Baroness May, the former Prime Minister and now Peer in the House of Lords, grew up in Oxfordshire and went to St Hugh’s College, Oxford. She has experience in finance, having worked at the Bank of England, and in politics, having served as Maidenhead’s MP for 27 years.
Her tenure as Prime Minister followed her appointment as Home Secretary, during which she had control over much of the policy that affected the UK state. Her entrance to Number 10 therefore was on the back of a greater understanding of the social makeup of the nation.
It led to her agenda-setting policy initiatives while in office. She’s also particularly known for sponsoring the Modern Slavery Act 2015. It helped frame the criminal acts over the English Channel by traffickers to transport people illegally into slavery here.
She’s known for her outspoken politics and tendency to speeches that helps to communicate her ideas and values. She believes in opportunity in particular and understands challenges as obstacles society can overcome by state-led intervention and personal initiative.