct. (302 seats, Minority): Xavier Lewis (Social Democrats) - 300, William Tavish (Centre) - 20, Jim Colins (Scottish People's) - 14, Iain Chambers (Ulster Alliance) - 10, 4 Independents and N.P.S.


2019-2019: Xavier Lewis (Social Democratic)
def. 2019 Feb. (287 seats, Centre Coalition): Andrew Gould (Nat. Democratic) - 234, William Tavish (Centre) - 103, Iain Chambers (Ulster Alliance) - 12, 14 Independents and N.P.S.

2019-2021: Lucy Powell (Centre) [acting]

2021-2000: Jim Evans (Social Democrats)
 
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So um

What happens to Lewis?
I should elaborate; the basic idea was that Jim the Shadow Home Sec made a deal with Tavish in order to get Tavish to make a condition of the Coalition deal that Lewis steps down, with Tavish being made the Prime Minister during the ensuring Leadership contest and a 'half term', with concessions of electoral reforms and lords reform to be made along the way. This goes to hell in a hand-basket when Tavish decides he has a better chance of permanently becoming PM and leading a National Coalition with the NDP and sympathetic Soc Dems, which itself collapses when Powell knifes him. With the deal being purely private, only known between Jim and Tavish, Jim offers the same deal to Powell.
 
Spoil the Broth
Or: My take on @Bolt451's old "Clustershag to 10 Downing Street" that I merged with my "Three's A Crowd" American timeline because I like merging stuff so I can have one coherent universe

Chapter I: High Noon

William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal minority with support from Irish National Federation) 1892-1894
1892 (min.): def. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative), Justin McCarthy (Irish Nat. Fed.), Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist)
"People's William's Last Ride"
The famed "People's William"'s last ministry would be focused on Irish Home Rule. When it failed in the House of Lords, he floated the idea of calling a general election against the Lords, but was talked down by his cabinet. He would instead resign in early 1894, ostensibly for his health

William Harcourt (Liberal minority with support from Irish National Federation) 1894-1897
1895 (min.): def. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative), Justin McCarthy (Irish Nat. Fed.), Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist)
"Eternal Stumble"
Unlike the "People's William", Harcourt was seen as an intellectual detached from the populace. A good orator, that's for sure, but not one "of the people", so to speak. He regularly spoke using elevated language, making him sound "posh". The 1895 election was dominated by a growing divide between Salisbury and Chamberlain, when the latter grew to see the former as plotting "the absorption of the Liberal Unionists". This split enabled Harcourt to eke out a re-election for the shaky minority propped up by the INF

This minority would be dominated by one word - "collapse". Harcourt himself however, never really fell despite resignations of several top cabinet members and the INF threatening to withdraw support. With Salisbury and Chamberlain patching things up, the next election was seen as inevitably Unionist. But Harcourt shook his head - after all wasn't 1895 seen as that? He'll lead the party to a third term in government!

Then a bill that would have allowed parishes to vote on the closing of local pubs appeared and brought down the Harcourt government as the INF voted with the Unionists on it and withdrew support. The joke went "For the want of a pint, Bill Harcourt lost everything"

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative-Liberal Unionist coalition) 1897-1902
1897 (coal.): def. William Harcourt (Liberal), Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist), Justin McCarthy (Irish Nat. Fed.), John Redmond (Irish Nat. League), John Dillon (United Irish League), Keir Hardie (Independent Labour)
1901 (coal.): def. John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (Liberal), Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist), John Redmond (Irish Parl.)

"Strong and Stable?"
If people thought the Harcourt ministry was unstable, the Salisbury-Chamberlain "Unionist" government was worse. A coalition between a party led by a micromanager who desired full control over his government and desired a government that would hold back demagoguery, and one led by someone often characterised as arrogant and ruthless, and portrayed himself as a "champion of the common man", there were sure to be conflict

But the Unionist victory in 1897 was not the main story. One main story of 1897 was the fragmentation of the Irish nationalist force as the previously minor Irish National League, led by John Redmond and the more religious United Irish League gained at the expense of the INF. Another was the surprise victory of the small far-left Independent Labour Party in industrial areas. Led by the charismatic Keir Hardie, their sudden win of 3 seats was a sudden shock to many, including the Liberals. Richard Haldane and others argued that this growing working-class pressure needed to be "accommodated" into the Liberal Party - hence "Social Liberalism", "as social as socialism, but as liberal as the liberals of old"

