Margaret Thatcher is the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
After the Callaghan government lost a vote of no confidence in early 1979, a general election was called. Thatcher became the first female British prime minister after the Conservatives gained a 44-seat majority in the House of Commons. Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the May 1979 General Election.
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