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

Council elections

1986 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford

Durnsford (2)[1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeGeoffrey Gill 857 36.7%
ConservativeTheresa May 818
LabourArthur Kennedy73432.1%
LiberalSusan Knibbs73131.2%
LabourAnthony J. Colman730
LiberalRichard Barraclough692
Turnout4,562
Conservative holdSwing
Conservative holdSwing

1990 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford

Durnsford (2)[2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
ConservativeTheresa May* 1,063 43.87
ConservativeBarry Edwards 1,049
LabourArthur Kennedy91336.64
LabourNina Scowen852
Liberal DemocratsSusan Knibbs31711.72
Liberal DemocratsPhilip Rumney246
GreenKeith Parke1877.77
Registered electors4,065
Turnout2,42459.63
Rejected ballots30.12
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Parliamentary elections

1992 general election, North West Durham

General election 1992: North West Durham[4][5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourHilary Armstrong 26,734 57.8 +6.9
ConservativeTheresa May12,74727.6−0.8
Liberal DemocratsTim Farron6,72814.6-6.1
Majority13,98730.2+7.7
Turnout46,20975.5+2.0
Labour holdSwing+3.4

1994 by-election, Barking

1994 Barking by-election[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourMargaret Hodge 13,704 72.1 +20.5
Liberal DemocratsGary White2,29012.0―2.5
ConservativeTheresa May1,97610.4―23.5
National FrontGary Needs5512.9New
UKIPGerard Batten4062.1New
Natural LawHeather R. Butensky[7]900.5New
Majority11,41460.1+42.4
Turnout19,01738.3―31.7
Registered electors49,635
Labour holdSwing

1997 general election, Maidenhead

General election 1997: Maidenhead[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeTheresa May 25,344 49.8 −11.8
Liberal DemocratsAndrew Ketteringham13,36326.3−3.5
LabourDenise Robson9,20518.1+9.5
ReferendumCharles Taverner1,6383.2New
LiberalDavid Munkley8961.8New
UKIPNeil Spiers2770.5New
Glow Bowling PartyKristian Ardley1660.3New
Majority11,98123.5New
Turnout50,88975.6
Conservative win (new seat)

2001 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2001: Maidenhead[9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeTheresa May 19,506 45.0 −4.8
Liberal DemocratsKathryn Newbound16,22237.4+11.1
LabourJohn O'Farrell6,57715.2−2.9
UKIPDennis Cooper7411.7+1.2
Monster Raving LoonyLloyd Clarke2720.6New
Majority3,2847.6-15.9
Turnout43,31862.0−13.6
Conservative holdSwing-8.0

2005 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2005: Maidenhead[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeTheresa May 23,312 50.8 +5.8
Liberal DemocratsKathryn Newbound17,08137.3−0.1
LabourJanet Pritchard4,1449.0−6.2
BNPTim Rait7041.5New
UKIPDouglas Lewis6091.3−0.4
Majority6,23113.5+5.9
Turnout45,85071.7+9.7
Conservative holdSwing+3.0

2010 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2010: Maidenhead[11][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeTheresa May 31,937 59.5 +7.6
Liberal DemocratsTony Hill15,16828.2−8.0
LabourPatrick McDonald3,7957.1−2.1
UKIPKenneth Wright1,2432.3+0.9
BNPTim Rait8251.5+0.1
GreenPeter Forbes4820.9New
Freedom and ResponsibilityPeter Prior2700.5New
Majority16,76931.2+18.6
Turnout53,72073.7+3.4
Conservative holdSwing+7.8

2015 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2015: Maidenhead[13][14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeTheresa May 35,453 65.8 +6.3
LabourCharlie Smith6,39411.9+4.8
Liberal DemocratsTony Hill5,3379.9−18.3
UKIPHerbie Crossman[15]4,5398.4+6.1
GreenEmily Blyth1,9153.6+2.7
IndependentIan Taplin1620.3New
Class WarJoe Wilcox550.1New
Majority29,05953.9+22.7
Turnout53,85572.6−1.1
Conservative holdSwing

