title: Electoral history of Theresa May
text: # 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.
  
  * This article is part of a series aboutTheresa May
  
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  MP for Maidenhead
  
  One-nation conservatism
  
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  Snooper's Charter
  
  2016 leadership election
  
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  Premiership
  
  International trips
  
  First ministry and term
  
  First ministry (majority)
  
  Brexit
  
  Invocation of Article 50
  
  Aftermath of Brexit
  
  2017 local elections
  
  2017 general election
  
  Second ministry and term
  
  Second ministry (minority)
  
  Conservative–DUP agreement
  
  List of departures
  
  2018 reshuffle
  
  Chequers Agreement
  
  Grenfell Tower fire
  
  Skripal poisoning
  
  EU Withdrawal Agreement
  
  House of Commons vote of confidence
  
  2019 leadership election
  
  Resignation Honours :
  
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  ## Council elections
  
  ### 1986 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford
  
  Durnsford (2) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 4,562 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### 1990 Merton London Borough Council election, Durnsford
  
  Durnsford (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Theresa May* | 1,063 | 43.9 |
  | | Conservative | Barry Edwards | 1,049 | 43.3 |
  | | Labour | Arthur Kennedy | 913 | 37.7 |
  | | Labour | Nina Scowen | 852 | 35.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Susan Knibbs | 317 | 13.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Philip Rumney | 246 | 10.1 |
  | | Green | Keith Parke | 187 | 7.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,424 | 59.6 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ## Parliamentary elections
  
  ### 1992 general election, North West Durham
  
  General election 1992: North West Durham :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 13,987 | 30.2 | +7.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,209 | 75.5 | +2.0 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
  
  ### 1994 by-election, Barking
  
  1994 Barking by-election :
  
  | Party | 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 | New |
  | | UKIP | Gerard Batten | 406 | 2.1 | New |
  | | Natural Law | H. R. Butensky | 90 | 0.5 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,414 | 60.1 | +42.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,017 | 38.3 | −31.7 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 49,635 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### 1997 general election, Maidenhead
  
  General election 1997: Maidenhead :
  
  | Party | 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 | New |
  | | Liberal | David Munkley | 896 | 1.8 | New |
  | | UKIP | Neil Spiers | 277 | 0.5 | New |
  | | Glow Bowling Party | Kristian Ardley | 166 | 0.3 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,981 | 23.5 | New |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,889 | 75.6 | |
  | | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
  
  ### 2001 general election, Maidenhead
  
  General election 2001: Maidenhead :
  
  | Party | 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 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,284 | 7.6 | -15.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,318 | 62.0 | −13.6 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -8.0 | |
  
  ### 2005 general election, Maidenhead
  
  General election 2005: Maidenhead :
  
  | Party | 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 | New |
  | | UKIP | Douglas Lewis | 609 | 1.3 | −0.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,231 | 13.5 | +5.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,850 | 71.7 | +9.7 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
  
  ### 2010 general election, Maidenhead
  
  General election 2010: Maidenhead :
  
  | Party | 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 | New |
  | | Freedom and Responsibility | Peter Prior | 270 | 0.5 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,769 | 31.2 | +18.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,720 | 73.7 | +3.4 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +7.8 | |
  
  ### 2015 general election, Maidenhead
  
  General election 2015: Maidenhead :
  
  | Party | 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 | 4,539 | 8.4 | +6.1 |
  | | Green | Emily Blyth | 1,915 | 3.6 | +2.7 |
  | | Independent | Ian Taplin | 162 | 0.3 | New |
  | | Class War | Joe Wilcox | 55 | 0.1 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 29,059 | 53.9 | +22.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,855 | 72.6 | −1.1 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2017 general election, Maidenhead
  
  General election 2017: Maidenhead :
  
  | Party | 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 | New |
  | | Gremloids | Lord Buckethead | 249 | 0.4 | New |
  | | Independent | Grant Smith | 152 | 0.3 | New |
  | | Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 119 | 0.2 | New |
  | | CPA | Edmonds Victor | 69 | 0.1 | New |
  | | The Just Political Party | Julian Reid | 52 | 0.1 | New |
  | | Independent | Yemi Hailemariam | 16 | 0.0 | New |
  | | Give Me Back My Elmo | Bobby Smith | 3 | 0.0 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,457 | 45.5 | −8.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,239 | 76.4 | +3.8 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −4.2 | |
  
  ### 2019 general election, Maidenhead
  
  General election 2019: Maidenhead :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 18,846 | 33.3 | −12.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,492 | 73.7 | −2.7 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ## 2016 Conservative Party leadership election
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | First ballot: 5 July 2016 | First ballot: 5 July 2016 | Second ballot: 7 July 2016 | Second ballot: 7 July 2016 | Members' vote (Cancelled) | Members' vote (Cancelled) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Theresa May | 165 | 50.2 | 199 | 60.5 | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | | Andrea Leadsom | 66 | 20.1 | 84 | 25.5 | Withdrew | Withdrew |
  | | Michael Gove | 48 | 14.6 | 46 | 14.0 | Eliminated | Eliminated |
  | | Stephen Crabb | 34 | 10.3 | Withdrew, endorsed May | Withdrew, endorsed May | Withdrew, endorsed May | Withdrew, endorsed May |
  | | Liam Fox | 16 | 4.9 | Eliminated, endorsed May | Eliminated, endorsed May | Eliminated, endorsed May | Eliminated, endorsed May |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 329 | 99.7 | 329 | 99.7 | — | — |
  | Theresa May unopposed ||||||||
  
  ## 2017 United Kingdom general election
  
  e • d Results of the June 2017 House of Commons of the United Kingdom results :
  
  | Political party | Political party | Leader | MPs | MPs | MPs | MPs | MPs | MPs | Votes | Votes | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Political party | Political party | Leader | Candidates | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Of total (%) | Total | Of total (%) | Change (%) |
  | | Conservative | 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 | 525,665 | 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 |
  | | Ulster Unionist | 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 |
  | | 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 |
  | | Justice & Anti-Corruption | | 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 | Total | Total | 3,304 | 650 | | | | | 32,204,184 | | |
  