Theresa May
Theresa May
Theresa Mary Mayis the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party. She has also been the Member of Parliamentfor Maidenhead since 1997. May identifies as a one-nation conservative and is characterised as a liberal conservative...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 October 1956
immigration candidates
Any attempt to wriggle, especially from leadership candidates who campaigned to leave the EU by focusing on immigration, will be unacceptable to the public.
behaviour crime social
There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
house cooking cookbook
I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.
teenage godmother
I was a teenage godmother.
problem inequality clauses
You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
simple two three
The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society.
mps people regulation
People feel that they're being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.
erosion government liberty
National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
party thinking people
[Is the Conservative Party still the Nasty Party?] I said it was perceived as the Nasty Party. And is it? I don't think that it's a phrase that people today would apply to the Party. I think that the perception of the Party has changed.
what-matters government voters
For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.
should ends parliament
We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
party drawing support
I am the only candidate capable of delivering these three things as prime minister, and tonight it is clear that I am also the only one capable of drawing support from the whole of the Conservative Party.
party thinking important
The Conservative Party's always stood in every seat and I think it's important to us.
party support together
I am delighted to have won so much support from my colleagues. The Conservative Party can come together - and under my leadership it will.