Theresa May

"It is not clear why other EU member states would give Britain a better deal than they themselves enjoy."

"I believe it is clearly in our national interest to remain a member of the European Union."

"We need a bold, new, positive vision for the future of our country – a vision of a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us."

"The country needs strong leadership and a clear sense of direction, to give confidence to investors, to keep the economy moving, and to keep people in work."

"There should be no general election until 2020. There should be a normal Autumn Statement, held in the normal way at the normal time, and no emergency Budget."

"On the morning when I moved into my new office, when the telephone rang for the first time I eagerly picked up the receiver to find out who the caller could be, only to discover that the person on the other end of the line wanted to speak to Edwina Currie."

"This is the first time that Maidenhead has had its own Member of Parliament. In view of the potential origin of the towns name in the symbol of the maidens head, it is perhaps appropriate that it should now be represented by a maiden—although I must confess to using the term somewhat loosely."

"Politics is about public service. Everything we do - in parliament, in our constituencies, here in Bournemouth - should be motivated by one goal. Improving the lives of our fellow citizens."

"Politicians are seen as untrustworthy and hypocritical. We talk a different language. We live in a different world. We seem to be scoring points, playing games and seeking personal advantage - while home-owners struggle to make ends meet and schoolchildren see years of hard work undermined by the stroke of a bureaucrats pen."

"More people vote for a TV show than a political party. And those who do vote think a man dressed as a monkey is more likely to deliver on his election pledges than any party."

"They [the then Labour government] planned to let bureaucrats snoop on peoples phone and email conversations. We helped to stop that."

"The reality is that we do not know on what terms we would have access to the single market. We do know that in a negotiation we would need to make concessions in order to access it, and those concessions could well be about accepting EU regulations, over which we would have no say, making financial contributions, just as we do now, accepting free movement rules, just as we do now, or quite possibly all three combined."