<page_title> List of serving British MPs who were assassinated </page_title> <table> <cell> 11 May 1812 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Spencer Perceval <col_header> Victim </col_header> </cell> <cell> John Bellingham <col_header> Assassin(s) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Personal debt <col_header> Assassin's cause </col_header> </cell> <cell> The serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; the only British prime minister to be assassinated, shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Spencer Perceval is the only British prime minister to be assassinated, having been shot on 11 May 1812 by John Bellingham, for his debt.