Ideologically, she ddeath herself as a one-nation conservative. She also served as a councillor for Durnsford in Merton. After two unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the House of Commonsshe was elected as the MP for Maidenhead in From toMay held several roles in shadow cabinets. She was also chairwoman of the Conservative Party from to Following the formation of the coalition government after the general electionMay was appointed Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalitiesbut gave up the latter role in Reappointed after the Conservative success in the general electionshe became the longest-serving Home Secretary in over 60 years.
During her tenure she pursued reform of the Police Federationimplemented a harder line on drugs policy including the banning of khat and brought in additional restrictions on immigration. She also oversaw the introduction of elected Police and Crime Commissionersthe deportation of Abu Qatada and the creation of the National Crime Agency.
She is the first, and to date, the only woman to hold two of the Great Offices of State.
The following month, she announced a snap general electionwith the aims of strengthening her hand in Brexit negotiations and highlighting her " strong and stable " leadership. The loss of an overall majority prompted her to enter a confidence and supply arrangement with the Democratic Unionist Party DUP to support a minority government. As Prime Minister, she carried out the Brexit negotiations with the European Unionadhering to the Chequers Agreementwhich resulted in the Brexit withdrawal agreement. Unemployment in the United Kingdom fell to record lows, the lowest jobless rate since She remains in the House of Commons as a backbencher.
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I well remember, at the time, she was quite irritated when Margaret Thatcher got there first. The seat had been continuously held by Labour since it was created inand Labour candidate Margaret Hodge was expected to win easily, which she did.
May placed a distant third. Around 18 months ahead of the general electionMay was selected as the Conservative candidate for Maidenheada new seat which was created from parts of the safe seats of Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham. After the election the new Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith kept her in who said i am become death Shadow Cabinet, moving her to the Transport portfolio. May was appointed the first female Chairman of the Conservative Party in July During her speech at the Conservative Party Conference, she explained why, in her view, her party must see more "You know what people call us?
The Nasty Party. We all know who they are. Let's face it, some of them have stood on this platform.
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She admitted that constituency selection committees seemed to prefer candidates they would "be happy to have a drink with on a Sunday morning", continuing to say, "At the last general election 38 new Tory MPs were elected.
Of that total, only one was a woman and none was from an ethnic minority. Is that fair? Is one half https://digitales.com.au/blog/wp-content/custom/a-simple-barcoding-system-has-changed-inventory/how-has-macbeth-and-lady-macbeth-changed.php the population entitled to only one place out of 38? David Cameron appointed her Shadow Leader of the House of Commons in December after his accession to the leadership.
This followed an earlier failed attempt by the Liberal Democrats to unseat her inas one of that party's leading "decapitation-strategy" targets. May's appointment as Home Secretary was somewhat unexpected, with Chris Grayling having served as shadow Home Secretary in opposition.]
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