Theresa May gets standing ovation as she bows out as UK PM

Theresa May was given a standing ovation by her Conservative Party MPs as she concluded her final Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday, marking a conclusion of her three-year premiership as she makes way for Boris Johnson to take charge at Downing Street.

In a largely light-hearted exchange in the UK Parliament, the outgoing Prime Minister's voice broke towards the end of the session as a visibly emotional May made her way out of the Commons amid back slapping from many of her party members.

"We are living through extraordinary political times and this House of Commons is rightly at the centre of those events and that is because of the vital link between every single member of this House and the communities that we represent," May told MPs.

"Each one of us, wherever we sit, whatever we stand for, can take pride in that. And that duty, to serve my constituents will remain my greatest motivation," she said, as she paid tribute to her husband Philip May and also indicated her plan to continue working as an MP for her constituency of Maidenhead from the backbenches.

In a barbed comment directed at the Opposition Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, whom she has repeatedly clashed with in Parliament, May added: "Perhaps I could just finish my exchange with him by saying this: as a party leader who has accepted when her time was up, perhaps the time is now for him to do the same?"
May took over as Britain second female PM, since Margaret Thatcher, after David Cameron resigned as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister in the wake of the June 2016 referendum with a "Brexit means Brexit and we will make a success of it."