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Theresa Mary May PC (née Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British Conservative politician who is the current Home Secretary. She was first elected to Parliament in 1997 as the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead. She went on to be appointed Chairman of the Conservative Party in 2002 and was sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.
She served in a number of roles in the Shadow Cabinets of Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Howard and David Cameron, including Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary. After Cameron became Prime Minister in May 2010, May was appointed Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, giving up the latter role in 2012.
Political career
Having entered Parliament, May became a member of William ...
... politician to be booed at the Paralympic Games as she hands out medals
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Ministers are drawing up plans for some senior police officers in England and Wales to be directly recruited from outside the service, Theresa May says.
The home secretary told a conference of senior police officers the move would bring "greater diversity" to forces.
She said she would hold a consultation on so-called direct entry - one of several recommendations from a major review into police pay and conditions. But critics among superintendents said the policy posed an "operational risk".
Read more: BBC (11 September 2012)
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