# Electoral history of Theresa May

This is a summary of the electoral history of Theresa May, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She was the member of parliament (MP) for Maidenhead from 1997 to 2024.
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MP for Maidenhead
One-nation conservatism
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Hostile Environment Policy
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Snooper's Charter
2016 leadership election
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First ministry and term (July 2016 – June 2017)
First ministry (majority)
Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary
Jeremy Hunt's tenure as Health Secretary
Brexit
Invocation of Article 50
Aftermath of Brexit
2017 local elections
2017 general election
Second ministry and term (June 2017 – July 2019)
Second ministry (minority)
Conservative–DUP agreement
List of departures
2018 reshuffle
Chequers Agreement
Grenfell Tower fire
Running through fields of wheat
"Strong and stable"
"Brexit means Brexit"
Salisbury poisonings
EU Withdrawal Agreement
House of Commons vote of confidence
2019 leadership election
Resignation Honours
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## Council elections
### 1986 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford

Durnsford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Gill | 857 | 36.7% |
| | Conservative | Theresa May | 818 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Kennedy | 734 | 32.1% |
| | Liberal | Susan Knibbs | 731 | 31.2% |
| | Labour | Anthony J. Colman | 730 | |
| | Liberal | Richard Barraclough | 692 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,562 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### 1990 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford

Durnsford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Theresa May* | 1,063 | 43.87 |
| | Conservative | Barry Edwards | 1,049 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Kennedy | 913 | 36.64 |
| | Labour | Nina Scowen | 852 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Knibbs | 317 | 11.72 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Rumney | 246 | |
| | Green | Keith Parke | 187 | 7.77 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,065 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,424 | 59.63 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.12 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

## Parliamentary elections
### 1992 general election, North West Durham

General election 1992: North West Durham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hilary Armstrong | 26,734 | 57.8 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative | Theresa May | 12,747 | 27.6 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Farron | 6,728 | 14.6 | −6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,987 | 30.2 | +7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,209 | 75.5 | +2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |

### 1994 by-election, Barking

1994 Barking by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret Hodge | 13,704 | 72.1 | +20.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary White | 2,290 | 12.0 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Theresa May | 1,976 | 10.4 | −23.5 |
| | National Front | Gary Needs | 551 | 2.9 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Gerard Batten | 406 | 2.1 | N/A |
| | Natural Law | Heather R. Butensky | 90 | 0.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,414 | 60.1 | +42.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,017 | 38.3 | −31.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 49,635 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 1997 general election, Maidenhead

General election 1997: Maidenhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Theresa May | 25,344 | 49.8 | −11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Ketteringham | 13,363 | 26.3 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | Denise Robson | 9,205 | 18.1 | +9.5 |
| | Referendum | Charles Taverner | 1,638 | 3.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal | David Munkley | 896 | 1.8 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Neil Spiers | 277 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Glow Bowling Party | Kristian Ardley | 166 | 0.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,981 | 23.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,889 | 75.6 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### 2001 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2001: Maidenhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Theresa May | 19,506 | 45.0 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Newbound | 16,222 | 37.4 | +11.1 |
| | Labour | John O'Farrell | 6,577 | 15.2 | −2.9 |
| | UKIP | Dennis Cooper | 741 | 1.7 | +1.2 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Lloyd Clarke | 272 | 0.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,284 | 7.6 | −15.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,318 | 62.0 | −13.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −8.0 | |

### 2005 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2005: Maidenhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Theresa May | 23,312 | 50.8 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Newbound | 17,081 | 37.3 | −0.1 |
| | Labour | Janet Pritchard | 4,144 | 9.0 | −6.2 |
| | BNP | Tim Rait | 704 | 1.5 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Douglas Lewis | 609 | 1.3 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,231 | 13.5 | +5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,850 | 71.7 | +9.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 | |

### 2010 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2010: Maidenhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Theresa May | 31,937 | 59.5 | +7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Hill | 15,168 | 28.2 | −8.0 |
| | Labour | Patrick McDonald | 3,795 | 7.1 | −2.1 |
| | UKIP | Kenneth Wright | 1,243 | 2.3 | +0.9 |
| | BNP | Tim Rait | 825 | 1.5 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Peter Forbes | 482 | 0.9 | N/A |
| | Freedom and Responsibility | Peter Prior | 270 | 0.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,769 | 31.3 | +18.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,720 | 73.7 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +7.8 | |