But the Liberals' new leader, the Earl Spencer, was sceptical of this and disencouraged it from happening. Chamberlain was primarily a man of domestic affairs, while Salisbury was one of foreign affairs and that is how the Unionist Government held. Salisbury led Britain into the Second Boer War, which proved a costly victory for the British and finally finished in 1902

In the first election of King Edward VII's reign, the Unionists held even as the ILP lost their seats due to intense local Liberal campaigning. The Earl Spencer was increasingly opposed because of his wiffly-waffly stance on the Boer War, but he ended up resigning as leader due to a bout of ill health, enabling the more radical Richard Haldane to rise to power. Haldane drove the Liberals to the left, allying with local trade unions and friendly socialist associations to run "Social-Liberal" candidates to ward off the rise of the more radical ILP

In 1902, Salisbury fell ill and decided to announce his resignation. The Conservative Party was divided on who to support for leader due to the unexpected disappearance of Salisbury's nephew and political "heir" Arthur Balfour, and so the King sent for...

Joseph Chamberlain (Conservative-Liberal Unionist coalition, then Liberal Unionist minority) 1902-1905
"An Interesting Man in Interesting Times"
Despite his popularity, Chamberlain knew that it would be a hard job leading the government as the Conservatives still had a numerical advantage in the coalition. Unfortunately, the King distrusted the names that popped up as possible Conservative leaders, and so decided to call on the only man he knew and trusted and well, liked. That was Chamberlain. The Conservative top brass objected to this, including the man who was their new leader, Michael Hicks Beach, a critic of Chamberlain on free trade. Hicks Beach ended up declaring that the Liberal Unionists would not enjoy the support of the Conservatives and fractured the party in the process. There were Conservatives who were conscious of Chamberlain's intense popularity and from seats that had a considerable LU presence who decided to switch allegiances and prop up Chamberlain

Shakily holding a government together only by virtue of Liberal absentation in votes of no confidence, Chamberlain was on the precipice. His most lasting legacy would be setting up the "Home Rule All Round Association" that would have its vision realised eventually. But in 1905, his time ran out after years of shaky government. The British people were getting fed up with reports of governments on the brink of collapse

Michael Hicks Beach (Conservative minority) 1905-1907
1905 (min.): def. Richard Haldane (Liberal, inc. "Social-Liberal"), Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist), John Redmond (Irish Parl.)
"Life's Not a Beach"
A man often characterised as hard, "Black Michael" oversaw the split that enabled Chamberlain to take his Liberal Unionists to be fully separate from the Conservatives, but also to more firmer discipline in Tory ranks and a firm message of stability and rejection of radicalism, portraying Haldane and Chamberlain as similar "wild-eyed radicals" seeking to "experiment on Britain". Hence why in a bitter three-way election, Hicks Beach emerged triumphant. That was the zenith of his ministry. After, it proved to bog down in stagnation as the Tories increasingly relied on ad-hoc deals with Liberals and/or Liberal Unionists, until one by-election gave the Liberals a seat advantage. The King stepped in again

Richard Haldane (Liberal (inc. "Social-Liberal") minority, then majority, then Wartime Coalition) 1907-1919
1907 (maj.): def. Michael Hicks Beach (Conservative), Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist), John Redmond (Irish Parl.), Philip Snowden (Independent Labour)
1911 (maj.): def. Michael Hicks Beach (Conservative), Arthur Conan Doyle (Liberal Unionist), John Redmond (Irish Parl.), Philip Snowden (Independent Labour)

"War Against Poverty"
A Liberal Imperialist and a "Social Liberal", Richard Haldane is one figure that both the Liberals and SDP vaguely claim as their own. A firm radical, Haldane allied with David Lloyd George and fellow Liberals on the party's left to push forward a "revolution in the party" and ultimately the country

Put in power after a by-election gain led to the Liberals having more seats than the Conservatives, Haldane immediately called a snap election and rode people's discontent with Tory and Liberal Unionist shambles to a firm majority that he believed would hold. Also notable is the election of many Social-Liberals, elected in alliances with trade unions and socialist associations. Some of those would appear in his cabinet. Meanwhile the ILP was recovered from their 1901 blow and won 4 seats in the North of England under the leadership of fierce orator Philip Snowden

Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George's declaration that his budget - the "People's Budget", would be a wartime budget to fight poverty, was published in newspapers as "Government Declares 'War' On Poverty!" which caught on as a slogan. But Haldane's personal focus was on the Army and on reforms he felt was necessary to fight the coming European war, one he was sure was inevitable

