Welcome to Prime Factors where we review each UK Prime Minister from Robert Walpole to Keir Starmer. We discuss their biography, highs and lows, and then rate them on a scale designed by a 10-year old before awarding the ultimate prize: Are they ”Known” or an ”Ice Cream Cone”?
| Name | Total Score | Known or Ice Cream Cone | |
| 1 |
Robert Walpole |
58.8 | Known! |
| 2 |
Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington |
22 | Ice Cream Cone |
| 3 |
Henry Pelham |
72.4 | Known! |
| S1 |
William Pulteney 1st Earl of Bath |
27.5 | Ice Cream Cone |
| 4 |
Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle |
30 | Known! |
| 5 |
William Cavendish 4th Duke of Devonshire |
38 | Ice Cream Cone |
| S2 |
James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave |
7.8 | Ice Cream Cone |
| 6 |
John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute |
37.1 | Ice Cream Cone |
| 7 |
George Grenville |
11.8 | Known! (For Being Bad) |
| 8 |
Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham |
40.7 | Ice Cream Cone |
| 9 |
William Pitt the Elder 1st Earl of Chatham |
58.9 | Known! |
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