### 2015 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2015: Maidenhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Theresa May | 35,453 | 65.8 | +6.3 |
| | Labour | Charlie Smith | 6,394 | 11.9 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Hill | 5,337 | 9.9 | −18.3 |
| | UKIP | Herbie Crossman | 4,539 | 8.4 | +6.1 |
| | Green | Emily Blyth | 1,915 | 3.6 | +2.7 |
| | Independent | Ian Taplin | 162 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | Class War | Joe Wilcox | 55 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29,059 | 53.9 | +22.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,855 | 72.6 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2017 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2017: Maidenhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Theresa May | 37,718 | 64.8 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | Patrick McDonald | 11,261 | 19.3 | +7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Hill | 6,540 | 11.2 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Derek Wall | 907 | 1.6 | −2.0 |
| | UKIP | Gerard Batten | 871 | 1.5 | −6.9 |
| | Animal Welfare | Andrew Knight | 282 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | No label | Lord Buckethead | 249 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Independent | Grant Smith | 152 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 119 | 0.2 | N/A |
| | CPA | Edmonds Victor | 69 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | The Just Political Party | Julian Reid | 52 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Yemi Hailemariam | 16 | 0.0 | N/A |
| | No label | Bobby Smith | 3 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,457 | 45.5 | −8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,239 | 76.4 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −4.2 | |

### 2019 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2019: Maidenhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Theresa May | 32,620 | 57.7 | −6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joshua Reynolds | 13,774 | 24.4 | +13.2 |
| | Labour | Patrick McDonald | 7,882 | 14.0 | −5.3 |
| | Green | Emily Tomalin | 2,216 | 3.9 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,846 | 33.3 | −12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,492 | 73.7 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −10.1 | |

## 2016 Conservative Party leadership election

| Candidate | Candidate | First ballot: 5 July 2016 | First ballot: 5 July 2016 | Second ballot: 7 July 2016 | Second ballot: 7 July 2016 | Members' vote (Cancelled) | Members' vote (Cancelled) |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Theresa May | 165 | 50.2 | 199 | 60.5 | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Andrea Leadsom | 66 | 20.1 | 84 | 25.5 | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| | Michael Gove | 48 | 14.6 | 46 | 14.0 | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Stephen Crabb | 34 | 10.3 | Withdrew, endorsed May | Withdrew, endorsed May | Withdrew, endorsed May | Withdrew, endorsed May |
| | Liam Fox | 16 | 4.9 | Eliminated, endorsed May | Eliminated, endorsed May | Eliminated, endorsed May | Eliminated, endorsed May |
| Turnout | Turnout | 329 | 99.7 | 329 | 99.7 | — | — |
| Theresa May unopposed ||||||||

## 2017 United Kingdom general election

e • d Results of the June 2017 House of Commons of the United Kingdom results :
| Political party | Political party | Leader | MPs | MPs | MPs | MPs | MPs | MPs | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Political party | Political party | Leader | Candidates | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Of total (%) | Total | Of total (%) | Change (%) |
| | Conservative | Theresa May | 638 | 317 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 48.8 | 13,636,684 | 42.3 | +5.5 |
| | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn | 631 | 262 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 40.3 | 12,877,918 | 40.0 | +9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Farron | 629 | 12 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 1.8 | 2,371,861 | 7.4 | −0.5 |
| | SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 59 | 35 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 5.4 | 977,568 | 3.0 | −1.7 |
| | UKIP | Paul Nuttall | 378 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 594,068 | 1.8 | −10.8 |
| | Green Party of England and Wales | Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley | 457 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 512,327 | 1.6 | −2.0 |
| | DUP | Arlene Foster | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 1.5 | 292,316 | 0.9 | +0.3 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 1.1 | 238,915 | 0.7 | +0.1 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Leanne Wood | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.6 | 164,466 | 0.5 | −0.1 |
| | Independent | | 187 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 151,471 | 0.5 | +0.2 |
| | SDLP | Colum Eastwood | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | 95,419 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | UUP | Robin Swann | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | 83,280 | 0.3 | −0.1 |
| | Alliance | Naomi Long | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64,553 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Speaker | John Bercow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 34,299 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Yorkshire | Stewart Arnold | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,958 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | NHA | Alex Ashman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16,119 | 0.1 | −0.1 |
| | Green Party Northern Ireland | Steven Agnew | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,452 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Scottish Green Party | Patrick Harvie and Maggie Chapman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,886 | 0.0 | −0.1 |
| | CPA | Sidney Cordle | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,869 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | People Before Profit | Eamonn McCann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,509 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Ashfield Independents | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,612 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | BNP | Adam Walker | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,580 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Alan Hope | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,890 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Liberal | Steve Radford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,672 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Women's Equality | Sophie Walker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,580 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | TUV | Jim Allister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,282 | 0.0 | −0.1 |
| | North East Party | Mary Cartwright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,355 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Pirate | David A Elston | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,321 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,913 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Christian | Jeff Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,720 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent Save Withybush Save Lives | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,209 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Socialist Labour | Arthur Scargill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,154 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Animal Welfare | Vanessa Hudson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 955 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | JAC | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 842 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Southampton Independents | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 816 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Sheila Torrance | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 771 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Workers' Party | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 708 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Something New | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 552 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Demos Direct Initiative Party | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 551 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Libertarian | Adam Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 524 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | SDP | Peter Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 469 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Peace | John Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 468 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Friends Party | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 435 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Better for Bradford | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 420 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | All other parties | | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,447 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 3,304 | 650 | | | | | 32,204,184 | | |