The People's Budget made King Edward VII nervous especially at the "radical" rhetoric of Liberals such as Churchill and Lloyd George. Haldane intervened and managed to convince the King to tell the Lords to let the budget through, at the cost of a pledge to further tie Britain's diplomatic efforts with France's, something that Haldane begrudgingly agreed with despite his wish to quell tensions with Germany

In 1911, Hicks Beach worked out a tenuous agreement with new Liberal Unionist leader and famed novelist, Arthur Conan Doyle, and went into the election with the opposition united and stronger than ever. But the People's Budget was popular and the voters gave Haldane a new albeit slimmer majority. The war that the Prime Minister saw as inevitable, would finally happen in 1913

As alliances dragged countries into the war on two sides, the legacy of now deceased King Edward VII and Haldane's foreign policy would prove to hold as Britain entered the war on France's side. Haldane was distrustful of bringing in the opposition when the Tories didn't in the Boer War, but as the war dragged on, the idea of an "all hands on deck" coalition of the Libs, the Tories and the Liberal Unionists [not the ILP, they were fairly pacifist and their leader opposed recruitment for the Armed Forces] gained popularity and in 1916 after a disastrous battle, Haldane conceded the argument and brought the Tories and Lib Unionists in, appointing Austen Chamberlain as Home Secretary and other prominent Lib Unionists and Tories to cabinet posts. This was an uncomfortable arrangement, especially as Haldane was widely distrusted by the ex-opposition

The war finally finished in late 1918, but Haldane held on, arguing that "we need to win the peace". In 1919, two things happened that made his staying on impossible. The first was the Social-Liberal faction voting to establish itself as a separate party, the Social Democratic Party, due to increasing disputes with more traditional Liberals. This was a blow to Haldane as the Social-Liberal faction was his creation. But the second and fatal blow was the withdrawal of the Liberal Unionists and Conservatives due to the growing Irish tension. They saw Haldane as too "soft" on the rising nationalist force in Ireland, especially the radical Sinn Fein. Deciding that it was time for him to step down, he announced his retirement as Prime Minister, allowing David Lloyd George to reach the position he envied for long yet was denied for years

Meanwhile, an earthquake was starting in British politics that would radically transform everything
 
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Two's Company
Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) 1901-1909
1904: def. Thomas E. Watson (Populist), John G. Carlisle (Democratic) and William Randolph Hearst (Independence)
William Howard Taft (Republican) 1909-1913
1908: def. William Jennings Bryan (Populist)
Theodore Roosevelt (Independent/Republican) 1913-1921
1912: def. Oscar Underwood (Populist), William Howard Taft (Republican) and John W. Slayton (Socialist)
1916: def. William Jennings Bryan (Populist)
Carter Glass (Populist) 1921-1927*

1920: def. Hiram Johnson (Republican)
1924: def. Albert J. Beveridge (Republican)
Joseph Taylor Robinson (Populist) 1927-1933
1928: def. Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Herbert Hoover (Republican) 1933-1941

1932: def. Joseph Taylor Robinson (Populist)
1936: def. Huey Long (Populist) and John Nance Garner (Independent Populist)
Harlan J. Bushfield (Republican) 1941-1945
1940: def. Henry A. Wallace (Populist)
Prentice Cooper (Populist) 1945-1953

1944: def. Harlan J. Bushfield (Republican)
1948: def. Charles Lindbergh (Republican)
Way
ne Morse (Republican/Independent/Liberal) 1953-1957
1952: def. John Sparkman (Populist)
J. William Fulbright (Populist) 1957-1965

1956: def. Richard Nixon (Republican) and Wayne Morse (Liberal)
1960: def. Hugh Scott (Republican) and William O. Douglas (Liberal)
Walter Judd (Republican) 1965-1973
1964: def. George Smathers (Populist) and Ronald Reagan (Liberal)
1968: def. Edmund Muskie (Populist)
Thomas Eagleton (Populist) 1973-1985

1972: def. Daniel J. Evans (Republican) and Pete McCloskey (Independent)
1976: def. Howard Baker (Republican)
1980: def. Guy Vander Jagt (Republican)
Guy Vander Jagt (Republican) 1985*

1984: def. Larry McDonald (Populist) and Jesse Jackson (Independent)
Phil Crane (Republican) 1985-1993
1988: def. Al Gore (Populist)
Larry Pressler (Independent/Moderate) 1993-2001
1992: def. Phil Crane (Republican) and Dick Gephardt (Populist)
1996: def. Richard Shelby (Populist) and Richard Lugar (Republican)
Donald Rumsfeld (Republican) 2001-2009

