Theresa May is a British politician and former leader of the ‘Conservative Party,’ who served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom from July 2016 to July 2019. She also served as the home secretary from 2010 to 2016. The country’s second female prime minister after fellow Conservative Margaret Thatcher, May is a highly experienced politician who took over as UK’s PM from David Cameron during a period of political uncertainty following Britain’s withdrawal from the ‘European Union.’ The daughter of a ‘Church of England’ clergyman, May was ambitious from the very beginning. She went to ‘Holton Park Girls' Grammar School’ before going to ‘Oxford University’ to study geography at ‘St Hugh's College.’ She embarked on a banking career and a few years later, she joined the ‘Association for Payment Clearing Services.’ She entered the political arena in the 1980s and served as a councillor for the London Borough of Merton for around eight years. With her political aspirations on the rise, she made unsuccessful attempts to get elected to the ‘House of Commons’ in 1992 and 1994. After her successful election as the MP for Maidenhead in the 1997 general election, her career took a turn for the better. As a politician, she has strong views on migration laws and is a supporter of same-sex marriages.