Theresa May is the new Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equality in David Cameron’s new Conservative and Liberal Democrats coalition government.

Theresa May has been the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead since 1997 and replaces Labour’s Alan Johnson as Home Secretary.

Theresa May studied at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, obtaining a BA in Geography in 1977.
1977 to 1983 worked at the Bank of England.
1985 to 1997 worked as a financial consultant and senior advisor in International Affairs at the Association for Payment Clearing Services.
Councillor in the London Borough of Merton from 1986 to 1994, where she was Chairman of Education (1988–90) and Deputy Group Leader and Housing Spokesman (1992–94).
1997 general election she was elected the Conservative MP for Maidenhead.