The 2016 Conservative Party leadership election was held due to Prime Minister David Cameron's resignation as party leader. He had resigned after losing the national referendum to leave the European U
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Andrea Leadsom 2016
Michael Gove government portrait 2015
Stephen Crabb 2015
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Theresa Mary May, Baroness May of Maidenhead, is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served a
2016 Conservative Party leadership election
…Union. Cameron, who supported Britain's continued membership of the EU, announced his resignation on 24 June, saying that he would step down by October. Theresa May won the contest on 11 July 2016, after the withdrawal of Andrea Leadsom left her as the sole candidate. Conservative members of Parliament had voted…
Official portrait, 2024
May's portrait as Home Secretary, 2010
May with her then-leader David Cameron, May 2010
May, David Cameron and Najib Razak, 14 July 2011