2000: def. Donald Trump (Populist) and Dick Lamm (Moderate)
2004: def. Nathan Deal (Populist)
Blanche Lincoln (Populist) 2009-2017

2008: def. Trent Lott (Republican)
2012: def. Bill Frist (Republican)
Lindsey Graham (Republican) 2017-

2016: def. Rick Perry (Populist) and Bernie Sanders (Left Alliance)
 
I will get round to writing something more substantive with this list, but I'll leave you with some attendant alternate cabinets.

1997-2003: Tony Blair (Labour majority)
1997: John Major (Conservative), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrat)
2001: William Hague (Conservative), Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrat)
2003 Euro referendum: 60.7% NO

2003-2006: Jack Straw (Labour majority)
2006-2009: Theresa May (Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition)

2006: Jack Straw (Labour), Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrat)
2009-2009: Theresa May (Conservative minority)
2009-2016: Alan Milburn (Labour majority)

2009: Theresa May (Conservative), Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
2014: Owen Paterson (Conservative), Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

2016-: (Labour majority)

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First May Cabinet (12th May 2006)

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury: Theresa May (Conservative)
Deputy Prime Minister and Lord President of the Council: Sir Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrat)
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs: Edward Garnier (Conservative)
Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons: Ken Clarke (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Leader of the House of Lords: Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Oliver Letwin (Conservative)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: William Hague (Conservative)
Secretary of State for the Home Department: David Davis (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Defence: Crispin Blunt (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Francis Maude (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Health: Andrew Lansley (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: Dr Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)
Secretary of State for Education: David Cameron (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Transport: Eric Pickles (Conservative)
Secretary of State for International Development: Alan Duncan (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat)
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: George Osborne (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Scotland: Eleanor Laing (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Wales: Nigel Evans (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Chris Grayling (Conservative)


Last May Cabinet (4th June 2009)

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury: Theresa May (Conservative)
Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State: Andrew Lansley (Conservative)
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice: Edward Garnier (Conservative)
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons: Ken Clarke (Conservative)
Lord Privy Seal and Leader and Leader of the House of Lords: Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office: David Willetts (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: George Obsorne (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: William Hague (Conservative)
Secretary of State for the Home Department: Francis Maude (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Defence: Crispin Blunt (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Oliver Heald (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Health: Dominic Grieve (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: David Cameron (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Education: Dominic Grieve (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change: Philip Hammond (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Eric Pickles (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Transport: David Lidington (Conservative)
Secretary of State for International Development: Alan Duncan (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Owen Paterson (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: John Bercow (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Scotland: Eleanor Laing (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Wales: Nigel Evans (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Liam Fox (Conservative)
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First Milburn Cabinet (5th June 2009)

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury: Alan Milburn (Labour)
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons: Patricia Hewitt (Labour)
Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords: Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton (Labour)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office: Kevin Barron (Labour)
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice: Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer (Labour)
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Stephen Byers (Labour)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Chris Leslie (Labour)
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: David Miliband (Labour)
Secretary of State for the Home Department: Alan Johnson (Labour)
Secretary of State for Defence: Jim Murphy (Labour)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: James Purnell (Labour)
Secretary of State for Health: Tessa Jowell (Labour)
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: Liam Byrne (Labour)
Secretary of State for Education: Harriet Harman (Labour)
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change: Ivan Lewis (Labour)
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Paul Boateng (Labour)
Secretary of State for Transport: John Hutton (Labour)
Secretary of State for International Development: Peter Hain (Labour)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Shaun Woodward (Labour)
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: Ed Balls (Labour)
Secretary of State for Scotland: Douglas Alexander (Labour)
Secretary of State for Wales: Paul Murphy (Labour)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Geoff Hoon (Labour)
 
Very nice work @Comisario. Did Iraq happen in this scenario or not? (I'm presuming not)
It does, given that the referendum occurs - I’ll have to check my notes on this - around about May/June time. Straw probably does an overall better job of managing Britain’s involvement once he’s in later in 2003, but he’s also very aware that he’s “carrying Blair’s child” on this one.

The POD, just for clarity, is Eddie George losing out on his reappointment as Governor of the Bank of England to Howard Davies (who was consistently Blair’s choice to replace him, given the latter’s pro-Euro stance) in 1998.
 
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