When she entered No 10 Downing Street, May was seen as a “safe pair”. Successfully negotiate a withdrawal agreement with the EU.
Internal upheavals in Boris Johnson's Conservative Party led to subsequent losses in parliament over a draft Brexit deal with Brussels. Theresa May resigned, leading the country to a 2019 general election, narrowly won by Johnson..
Theresa May published the result of this International Women's Day in her local newspaper in her Berkshire constituency.
Before May, another 62 Conservative MPs had already refused to join the deputy candidate list. Incumbent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak lost the election and is losing support within his own party.