Thatcher was re-elected for a third term with another landslide in 1987, but her subsequent support for the Community Charge (also known as the "poll tax") was widely unpopular, and her increasingly Eurosceptic views on the European Community were not shared by others in her cabinet. She resigned as prime minister and party leader in 1990, after a challenge was launched to her leadership, and was succeeded by John Major, her chancellor of the Exchequer. After retiring from the Commons in 1992, she was given a life peerage as Baroness Thatcher (of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire) which entitled her to sit in the House of Lords. In 2013, she died of a stroke at the Ritz Hotel, London, at the age of 87.
thatcher was re-elected for a third term with another landslide in 1987 but her subsequent support for the community charge (also known as the "poll tax") was widely unpopular and her increasingly eurosceptic views on the european community were not shared by others in her cabinet she resigned as prime minister and party leader in 1990 after a challenge was launched to her leadership and was succeeded by john major her chancellor of the exchequer after retiring from the commons in 1992 she was given a life peerage as baroness thatcher (of kesteven in the county of lincolnshire) which entitled her to sit in the house of lords in 2013 she died of a stroke at the ritz hotel london at the age of 87