Ahead of announcing her resignation, May held a private meeting with Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee, the body that represents backbench Conservative MPs in the House of Commons.
A number of senior ministers have already indicated their intention to join the race, expected to start on June 10, to choose her successor as leader of the Conservative Party.
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who also served two terms as Mayor of London, has emerged as favorite to succeed May as prime minister.
May's time as prime minister has come to a crashing end over unrest among her own MPs over the Brexit withdrawal plan which she had planned to announced today.
The task of finding a way out of the Brexit deadlock will go to her successor.
A prime minister in British politics is not chosen by the population but falls onto the person who is leader of the governing party.
Thousands of grassroot members of the Conservative Party across Britain will take part in the process to find a new leader.
The focus will now switch to the race among leading Conservatives to get hold of the key to 10 Downing Street.
Apart from Boris Johnson, other top Conservatives ministers and ex-ministers joining the race are expected to include Dominic Raab, who resigned as Brexit minister, Michael Gove and Esther McVey.
One of the first reactions to May's decision came from Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister who is also leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party.
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