See the woman that may replace David Cameroon

– Theresa May has won the first round of voting to becoming Britain’s next prime minister

– Voting was sparked by David Cameron’s decision to step down as the prime minister

– Mrs May is Britain’s longest-serving home secretary

Britain’s home secretary, Theresa May has won the first round of voting to replace David Cameron as the prime minister.

Theresa May, the British home secretary
According to BBC, Mrs May, who began the race as the front-runner, got 165 votes as minister Andrea Leadsom came second with 66 votes.

Michael Gove got 48 votes, Stephen Crabb 34, while Liam Fox is eliminated from the race, coming last with 16 votes.

Party members will choose from the two backed by most Tory MPs, with the winner due to be named on September 9.

The leadership contest was sparked by David Cameron’s decision to step down as prime minster after the UK voted to leave the EU, in the June 23 referendum.

The process of choosing a new prime minister began on Monday, July 4, as 329 of the 330 Conservative MPs took part in a secret ballot.

The result was announced half an hour later by Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs, with Mrs May taking the lead.

Mrs May in reaction to the results said there’s a “big job” ahead to unite the party and the country following the referendum, to “negotiate the best possible deal as we leave the EU” and to “make Britain work for everyone”.

“I am the only candidate capable of delivering these three things as prime minister, and tonight it is clear that I am also the only one capable of drawing support from the whole of the Conservative Party,” she added.

The four remaining contenders are due to face a second MPs’ vote on Thursday, July 7, followed by a final round next Tuesday, July 12, unless any of the candidates has dropped out by that time

Those two candidates will then go forward to a vote of the entire Conservative membership, with the eventual outcome of the contest to be revealed on September 9.

Mrs May is Britain’s longest-serving home secretary in half a century, with a reputation for seriousness, hard work and avoiding the intrigue and treachery that has gripped her party.

Born in 1956, she grew up mainly in Oxfordshire, an only child who was first drawn to the Conservative Party at the age of 12.  She attended the famous Oxford Union debating society and joined the university’s Conservative Association.

Mrs May worked in financial services, including for a time at the Bank of England, while pursuing her political ambitions. She won a seat in Parliament in 1997, representing Maidenhead, a prosperous town west of London, just as her party was entering a long spell in opposition. She rose quickly through the Conservative ranks and gained national attention with a jolting speech at an annual party convention.