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Sixty-eight women have been appointed to positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, with three female Prime Ministers serving in cabinet.Since, by convention, members of the cabinet must be a member of either the House of Commons or House of Lords, [1] the Prime Minister could not appoint women to the cabinet until the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 allowed women to stand ...
1.1 List of female Prime Ministers. ... Election results of women in United Kingdom general elections (1918–1945) Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918;
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet.. There is no specific date for when the office of prime minister first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over time through a merger of duties. [1]
The United Kingdom has had three female Prime Ministers: Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990), Theresa May (2016–2019), and Liz Truss (2022). The publication of the book Women in the House by Elizabeth Vallance in 1979 highlighted the under-representation of women in Parliament. [1]
On 13 July 2016, two days after becoming Leader of the Conservative Party, May was appointed prime minister by Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the second female British prime minister after Margaret Thatcher. [159] [160] Addressing the world's media outside 10 Downing Street, May said that she was "honoured and humbled" to become prime minister.
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
First female Prime Minister. Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Prime Minister 1979–90; First female foreign secretary. Margaret Beckett, Labour Foreign Secretary 2006-07; First female home secretary. Jacqui Smith, Labour Home Secretary 2007-09; First female leader of the House of Lords. Janet Young, Baroness Young, Conservative Leader 1981–83
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