Portal:Conservatism/Selected anniversary/May


 * May 4th
 * 1979 – Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.


 * May 7th
 * 1940 – the Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.


 * May 24th
 * 1988 – Section 28 is enacted in Great Britain with the effect of prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities.