Premiership of Philip Somerset
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| Premiership of Philip Somerset 28 February 2025 – present | |
| Monarch | George VII |
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| Cabinet | P. Somerset Ministry |
| Party | Unionist Party |
| Seat | 10 Downing Street |
 Coat of Arms of HM Government under George VII | |
Philip Somerset's tenure as Prime Minister of Great Britain began when he accepted an invitation from George VII to form a Government on 28 February 2026, following the results of the February 2026 General Election. Their Premiership occurred during the 44th Parliament of Great Britain. During his time in office he also served as First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the Unionist Party. Somerset was the tenth Prime Minister of George VII, and the eighth to be elected during his reign. The first Prime Minister to assume office with no peerage since Thomas Carew in March 2024, Somerset shunned most honours and was the first person not a Sir or a member of the peerage to become Prime Minister since Philip Ross in October 2020. Furthermore, he was the first Unionist Prime Minister to previously have run against the party: Somerset was the Progressive Commonwealth Party's Leader during the August 2025 General Election, which he lost to Llywellyn Carew: Carew was the last person before Somerset to become PM having never served in one of the traditional Great Offices of State.
Having previously served in a variety of Government positions such as Secretary of State for Justice, Deputy Prime Minister, and as Speaker of the House of Commons, Somerset had run for the Premiership once before in August 2025, somewhat reluctantly, under the banner of the PCP, ultimately losing to Llywellyn Carew. Running as an Independent thereafter, he served notably as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service throughout the Bedford and Thomond Premierships, becoming one of the main advocates and figures for practical frontier reforms. For much of the previous Premiership, it was considered that the only likely candidate to stand for Prime Minister would be Oliver Villiers, The Baron Braybrooke, the incumbent DPM. Somerset joined the Unionist Party in February 2026, was elected its Leader, and announced his intention to stand for Prime Minister and to resign as Cabinet Secretary. Villiers, due to a variety of reasons, refused to stand, and Somerset won the February 2026 General Election with aplomb.
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