Margaret Thatcher Party
When the party leaders put out a broadcast their own voices were muted and voice actors spoke in their stead which of course caused a backlash from ireland.
Margaret thatcher party. Incumbent leader edward heath stood aside after the first ballot in which he unexpectedly finished behind thatcher. During her three terms she cut social welfare programs. She was the longest serving british prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold that office.
Margaret thatcher in full margaret hilda thatcher baroness thatcher of kesteven nee margaret hilda roberts born october 13 1925 grantham lincolnshire englanddied april 8 2013 london british conservative party politician and prime minister 197990 europes first woman prime minister. She also silenced the opposition of the sinn fein an irish political party. The conservatives were the official opposition to the labour government so thatcher also became leader of the opposition.
The only british prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms and at the time of her resignation britains longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827. Margaret thatcher became britains conservative party leader and in 1979 was elected prime minister the first woman to hold the position. The 1975 conservative party leadership election was held in february 1975 in which the partys sitting mps voted margaret thatcher as party leader on the second ballot.
I came to it as an undergraduate representing oxford university conservative association i know our cambridge supporters will not mind. The 1990 conservative party leadership election in the united kingdom took place on 20 november 1990 following the decision of michael heseltine former defence and environment secretary to challenge margaret thatcher the incumbent prime minister for leadership of the conservative party. Margaret thatcher speech to conservative party conference the first conservative party conference i attended was in 1946.
13 october 1925 8 april 2013 was a british stateswoman who served as prime minister of the united kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the conservative party from 1975 to 1990.