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2015-2026: Ed Miliband (Labour)
2015: Ed Miliband (Labour) [324] David Cameron (Conservative) [239] Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) [56] Peter Robinson (DUP) [8] Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat) [7] Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein) [4] Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru) [3] Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP) [3] Mike Nesbitt (UUP) [2] Nigel Farage (UKIP) [1] Natalie Bennett (Green Party England & Wales) [1] Sylvia Herman (Independent) [1] John Bercow (Speaker) [1]
2021: Ed Miliband (Labour) [335] Theresa May (Conservative) [246] Joanna Cherry (SNP) [38] Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein) [9] Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat) [7] Arlene Foster (DUP) [7] Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) [5] Naomi Long (Alliance) [2] Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas (Green Party England & Wales) [1]
Miliband's first five years were chaotic, his party fought to pass legislation with a tiny minority and the first few years were marred with attempts to reform the House of Lords; passing the Snooper's Charter; and passing the Psychoactive Substances Bill. The economy held up, and UKIP steadily declined, but in general the assumption was that Miliband would be a one term leader, until COVID-19 struck and people rallied around the flag. By 2021, many saw the election as Miliband's to lose.
The second term of Labour would see the first elections for the new Senate, along with attempts to bring Britain back on track economically following the lockdown. This included new vocational training one year degrees and a £50 billion Green New Deal. The Gender Recognition act would be finally reformed in 2025 following consultations in 2020, 2022, and 2024. The new act allowed GICs to grant gender recognition certificates to their diagnosed patients - which was seen as a laughable compromise with GIC waiting times now up to four years.
In the second term divisions within the country slowly ate at Miliband's support. The Conservative Party, energised by the anti-lockdown movement, swung massively against HS2 and in favour of English Devolution, the gender recognition issue carried on and on, and Extinction Rebellion picked up pace with regular protests and permanent demonstrations in London.
2026-2028: Boris Johnson (Conservative)
May 2026: Boris Johnson (Conservative) [311] Ed Miliband (Labour) [289] Joanna Cherry (SNP) [22] Emma Rogan (Sinn Fein) [8] Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat) [6] Emma Little Pengelly (DUP) [6] Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) [3] Nuala McAllister (Alliance) [4] Magid Magid and Alexandra Phillips (Green Party England & Wales) [1]
November 2026: Boris Johnson (Conservative) [331] Liz Kendall (Labour) [270] Joanna Cherry (SNP) [18] Emma Rogan (Sinn Fein) [7] Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat) [6] Emma Little Pengelly (DUP) [6] Nuala McAllister (Alliance) [5] Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) [4] Amelia Womack and Alexandra Phillips (Green Party England & Wales) [3]
Boris was elected to cancel HS2, get Huawei out of its involvement in 5G, establish an English Parliament, and renegotiate Britain's relationship with the EU ahead of a referendum. None of this was possible with his first majority, although between the Lib Dems and DUP he was able to work out a workable plan for a n English Devolved Assembly with STV. However, the deal fell through quickly. In November he went back to the people and won a proper mandate.
The EU referendum was held in 2027 and saw 50.3% vote for leave, Boris made it clear he would stay on and negotiate Brexit but it became obvious that nobody trusted a person who had campaigned to remain with the job.
2028-2029: Michael Gove (Conservative)
Gove had one job, and that was to negotiate a Brexit deal - an issue that rapidly became stuck on the matter of the Irish backstop. At the same time, in the annus horibilis that was 2028, the Queen died, the icecaps melted for the first time causing a global panic about the future, Labour MP Jess Phillips was murdered for supporting remain, Parliament had a major fire that put it out of action for fifteen years. Gove struggled on into he lost the first Meaningful Vote on his deal.
2029-2031: Dehenna Davison (Conservative)
Dehenna charted a delicate course attempting to conclude the Brexit deal as more and more her party was divided between hard Brexiteers and soft Remainers, which little space for her own deal. Over the two years little got done, aside from Brexit. But, to her credit, she managed to bring just about enough people on side to pass her deal. Although one of the biggest reasons for this was that she softened Brexit substantially to win the support of the Labour Party. After this, there was no way that she could lead the Party.
