Former British Prime Minister Theresa May said today that after 27 years as an MP, she will not run again in the parliamentary elections this year.
Theresa May became the head of the Government after the resignation of David Cameron after the decision in the 2016 referendum on the exit of Great Britain from the European Union. Cameron advocated remaining in the Union.
Three years later, May tearfully announced that she was resigning as prime minister after failing to convince Parliament to accept her agreement with the EU on the terms of Britain's exit from the Union.
In a statement to a local newspaper in her constituency of Maidenhead, near London, May, 67, said that "after deep reflection, she realized that she would no longer be able to carry out her job as an MP in the way she felt was right and which her constituents deserved".
She said she believed in a re-election victory for her Conservative Party, which has been in power in Britain for the past 14 years, even though polls show opposition Labor has a big lead.
Ahead of the election, the date of which has not yet been announced but is expected in the autumn, almost 100 MPs have announced that they will not stand for re-election, of which 64 are Conservatives or former Conservatives, the most since 1997, when Labor's Tony Blair came to power. .
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