Former PM Lady May is raised to the peerage as The Baroness May of Maidenhead

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Former PM Lady May is raised to the peerage as The Baroness May of Maidenhead

Theresa May, known as Lady May since her husband was knighted in 2020, is now The Baroness May of Maidenhead

The Baroness May will sit in the House of Lords (above) after sitting in the House of Commons from 1997-2024.

The King yesterday elevated Lady May, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 2016 and 2019, to the House of Lords with a life peerage. Her title is now The Baroness May of Maidenhead. The former British PM is the second former PM to enter the upper house of Parliament in recent years, with David Cameron entering the house as The Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton only last year.

Previously before Cameron, the last PM to agree to the traditional honour of joining the upper house was The Baroness Thatcher in 1992. Sir John Major and Sir Tony Blair both preferred a knighthood, whilst Gordon Brown, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak remain without titles. The current Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, already has a knighthood for his work heading the Crown Prosecution Service before entering politics.

Not a fan of hers but I am a fan of former PMs joining the upper house as it is supposed to be a place of expertise and duty.

Of course, not a lot of people know but when you are honoured by The King with a title, you actually have to scrap your passport and purchase a new one as the title legally becomes your name, so your previous passport becomes invalid! So that'll cost her £70 odd quid before she can again go on holiday.

Thoughts?

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Took the oath to The King today and was introduced to the upper house.

It was a privilege to be introduced to the @UKHouseofLords today. I look forward to continuing to contribute to the work of Parliament and public life over the years ahead. pic.twitter.com/ylEpmy9WJF

— Theresa May (@theresa_may) September 12, 2024