premise: Theresa May was elected as MP for a cat.
hypothesis: Sir Patrick Allen McLoughlin ( born 30 November 1957 ) is a British Conservative Party politician . On 14 July 2016 , he became Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , under the new administration of Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May . Theresa Mary May ( née Brasier ; born 1 October 1956 ) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2016 . She has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Maidenhead since 1997 and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2016 . After unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the House of Commons in 1992 and 1994 , she was elected as the MP for Maidenhead in the 1997 general election .