Electoral history of Theresa May

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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 has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead since 1997.

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Theresa May
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Council elections

1986 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford

Durnsford (2) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Gill 857 36.7%
Conservative Theresa May 818
Labour Arthur Kennedy73432.1%
Liberal Susan Knibbs73131.2%
Labour Anthony J. Colman 730
Liberal Richard Barraclough692
Turnout 4,562
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

1990 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford

Durnsford (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa May* 1,063 43.9
Conservative Barry Edwards 1,049 43.3
Labour Arthur Kennedy91337.7
Labour Nina Scowen85235.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Knibbs31713.1
Liberal Democrats Philip Rumney24610.1
Green Keith Parke1877.7
Turnout 2,42459.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Parliamentary elections

1992 general election, North West Durham

General election 1992: North West Durham [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hilary Armstrong 26,734 57.8 +6.9
Conservative Theresa May 12,74727.6−0.8
Liberal Democrats Tim Farron 6,72814.6-6.1
Majority13,98730.2+7.7
Turnout 46,20975.5+2.0
Labour hold Swing +3.4

1994 by-election, Barking

1994 Barking by-election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Hodge 13,704 72.1 +20.5
Liberal Democrats Gary White2,29012.0−2.5
Conservative Theresa May 1,97610.4−23.5
National Front Gary Needs5512.9New
UKIP Gerard Batten 4062.1New
Natural Law H. R. Butensky900.5New
Majority11,41460.1+42.4
Turnout 19,01738.3−31.7
Registered electors 49,635
Labour hold Swing

1997 general election, Maidenhead

General election 1997: Maidenhead [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa May 25,344 49.8 −11.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ketteringham13,36326.3−3.5
Labour Denise Robson9,20518.1+9.5
Referendum Charles Taverner1,6383.2New
Liberal David Munkley8961.8New
UKIP Neil Spiers2770.5New
Glow Bowling Party Kristian Ardley1660.3New
Majority11,98123.5New
Turnout 50,88975.6
Conservative win (new seat)

2001 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2001: Maidenhead [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa May 19,506 45.0 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Newbound16,22237.4+11.1
Labour John O'Farrell 6,57715.2−2.9
UKIP Dennis Cooper7411.7+1.2
Monster Raving Loony Lloyd Clarke2720.6New
Majority3,2847.6-15.9
Turnout 43,31862.0−13.6
Conservative hold Swing -8.0

2005 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2005: Maidenhead [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa May 23,312 50.8 +5.8
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Newbound17,08137.3−0.1
Labour Janet Pritchard4,1449.0−6.2
BNP Tim Rait7041.5New
UKIP Douglas Lewis6091.3−0.4
Majority6,23113.5+5.9
Turnout 45,85071.7+9.7
Conservative hold Swing +3.0

2010 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2010: Maidenhead [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa May 31,937 59.5 +7.6
Liberal Democrats Tony Hill15,16828.2−8.0
Labour Patrick McDonald3,7957.1−2.1
UKIP Kenneth Wright1,2432.3+0.9
BNP Tim Rait8251.5+0.1
Green Peter Forbes4820.9New
Freedom and ResponsibilityPeter Prior2700.5New
Majority16,76931.2+18.6
Turnout 53,72073.7+3.4
Conservative hold Swing +7.8

2015 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2015: Maidenhead [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa May 35,453 65.8 +6.3
Labour Charlie Smith6,39411.9+4.8
Liberal Democrats Tony Hill5,3379.9−18.3
UKIP Herbie Crossman [13] 4,5398.4+6.1
Green Emily Blyth1,9153.6+2.7
Independent Ian Taplin1620.3New
Class War Joe Wilcox550.1New
Majority29,05953.9+22.7
Turnout 53,85572.6−1.1
Conservative hold Swing

