Theresa May is a British politician who is worth $5 million. Theresa May served as prime minister of the United Kingdom and as leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. From 2010 to 2016, she was home secretary,

What is Theresa May’s Net Worth?

and from 1997 to 2024, she has been a member of Parliament for Maidenhead. A one-nation conservative, May inaugurated the contentious process for the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.

Early Life and Education

Theresa May was born as Theresa Brasier on October 1, 1956, in Eastbourne, England, the only child of Zaidee and clergyman Hubert, an Anglican priest. As a youth, May attended Heythrop Primary School, St. Juliana’s Convent School for Girls, and Wheatley Park School. For higher education, May attended St. Hugh’s College, Oxford, graduating in 1977.

Career Beginnings

May’s first job after university was at the Bank of England from 1977 to 1983. She then worked as a financial consultant for the Association for Payment Clearing Services from 1985 to 1997. For part of that time, May was also a councillor, representing the Durnsford ward on the Merton London Borough Council.

Member of Parliament and Home Secretary

In 1997, May was elected to Parliament as the Conservative candidate for Maidenhead. During her first decade as a member of Parliament, she held several roles in the Shadow Cabinet and chaired the Conservative Party from 2002 to 2003. In 2010, May was reelected MP for Maidenhead, and after that year’s formation of the coalition government she was appointed home secretary and minister for women and equalities. She remained in the former position until 2016, making her the longest-serving home secretary in over 60 years. During her time in office, May took a harder line on drug policy, sought to limit immigration and expand deportations, and oversaw the introduction of elected police and crime commissioners.

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Prime Minister In the summer of 2016, two days after becoming the new leader of the Conservative Party, May was appointed prime minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II. She succeeded David Cameron, who resigned as party leader after losing the national referendum to leave the European Union. In the process, May became the second woman to serve as prime minister of the UK, after Margaret Thatcher. As prime minister, she inaugurated the process of withdrawing the UK from the EU, triggering Article 50. In the spring of 2017, May announced a snap general election, which resulted in a hung

parliament and the loss of a Conservative majority. However, she continued pursuing Brexit, leading to a first draft Brexit withdrawal agreement in late 2018. Beyond Brexit, a number of other cataclysmic events occurred under May’s premiership, including terrorist attacks in London and Manchester and a major fire at the Grenfell Tower flats, all in 2017. In 2018, May and her government were implicated in the Windrush scandal, in which many people were wrongly detained, denied legal rights, and in some cases wrongly deported. At the end of that year, May’s government became the first-ever to be found in contempt of Parliament. Although she survived two votes of no confidence in quick succession, May had her draft Brexit withdrawal agreement rejected three times by Parliament, and after her party’s poor showing in the 2019 European Parliament election, she resigned as prime

minister. She was succeeded by her former foreign secretary Boris Johnson. Post-premiership Following her premiership, May continued to serve in the House of Commons as a backbencher until 2024. In 2023, she wrote the book “The Abuse of Power – Confronting Injustice in Public Life.” After she stood down as MP for Maidenhead in 2024, May became a member of the House of Lords and was created Baroness May of Maidenhead. Personal Life In 1980, May married investment manager Sir Philip May. They do not have any children, something that May has talked about regretting. The couple lives in Sonning, Berkshire, and often spends holidays hiking in the Swiss Alps. May also likes to watch cricket, cook, and worship at church.