Theresa Mary May ( née Brasier ; born 1
October 1956) is a British politician who is
the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and
Leader of the Conservative Party. She has
been the Member of Parliament (MP) for
Maidenhead since 1997. May identifies as a
One-Nation Conservative and is characterised
as a liberal conservative.
The daughter of a vicar , May grew up in
Oxfordshire. From 1977 until 1983, she worked
for the Bank of England, and from 1985 until
1997 at the Association for Payment Clearing
Services , also serving as a councillor for the
London Borough of Merton's Durnsford Ward.
After unsuccessful attempts to be elected to
the House of Commons in 1992 and 1994, she
was elected MP for Maidenhead in the 1997
general election. May served in a number of
roles in the Shadow Cabinets of William
Hague , Iain Duncan Smith , Michael Howard ,
and David Cameron, including Shadow Leader
of the House of Commons and Shadow Work
and Pensions Secretary . She was also the
Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2002
until 2003.
After the formation of the Coalition
Government following the 2010 general
election, May was appointed Home Secretary
and Minister for Women and Equalities, giving
up the latter role in 2012. Reappointed after
the Conservative victory in the 2015 general
election, she went on to become the longest-
serving Home Secretary since James Chuter
Ede over 60 years previously, pursuing reform
of the police, taking a harder line on drug
policy and introducing restrictions on
immigration. [3]
Following the resignation of David Cameron
on 24 June 2016, May announced her
candidacy for the leadership of the
Conservative Party and quickly emerged as
the front-runner. She won the first ballot of
Conservative MPs on 5 July by a significant
margin, and two days later won the votes of
199 MPs, going forward to face a vote of
Conservative Party members in a contest with
Andrea Leadsom . Leadsom's withdrawal from
the election on 11 July led to May's
appointment as leader the same day; she was
appointed Prime Minister two days later.
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