Margaret Thatcher
Historical and international
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Position estimated from: UK premiership 1979-90: privatization, union reform, Falklands, Euroscepticism. Voted to decriminalise homosexuality and legalise abortion in the 1960s, but backed Section 28.
Political compass placement
| Map dimension | Score (0–100) | Position | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Collective / planned ↔ Market | 87 | strongly toward market | |
| Social Progressive ↔ Traditional | 61 | near the center | |
| Authority Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian | 34 | toward libertarian | |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 78 | toward nationalist | |
| Foreign policy Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 70 | toward intervention |
All nine underlying dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Economic ownership Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership | 86 | strongly toward private ownership |
| Civil liberties Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions | 48 | near the center |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 78 | toward nationalist |
| Social and cultural values Progressive ↔ Traditionalist | 64 | near the center |
| Political governance Democratic ↔ Autocratic | 20 | toward democratic |
| Equality and hierarchy Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical | 70 | toward hierarchical |
| Economic management Free market ↔ State planning | 11 | strongly toward free market |
| Military intervention Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 70 | toward intervention |
| Religion and government Secular state ↔ Religious authority | 54 | near the center |
These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the available evidence through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.
Key positions
| Statement | Position | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Private ownership of businesses is essential to a successful economy. | Strongly agrees | from their record |
| Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections. | Strongly agrees | estimated |
| A national religious authority should have the power to veto legislation. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| People should be free to criticize the government without fear of legal punishment. | Strongly agrees | estimated |
| Workers should have strong legal protections to form and join labor unions. | Strongly disagrees | from their record |
| National borders should become less important over time. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| Foreign wars should be avoided unless national territory is directly threatened. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| Abortion should be illegal in most or all cases. | Disagrees | from their record |
| Worker-owned cooperatives should replace traditional shareholder-owned corporations. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
Closest ideologies
National Liberalism87% similar positionNeoconservatism87% similar positionConservative Liberalism84% similar positionFiscal Conservatism83% similar positionModerate Conservatism82% similar position
Similar and contrasting figures
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Sources
Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.