2017 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2017: Maidenhead [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa May 37,718 64.8 −1.0
Labour Patrick McDonald11,26119.3+7.4
Liberal Democrats Tony Hill6,54011.2+1.3
Green Derek Wall 9071.6−2.0
UKIP Gerard Batten 8711.5−6.9
Animal Welfare Andrew Knight2820.5New
Gremloids Lord Buckethead 2490.4New
Independent Grant Smith1520.3New
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 1190.2New
CPA Edmonds Victor690.1New
The Just Political PartyJulian Reid520.1New
Independent Yemi Hailemariam160.0New
Give Me Back My Elmo Bobby Smith 30.0New
Majority26,45745.5−8.6
Turnout 58,23976.4+3.8
Conservative hold Swing −4.2

2019 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2019: Maidenhead [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa May 32,620 57.7 -6.9
Liberal Democrats Joshua Reynolds13,77424.4+13.2
Labour Patrick McDonald7,88214.0-5.3
Green Emily Tomalin2,2163.9+2.3
Majority18,84633.3−12.2
Turnout 56,49273.7−2.7
Conservative hold Swing

2016 Conservative Party leadership election

CandidateFirst ballot:
5 July 2016		Second ballot:
7 July 2016		Members' vote
(Cancelled)
Votes%Votes%Votes%
Theresa May 16550.219960.5Unopposed
Andrea Leadsom 6620.18425.5Withdrew
Michael Gove 4814.64614.0Eliminated
Stephen Crabb 3410.3Withdrew, endorsed May
Liam Fox 164.9Eliminated, endorsed May
Turnout32999.732999.7—
Theresa May unopposed

2017 United Kingdom general election

e  •  d  Results of the June 2017 House of Commons of the United Kingdom results
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Political partyLeaderMPsVotes
Candidates [16] TotalGainedLostNetOf total (%)TotalOf total (%)Change (%)
Conservative [17] Theresa May 6383172033−1348.813,636,68442.3+5.5
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 631262366+3040.312,877,91840.0+9.6
Liberal Democrats Tim Farron 6291284+41.82,371,8617.4−0.5
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 5935021−215.4977,5683.0−1.7
UKIP Paul Nuttall 378001−10594,0681.8−10.8
Green Party of England and Wales Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley 457 1 0000.2525,6651.6−2.0
DUP Arlene Foster 171020+21.5292,3160.9+0.3
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 18730+31.1238,9150.7+0.1
Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood 40410+10.6164,4660.5−0.1
Independent 18710000.2151,4710.5+0.2
SDLP Colum Eastwood 18003−3095,4190.30.0
Ulster Unionist Robin Swann 14002−2083,2800.3−0.1
Alliance Naomi Long 180000064,5530.20.0
Speaker John Bercow 1 1 0000.234,2990.10.0
Yorkshire Stewart Arnold210000020,9580.1+0.1
National Health Action Dr Alex Ashman50000016,1190.1−0.1
CPA Sidney Cordle31000005,8690.00.0
People Before Profit Eamonn McCann2000005,5090.00.0
Ashfield Independents 1000004,6120.00.0
BNP Adam Walker 10000004,5800.00.0
Monster Raving Loony Alan Hope12000003,8900.00.0
Liberal Steve Radford4000003,6720.00.0
Women's Equality Sophie Walker7000003,5800.00.0
TUV Jim Allister 1000003,2820.0−0.1
North East Party Mary Cartwright1000002,3550.00.0
Pirate David A Elston10000002,3210.00.0
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook7000001,9130.00.0
Christian Jeff Green2000001,7200.00.0
Independent Save Withybush Save Lives1000001,2090.00.0
Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill 3000001,1540.00.0
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson4000009550.00.0
Justice & Anti-Corruption 2000008420.00.0
Southampton Independents1000008160.00.0
Workers Revolutionary Sheila Torrance5000007710.00.0
Workers' Party 2000007080.00.0
Something New 2000005520.00.0
Demos Direct Initiative Party1000005510.00.0
Libertarian Adam Brown4000005240.00.0
SDP Peter Johnson6000004690.00.0
Peace John Morris2000004680.00.0
Friends Party3000004350.00.0
Better for Bradford 1000004200.00.0
All other parties38000005,4470.00.0
Total3,30465032,204,184

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