Electoral history of Theresa May

This is a summary of the electoral history of Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2016, Leader of the Conservative Party since 2016, and Member of Parliament of Maidenhead since 1997.

Parliamentary elections

1992 general election; North West Durham

General Election 1992: North West Durham[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Hilary Armstrong 26,734 57.8 +6.9
Conservative Theresa May 12,747 27.6 -0.8
Liberal Democrat Tim Farron 6,728 14.6 -6.1
Majority 13,987 30.2 +7.7
Turnout 46,209 75.5 +2.0
Labour hold Swing 3.4

1994 Barking by-election

Barking by-election, 1994[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Margaret Hodge 13,704 72.1 +20.5
Liberal Democrat Garry White 2,290 12.0 -2.5
Conservative Theresa May 1,976 10.4 -23.5
National Front Gary Needs 551 2.9 N/A
UKIP Gerard Batten 406 2.1 N/A
Natural Law H. R. Butensky 90 0.5 N/A
Majority 11,414 42.4 +20.5
Turnout 49,635 38.3 -31.7
Labour hold Swing +11.5

1997 general election; Maidenhead

General Election 1997: Maidenhead[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Theresa May 25,344 49.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat Andrew Terence Ketteringham 13,363 26.3 N/A
Labour Denise Marianne Robson 9,205 18.1 N/A
Referendum Charles William Taverner 1,638 3.2 N/A
Liberal David John Munkley 896 1.8 N/A
UKIP Neil Antony Spiers 277 0.5 N/A
Glow Bowling Party Kristian John Ardley 166 0.3 N/A
Majority 11,981 23.5 N/A
Turnout 50,889 75.6 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

2001 general election; Maidenhead

General Election 2001: Maidenhead[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Theresa May 19,506 45.0 −4.8
Liberal Democrat Mrs. Kathryn Druscilla Newbound 16,222 37.4 +11.2
Labour John O'Farrell 6,577 15.2 −2.9
UKIP Dennis Richard Cooper 741 1.7 +1.2
Monster Raving Loony Lloyd Clarke 272 0.6 N/A
Majority 3,284 7.6
Turnout 43,318 62.0 −13.6
Conservative hold Swing

2005 general election; Maidenhead

General Election 2005: Maidenhead[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Theresa May 23,312 50.8 +5.8
Liberal Democrat Mrs. Kathryn Druscilla Newbound 17,081 37.3 −0.1
Labour Janet Pritchard 4,144 9.0 −6.2
BNP Tim Rait 704 1.5 N/A
UKIP Douglas Lewis 609 1.3 −0.4
Majority 6,231 13.6 +6.0
Turnout 45,850 71.7 +9.7
Conservative hold Swing +3.0

2010 general election; Maidenhead

General Election 2010: Maidenhead[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Theresa May 31,937 59.5 +7.6
Liberal Democrat Tony Hill 15,168 28.2 −8.0
Labour Pat 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 N/A
Freedom and Responsibility Peter Prior 270 0.5 N/A
Majority 16,769 31.2
Turnout 53,720 73.7 +3.4
Conservative hold Swing +7.8
Source BBC[8]

2015 general election; Maidenhead

General Election 2015: Maidenhead[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Theresa May 35,453 65.8 +6.4
Labour Charlie Smith 6,394 11.9 +4.8
Liberal Democrat Tony Hill 5,337 9.9 -18.3
UKIP Herbie Crossman[11] 4,539 8.4 +6.1
Green Emily Blyth 1,915 3.6 +2.7
Independent Ian Taplin 162 0.3 +0.3
Class War Joe Wilcox 55 0.1 +0.1
Majority 29,059 54.0 +22.8
Turnout 53,855 72.6 -1.1
Conservative hold Swing

Conservative Party leadership election, 2016

Candidate First ballot:
5 July 2016		 Second ballot:
7 July 2016		 Members' vote
Cancelled
Votes % Votes % Votes %
  Theresa May 165 50.2 199 60.5 Unopposed
Andrea Leadsom 66 20.1 84 25.5 Withdrew
Michael Gove 48 14.6 46 14.0 Eliminated
Stephen Crabb 34 10.3 Withdrew, endorsed May
Liam Fox 16 4.9 Eliminated, endorsed May
Turnout 329 99.7 329 99.7 N/A
Theresa May win

References

  1. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  3. ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Election 2010 – Maidenhead". BBC. 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ↑ http://www3.rbwm.gov.uk/info/200394/election_results/413/general_election_results_2015 23Jun2015
  11. ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/maidenhead/
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