Theresa Mary May MP (née Brasier; lahir 1 Oktober 1956) adalah Perdana Menteri Britania Raya dan Ketua Partai Konservatif sejak Juli 2016. Sebagai tokoh konservatif sebangsa dan konservatif liberal, ia menjabat Anggota Parlemen (MP) dari daerah pemilihan Maidenhead sejak 1997. Pada tahun 1977 hingga 1983, May bekerja di Bank of England, lalu di Association for Payment Clearing Services tahun 1985 sampai 1997. Ia juga pernah menjadi anggota dewan Durnsford Ward di London Borough of Merton. Setelah kalah pemilu legislatif House of Commons tahun 1992 dan 1994, ia terpilih sebagai Anggota Parlemen mewakili Maidenhead dalam pemilihan umum tahun 1997. May sempat memegang beberapa jabatan di Kabinet Oposisi pimpinan William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Howard, dan David Cameron, termasuk Ketua Oposisi House of Commons dan Menteri Oposisi Bidang Pekerjaan dan Pensiun. Ia juga sempat menjabat Ketua Partai Konservatif pada tahun 2002 sampai 2003. Setelah pembentukan pemerintahan koalisi pasca-pemilu 2010, May ditunjuk sebagai Menteri Dalam Negeri dan Menteri Perempuan dan Kesetaraan (ia mundur dari jabatan ini pada tahun 2012). Setelah Partai Konservatif kembali menang pemilu tahun 2015, May menjadi Menteri Dalam Negeri dengan masa jabatan terpanjang dalam kurun 60 tahun sejak James Chuter Ede, melaksanakan reformasi kepolisian, menerapkan kebijakan obat-obatan terlarang yang lebih ketat, dan membatasi imigrasi.
Setelah Cameron mengundurkan diri bulan Juni 2016, May mengumumkan pencalonan dirinya sebagai ketua Partai Konservatif dan langsung melesat ke posisi pertama. Ia memenangi pemilihan putaran pertama yang melibatkan anggota parlemen pada tanggal 5 Juli, lalu memenangi putaran kedua dengan 199 suara. Ia bersaing melawan Andrea Leadsom dalam pemilihan yang melibatkan anggota Partai Konservatif. Pengunduran Leadsom pada tanggal 11 Juli otomatis mengangkat May sebagai ketua partai pada hari yang sama. Ia diangkat sebagai Perdana Menteri dua hari kemudian. May adalah perempuan kedua yang menjabat Perdana Menteri Britania Raya setelah Margaret Thatcher.
Theresa Mary May MP (/təˈriːzə ˈmeɪ/, née Brasier /ˈbreɪʒər/; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2016, the second woman to hold both positions. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead since 1997. Ideologically, she identifies herself as a one-nation conservative.The daughter of Zaidee Brasier (née Barnes) and Hubert Brasier, a vicar, May grew up in Oxfordshire. From 1977 until 1983, she worked for the Bank of England, and from 1985 until 1997 at the Association for Payment Clearing Services, also serving as a councillor for Durnsford in Merton. After unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the House of Commons in 1992 and 1994, she was elected as the MP for Maidenhead in the 1997 general election. From 1999 to 2010, May held a number of roles in the Shadow Cabinets of William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Howard, and David Cameron, including Shadow Transport Secretary and Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary. She was also Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2002 to 2003.
After the formation of a coalition government following the 2010 general election, May was appointed Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, giving up the latter role in 2012. Reappointed after the Conservative victory in the 2015 general election, she went on to become the longest-serving Home Secretary since James Chuter Ede over 60 years previously. During her tenure she pursued reform of the Police Federation, implemented a harder line on drugs policy including the banning of khat, oversaw the introduction of elected Police and Crime Commissioners, the deportation of Abu Qatada, the creation of the National Crime Agency and brought in additional restrictions on immigration.[2]
Following Cameron's resignation on 24 June 2016, May won the ensuing leadership election on 11 July, and was appointed Prime Minister two days later. As Prime Minister, May begun the process of withdrawing the UK from the European Union, triggering Article 50 on 29 March 2017. May has faced criticism from opponents for her dealings with U.S. President Donald Trump, including her response to his Muslim ban[3][4] and for inviting Trump to a state visit.[5] In April 2017, May announced an early general election in June. This resulted in a hung parliament, prompting her to broker a deal with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
