# Margaret Thatcher resigns (1990)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1990-margaret-thatcher-resigns
Categories: ruler-change

Thatcher left office after losing support within the Conservative Party. Within the broader Postwar & Modern Uk period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 22 November 1990 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. Her resignation ended an eleven-year premiership that had reshaped Britain's economic and political settlement.

## Why it matters
Her resignation ended an eleven-year premiership that had reshaped Britain's economic and political settlement.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Margaret Thatcher resigns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Margaret+Thatcher+resigns&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Margaret Thatcher resigns](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Margaret+Thatcher+resigns)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)