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.

Council elections

1986 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford

Durnsford (2)^[1]
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			4,562
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1990 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford

Durnsford (2)^[2]^[3]
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			4,065
Turnout			2,424	59.63
Rejected ballots			3	0.12
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Parliamentary elections

1992 general election, North West Durham

General election 1992: North West Durham^[4]^[5]
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			13,987	30.2	+7.7
Turnout			46,209	75.5	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

1994 by-election, Barking

1994 Barking by-election^[6]
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 Butensky^[7]	90	0.5	N/A
Majority			11,414	60.0	+42.3
Turnout			19,017	38.3	−31.7
Registered electors			49,635
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.5

1997 general election, Maidenhead

General election 1997: Maidenhead^[8]
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			11,981	23.5	N/A
Turnout			50,889	75.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

2001 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2001: Maidenhead^[9]
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			3,284	7.6	−15.9
Turnout			43,318	62.0	−13.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.0

2005 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2005: Maidenhead^[10]
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			6,231	13.5	+5.9
Turnout			45,850	71.7	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

2010 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2010: Maidenhead^[11]^[12]
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			16,769	31.3	+18.6
Turnout			53,720	73.7	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.8

2015 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2015: Maidenhead^[13]^[14]
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^[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

General election 2017: Maidenhead^[16]
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			26,457	45.5	−8.6
Turnout			58,239	76.4	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.2

2019 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2019: Maidenhead^[17]
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			18,846	33.3	−12.2
Turnout			56,492	73.7	−2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−10.1

2016 Conservative Party leadership election

Candidate		First ballot: 5 July 2016		Second ballot: 7 July 2016		Members' vote (Cancelled)
Candidate		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

2017 United Kingdom general election

Results of the June 2017 House of Commons of the United Kingdom results
Political party		Leader	MPs						Votes

Political party		Leader	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

References

^ London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986 (PDF). London Residuary Body - Research and Intelligence Unit. 1986.
^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 63–64, 130–131. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
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^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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Theresa May
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016–2019) Leader of the Conservative Party (2016–2019) Home Secretary (2010–2016) MP for Maidenhead (1997–2024)
Home Secretary	National Crime Agency Draft Communications Data Bill Investigatory Powers Bill Policing and Crime Bill 2016 Police and crime commissioners Home Office hostile environment policy Operation Yewtree Murder of Jo Cox
Premiership	First ministry Second ministry Conservative–DUP agreement list of resignations 2018 cabinet reshuffle 2018 Conservative Party vote of no confidence International trips Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt's tenure as Health Secretary Brexit Article 50 invocation negotiations European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2019 Chequers plan Irish backstop Brexit withdrawal agreement meaningful vote European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 vote of confidence Windrush scandal Resignation Honours
Politics	Conservative Party One-nation conservatism
Elections	2016 (party leadership) 2017 (local) 2017 (general) 2018 (local) 2019 (local) 2019 (European)
Family	Philip May (husband)
Slogans	"Strong and stable" "Brexit means Brexit"
See also	"Running through fields of wheat" The Abuse of Power
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