2017 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2017: Maidenhead[16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeTheresa May 37,718 64.8 −1.0
LabourPatrick McDonald11,26119.3+7.4
Liberal DemocratsTony Hill6,54011.2+1.3
GreenDerek Wall9071.6−2.0
UKIPGerard Batten8711.5−6.9
Animal WelfareAndrew Knight2820.5New
No labelLord Buckethead2490.4New
IndependentGrant Smith1520.3New
Monster Raving LoonyHowling Laud Hope1190.2New
CPAEdmonds Victor690.1New
The Just Political PartyJulian Reid520.1New
IndependentYemi Hailemariam160.0New
No labelBobby Smith30.0New
Majority26,45745.5−8.6
Turnout58,23976.4+3.8
Conservative holdSwing−4.2

2019 general election, Maidenhead

General election 2019: Maidenhead[17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeTheresa May 32,620 57.7 -6.9
Liberal DemocratsJoshua Reynolds13,77424.4+13.2
LabourPatrick McDonald7,88214.0-5.3
GreenEmily Tomalin2,2163.9+2.3
Majority18,84633.3−12.2
Turnout56,49273.7−2.7
Conservative holdSwing-10.1

2016 Conservative Party leadership election

CandidateFirst ballot:
5 July 2016
Second ballot:
7 July 2016
Members' vote
(Cancelled)
Votes%Votes%Votes%
Theresa May16550.219960.5Unopposed
Andrea Leadsom6620.18425.5Withdrew
Michael Gove4814.64614.0Eliminated
Stephen Crabb3410.3Withdrew, endorsed May
Liam Fox164.9Eliminated, 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
Political partyLeaderMPsVotes
Candidates[18]TotalGainedLostNetOf total (%)TotalOf total (%)Change (%)
Conservative[19]Theresa May6383172033−1348.813,636,68442.3+5.5
LabourJeremy Corbyn631262366+3040.312,877,91840.0+9.6
Liberal DemocratsTim Farron6291284+41.82,371,8617.4−0.5
SNPNicola Sturgeon5935021−215.4977,5683.0−1.7
UKIPPaul Nuttall378001−10594,0681.8−10.8
Green Party of England and WalesCaroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley45710000.2525,6651.6−2.0
DUPArlene Foster171020+21.5292,3160.9+0.3
Sinn FéinGerry Adams18730+31.1238,9150.7+0.1
Plaid CymruLeanne Wood40410+10.6164,4660.5−0.1
Independent18710000.2151,4710.5+0.2
SDLPColum Eastwood18003−3095,4190.30.0
UUPRobin Swann14002−2083,2800.3−0.1
AllianceNaomi Long180000064,5530.20.0
SpeakerJohn Bercow110000.234,2990.10.0
YorkshireStewart Arnold210000020,9580.1+0.1
NHAAlex Ashman50000016,1190.1−0.1
CPASidney Cordle31000005,8690.00.0
People Before ProfitEamonn McCann2000005,5090.00.0
Ashfield Independents1000004,6120.00.0
BNPAdam Walker10000004,5800.00.0
Monster Raving LoonyAlan Hope12000003,8900.00.0
LiberalSteve Radford4000003,6720.00.0
Women's EqualitySophie Walker7000003,5800.00.0
TUVJim Allister1000003,2820.0−0.1
North East PartyMary Cartwright1000002,3550.00.0
PirateDavid A Elston10000002,3210.00.0
English DemocratRobin Tilbrook7000001,9130.00.0
ChristianJeff Green2000001,7200.00.0
Independent Save Withybush Save Lives1000001,2090.00.0
Socialist LabourArthur Scargill3000001,1540.00.0
Animal WelfareVanessa Hudson4000009550.00.0
JAC2000008420.00.0
Southampton Independents1000008160.00.0
Workers RevolutionarySheila Torrance5000007710.00.0
Workers' Party2000007080.00.0
Something New2000005520.00.0
Demos Direct Initiative Party1000005510.00.0
LibertarianAdam Brown4000005240.00.0
SDPPeter Johnson6000004690.00.0
PeaceJohn Morris2000004680.00.0
Friends Party3000004350.00.0
Better for Bradford1000004200.00.0
All other parties38000005,4470.00.0
Total3,30465032,204,184

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