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 has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead since 1997.
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Council elections
edit1986 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford
editParty | 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 | 4,562 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1990 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford
editParty | 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 | 4,065 | |||
Turnout | 2,424 | 59.63 | ||
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.12 | ||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Parliamentary elections
edit1992 general election, North West Durham
editParty | 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 | 13,987 | 30.2 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 46,209 | 75.5 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 |
1994 by-election, Barking
editParty | 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[7] | 90 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,414 | 60.1 | +42.4 | ||
Turnout | 19,017 | 38.3 | ―31.7 | ||
Registered electors | 49,635 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
1997 general election, Maidenhead
editParty | 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 | 11,981 | 23.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,889 | 75.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
2001 general election, Maidenhead
editParty | 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 | 3,284 | 7.6 | −15.9 | ||
Turnout | 43,318 | 62.0 | −13.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.0 |
2005 general election, Maidenhead
editParty | 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 | 6,231 | 13.5 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 45,850 | 71.7 | +9.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 |
2010 general election, Maidenhead
editParty | 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 | 16,769 | 31.3 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 53,720 | 73.7 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.8 |
2015 general election, Maidenhead
editParty | 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[15] | 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 | 29,059 | 53.9 | +22.6 | ||
Turnout | 53,855 | 72.6 | −1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2017 general election, Maidenhead
editParty | 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 | 26,457 | 45.5 | −8.6 | ||
Turnout | 58,239 | 76.4 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.2 |
2019 general election, Maidenhead
editParty | 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 | 18,846 | 33.3 | −12.2 | ||
Turnout | 56,492 | 73.7 | −2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.1 |
2016 Conservative Party leadership election
editCandidate | First ballot: 5 July 2016 |
Second ballot: 7 July 2016 |
Members' vote (Cancelled) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Theresa May | 165 | 50.2 | 199 | 60.5 | Unopposed | ||
Andrea Leadsom | 66 | 20.1 | 84 | 25.5 | Withdrew | ||
Michael Gove | 48 | 14.6 | 46 | 14.0 | Eliminated | ||
Stephen Crabb | 34 | 10.3 | Withdrew, endorsed May | ||||
Liam Fox | 16 | 4.9 | Eliminated, endorsed May | ||||
Turnout | 329 | 99.7 | 329 | 99.7 | — | ||
Theresa May unopposed |
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2017 United Kingdom general election
editPolitical party | Leader | MPs | Votes | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidates[18] | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Of total (%) | Total | Of total (%) | Change (%) | ||||||
Conservative[19] | 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 | 3,304 | 650 | 32,204,184 |
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