Everything about Theresa May totally explained
Theresa Mary May (born in
Eastbourne,
Sussex,
England, on
1 October 1956 as
Theresa Mary Brasier) is a
British politician, former chairman of the
Conservative Party, and
Member of Parliament for
Maidenhead.
Early life
May studied at
St Hugh's College, Oxford and obtained a
Geography MA.
From 1985 to 1997, she worked as a financial consultant, and was also a councillor in the
London Borough of Merton from 1986 to 1994, where she was Chairman of Education (1988–1990) and Deputy Group Leader and Housing Spokesman (1992–1994). In the
1992 general election she stood (and lost) in the safe Labour seat of
North West Durham and then unsuccessfully contested the
1994 Barking by-election. In the
1997 general election she was elected the Conservative MP for
Maidenhead.
Member of Parliament
Having entered parliament she soon became a member of
William Hague's front-bench team as Shadow Spokesman for Schools, Disabled People and Women (
1998 – June
1999). May became the first of the
1997 MPs to enter the
Shadow Cabinet when in
1999 she was appointed Shadow Education and Employment Secretary. After the
2001 election the new Conservative leader
Iain Duncan Smith retained her services in the Shadow Cabinet, moving her to the Transport portfolio. In this role she opposed then Transport Secretary
Stephen Byers in the period leading up to his resignation.
May was appointed the first female
chairman in July
2002. During her speech at the
2002 Conservative Party Conference while making a point about why her party must change, she controversially stated that the Conservatives were currently perceived as the "nasty party". After
Michael Howard became Conservative leader in
2003 he made May Shadow
Secretary of State for Transport and
the Environment. However in June
2004 she was moved to the new position of Shadow Secretary of State for the Family. After the
2005 election her portfolio was expanded and she became Shadow
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whilst remaining Shadow Secretary of State for the Family.
David Cameron appointed her Shadow
Leader of the House in December 2005 after his accession to the leadership.
Personal Life
May is known for her love of shoes; in the register of members interests she declared that she'd '[receiveda] discount card on the purchase of shoes from
Russell & Bromley which has the potential to be of registrable value.' She is married to Philip May and lives in
Sonning,
Berkshire.
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