MARGARET
THATCHER
Con servative PM (1979 -1990)
That cheri sm w as t he N ew Ri ght i deo l o gy ado pt ed by Margaret That cher, t he part y l eader fro m 1975
unt i l 1990 (and Pri m e Mi ni st er fro m 1979 unt i l 1990), and t he do m i nant i deo l ogy w i t hi n t he
C o nserv at ive Part y duri ng t hi s peri o d. She o v ert urned t he po st -war co nsensus by pursui ng
m o net ari sm, pri v at isi ng st at e-owned i ndustry and reduci ng t rade uni o n po w er.
, Power & Influence
Public Popularity, Media Support,
Cabinet and Party, Policy, Ev ents
I n 1975, Margaret Victory in 1982
Thatcher defeated Falklands War w as seen
Edw ard Heath (PM as a triumph for the I ron
from 1970-1974 and Lady, combined with
Leader of economic recov ery,
Conserv ativ e Party Her refusal at a time of helped her win the
from 1965-1975) in recession to bow to election the next year.
the Conserv ativ e pressure to tone dow n
Party leadership the monetarist budget
election to become of 1981 – and the
Leader of the unw illingness of
Opposition. She w as cabinet critics to seize
the first w oman to the initiativ e – prov ed
lead a major decisiv e. This enabled By 1990, Thatcher had few
political party in the her to create a allies left in the Cabinet. This
UK. cabinet of ideological relativ e w eakness w as
allies. exploited by John Major to
enter UK into the European
Exchange Rate Mechanism
(she had prev iously
opposed to this).
Thatcher failed to w in
on the first ballot of
the conserv ativ e
leadership election.
Few cabinet ministers
offered their support
to her and ev entually
Thatcher resigned.
1975 1981 1982 1990 Time
Rise and fall of Margaret
Thatcher
THATCHER
Con servative PM (1979 -1990)
That cheri sm w as t he N ew Ri ght i deo l o gy ado pt ed by Margaret That cher, t he part y l eader fro m 1975
unt i l 1990 (and Pri m e Mi ni st er fro m 1979 unt i l 1990), and t he do m i nant i deo l ogy w i t hi n t he
C o nserv at ive Part y duri ng t hi s peri o d. She o v ert urned t he po st -war co nsensus by pursui ng
m o net ari sm, pri v at isi ng st at e-owned i ndustry and reduci ng t rade uni o n po w er.
, Power & Influence
Public Popularity, Media Support,
Cabinet and Party, Policy, Ev ents
I n 1975, Margaret Victory in 1982
Thatcher defeated Falklands War w as seen
Edw ard Heath (PM as a triumph for the I ron
from 1970-1974 and Lady, combined with
Leader of economic recov ery,
Conserv ativ e Party Her refusal at a time of helped her win the
from 1965-1975) in recession to bow to election the next year.
the Conserv ativ e pressure to tone dow n
Party leadership the monetarist budget
election to become of 1981 – and the
Leader of the unw illingness of
Opposition. She w as cabinet critics to seize
the first w oman to the initiativ e – prov ed
lead a major decisiv e. This enabled By 1990, Thatcher had few
political party in the her to create a allies left in the Cabinet. This
UK. cabinet of ideological relativ e w eakness w as
allies. exploited by John Major to
enter UK into the European
Exchange Rate Mechanism
(she had prev iously
opposed to this).
Thatcher failed to w in
on the first ballot of
the conserv ativ e
leadership election.
Few cabinet ministers
offered their support
to her and ev entually
Thatcher resigned.
1975 1981 1982 1990 Time
Rise and fall of Margaret
Thatcher