2031-2041: Darren Grimes (Conservative)
2031: Darren Grimes (Conservative) [343] Yvette Cooper (Labour) [243] Kate Forbes (SNP) [21] Daisy Benson (Liberal Democrat) [12] Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) [9] Eóin Tennyson (Alliance) [7] Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) [5] Benali Hamdache (Green Party England & Wales) [4] William Humphrey (DUP) [2]
2036: Darren Grimes (Conservative) [337] Lauren Townsend (Labour) [256] Kate Forbes (SNP) [15] Daisy Benson (Liberal Democrat) [13] Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) [9] Eóin Tennyson (Alliance) [7] Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) [5] Zak Polanski (Green Party England & Wales) [2] William Humphrey (DUP) [2]
Grimes was a hard leave no deal Brexit prime minister in an era after Brexit, but he was also a consummate culture warrior and he played on Yvette Cooper's "betrayal" of Brexit while also subtly playing up the fact that she was the one to make Brexit happen. He also further attacked HS2, and smeared Labour MPs with leaked reports on their conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic. He ended with a majority that was sufficient to end freedom of movement in 2033 and ensure a harder Brexit was achieved in stages. He also created a new English Parliament made up of a hundred MEPs elected by First Past the Post, with a further 25 elected from a national pool.
Following his re-election in 2036 Grimes focused more and more attention on culture wars issues. He restricted trans healthcare from children and used civil rights as a wedge issue to attack the Labour Party. He also weaponised World War II - purposefully keeping the language of Remain Traitors going and using it as a centrepiece of his speech at the opening of the Festival of Freedom, which was set to run in London for the entire length of World War II's centenary years.
2041-2042: Beth Desmond (Labour) coalition with Kavya Kaushek (Liberal Democrat), Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru), Kate Forbes (SNP) & Hannah Irwin (Alliance)
2041: Darren Grimes (Conservative) [313] Beth Desmond (Labour) [288] Kavya Kaushek (Liberal Democrat) [13] Megan Colbourne (Sinn Fein) [9] Hannah Irwin (Alliance) [9] Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) [7] Kate Forbes (SNP) [6] Rashid Nix (Green Party England & Wales) [1]
The first trans prime minister was elected in a country where the trans issue was increasingly seen as an anachronistic remnant of a previous era - most other democratic countries had gender self-ID, and were focused on issues like climate change, while Britain was literally spending millions reliving an event in the 20th century. The progressive coalition was exceptionally, unreasonably big and broad, and it survived with the Tories fought out a leadership election and for five months after that while the Lib Dems worked out a better deal for themselves.
2042-2046: Elena Bunbury (Conservative) coalition with Kavya Kaushek (Liberal Democrat)
Elena had a diffucult ride into Downing Street, because, despite being a committed brexiteer, in the era of Grimesism, she had come to represent the party's "New Centre". Much of her policy while in office was dictated by the Lib Dems - but a lot was her own idea anyway: gender self-ID, kink education in schools, sex work legalisation, legalisation of marijuana. Bunbary's time in office was transformative and based on a form of consensus government that hadn't been seen in Britain since Blair. In this time, Parliament returned to Westminster, the Festival of Freedom concluded, and events such as the coronation of King Harry, Eurovision 2043 and the World Cup in 2042 were much celebrated for bringing the country back together.
However popular it was with the centre, it was seen as a poor alternative to Labour by the left, and a poor alternative to conservative values on the right.
2046-2050: Beth Desmond (Labour)
2046: Beth Desmond (Labour) [334] Elena Bunbury (Conservative) [271] Holly Mathies (Liberal Democrat) [11] Amy Hamilton (Sinn Fein) [10] Lauren Oxley (SNP) [4] Hannah Irwin (Alliance) [8] Megan Colbourne (Plaid Cymru) [8]
Returning to government with a majority this time, Beth immediately began an ambitious programme to make sure Britain could take in 0.5% of the world's refugees and reach carbon neutrality by 2055. Billions have been spent on infrastructure, mostly on branch lines and on internet connection to towns and smaller cities.
Britain currently has a choice between the Desmondist towns eco-development plan, and revived Bunburyism. Many are considering third ways - a referendum on Irish unity is planned, the UK Green Party, now reunited, is aiming for hard-line eco-socialism and soft primitivism, and the Common Sense Alliance is trying to make Grimesism respectable again. It remains to be seen if the "Desburyist" concensus can hold.