"of St Helens South instead, following the practice of Alan Howarth in 1997. At the 2001 general election, David Cameron was elected as MP for Witney. Cameron was re-elected to a fourth term as MP for the constituency at the 2015 general election with a majority of 25,155, the highest in his political career; on that occasion his Conservative Party won a surprise overall majority in the House of Commons, taking 330 seats to the opposition Labour Party's 232. However, on 24 June 2016, Cameron announced that he would resign as Prime Minister by that October due to the outcome"
"David Cameron's final PMQs on 13 July 2016. He made the headlines across the national media by famously asking the PM if following his retirement he would consider filling the vacant roles of Top Gear's lead presenter, the England Football Manager or even the U.S. Presidency! South Antrim Born and raised in South Antrim, Danny was the exemplification of a constituency MP. Danny was involved in all aspects of South Antrim life and came to the support of constituents regarding several pertinent issues. Danny opposed the application to use Parkgate Quarry for recycling building materials due to health issues and"
"re-elected David Cameron as a hung parliament had been widely expected. The constituency was created in 1997 as Cotswold, mostly from the former seat of Cirencester and Tewkesbury. In 2010 the name was changed to The Cotswolds to reflect the local district name. 2010-present: The District of Cotswold, and the District of Stroud wards of Kingswood, Minchinhampton, and Wotton-under-Edge. 1997-2010: The District of Cotswold, and the District of Stroud ward of Wotton and Kingswood. The Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency) The Cotswolds is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Sir"
"Sir William Mount, 1st Baronet Sir William Arthur Mount, 1st Baronet CBE DL (Hartley, Hampshire, 3 August 1866 – 8 December 1930) was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for the Newbury constituency. He is the great-grandfather of Conservative politician David Cameron, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. The eldest son of William George Mount of Wasing Place, Berkshire and wife Marianne Emily Clutterbuck, he was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford where he achieved honours in classics and modern history. He was called to the Bar by the"
"Witney constituency in Oxfordshire as a Labour candidate (it was subsequently won by David Cameron, former Leader of the Conservatives and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), and was instead selected for this safe seat. Woodward has won all three elections however lost his position in the cabinet because of the Labour party defeat to the Liberal Democrat-Conservative coalition government in the 2010 General Election. St Helens South (UK Parliament constituency) St Helens South was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the"
"1 June 1996 at the Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury, East Hendred, Oxfordshire, five years before he was first elected as MP for Witney at the 2001 general election. The couple have had four children: Ivan Reginald Ian Cameron (8 April 2002, Hammersmith and Fulham, London – 25 February 2009, Paddington, London), Nancy Gwen Beatrice Cameron (born 19 January 2004, Westminster, London), Arthur Elwen Cameron (born 14 February 2006, Westminster) and Florence Rose Endellion Cameron (born 24 August 2010, Cornwall). Ivan was born with a rare combination of cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy and died at the age of"
"great-great-grandfather of David Cameron, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. Evan Henry Llewellyn Colonel Evan Henry Llewellyn (25 February 1847 – 27 February 1914) was a British Army officer and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1906. Llewellyn was the fourth son of Llewellyn Llewellyn of Buckland Filleigh, North Devon. He was educated at Rugby School. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset. He served in the British Army, where he was an officer in the 4th (Militia) battalion of the Somersetshire Light Infantry. Following"
"Prime Minister David Cameron's plans to carry out airstrikes against ISIL targets in Syria. In the 2015-17 parliament, he was part of the Home Affairs Select Committee and the International Trade Committee. Jayawardena supported Brexit in the June 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. He held his seat in the 2017 general election with 37,754 (65.5%) votes and a majority of 27,772. In June, he shut down his Twitter account after labelling it as ""a platform full of trolls, extremists – and worse"". After the 2017 election, he was re-appointed to the International Trade Committee and also joined the"
"Second Cameron ministry David Cameron formed the second Cameron ministry, the first Conservative Party majority government since 1996, following the 2015 general election after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to begin a new government. Prior to the election, Cameron led the Cameron–Clegg coalition, a coalition government that consisted of members of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, alongside Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Following the victory of the Leave vote in the June 2016 referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union, Cameron said that he would resign from his post after a new leader of the Conservative Party"
"West Oxfordshire District Council in 2014. He was selected as the Conservative Party candidate to replace David Cameron as Member of Parliament in the Witney by-election, 2016. Courts supported the successful 'Leave' campaign in the EU referendum on 23 June 2016. He is a member of the European Research Group, having subscribed in April 2017. Courts retained the seat for the Conservatives in the 20 October 2016 by-election, but with a greatly reduced majority of 5,702, down from 25,155 when David Cameron last contested the seat. He was then sworn in on 24 October. He increased his majority to over"
"Government Act 1972 made it a successor parish within the district of West Oxfordshire. Chipping Norton is in the Witney parliamentary constituency. The Member of Parliament for Witney from 2001 to 2016 was David Cameron, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and the leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. Since 2016 the MP for Witney has been the Conservative Robert Courts. Chipping Norton is part of the South East England constituency for the European Parliament. One Conservative councillor and two Labour councillors represent the town on West Oxfordshire District Council holding"
"David Cameron. He was also named ""Briton of the Year"" by ""The Times"" in 2014. In 2017, Farage began contributing to the American television network Fox News. In 2018, Farage joined Leave Means Leave. On 4 December 2018, Farage announced his resignation from UKIP over the appointment of Tommy Robinson as an adviser to the UKIP leader Gerard Batten and the decision of the National Executive of UKIP to keep Batten as leader of the party. Farage was born in Downe in Kent, England, the son of Barbara (""née"" Stevens) and Guy Justus Oscar Farage. The Farage name comes from"
"David Cameron, former Prime Minister (and Conservative Party leader). Sir Ferdinand and his wife, Julia ""née"" Lucas, live in Islington; he and Lady Mount have three surviving children, William (b. 1969 and heir apparent to the title), Harry (b. 1971, a journalist) and Mary (b. 1972, also an author). Ferdinand Mount Sir William Robert Ferdinand Mount, 3rd Baronet, FRSL (born 2 July 1939), is a British writer, novelist and columnist for ""The Sunday Times"" as well as a political commentator. Mount attended Greenways and Sunningdale School before Eton College after which he went to Christ Church, Oxford. Mount worked at"
"Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) Maidenhead is a constituency in Berkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented by Theresa May since it was created in 1997. May succeeded David Cameron as UK Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party on 13 July 2016. Prior to becoming Prime Minister, May served as Home Secretary from 2010–2016. It is considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party, as it has never been held by any party other than the Conservatives; nor had any of its predecessor constituencies. The constituency was created in 1997 from"
"Donald Cameron (Scottish politician) Donald Andrew John Cameron MSP (born 26 November 1976) is a Scottish politician who is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Member of Scottish Parliament for the Highlands and Islands region, elected in 2016. In the Scottish Parliament, he is the Scottish Conservative's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy. Donald Cameron is the son of the Donald Cameron 27th Lochiel, chief of the Clan Cameron. Donald Cameron was educated at Harrow School and graduated with a first-class honours degree in modern history from Oriel College, Oxford and a Diploma in Law from City University London. He"
"residence at Wasing Place on 8 December 1930. Sir William Mount, 1st Baronet Sir William Arthur Mount, 1st Baronet CBE DL (Hartley, Hampshire, 3 August 1866 – 8 December 1930) was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for the Newbury constituency. He is the great-grandfather of Conservative politician David Cameron, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. The eldest son of William George Mount of Wasing Place, Berkshire and wife Marianne Emily Clutterbuck, he was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford where he achieved honours in classics and modern history."
"by David Cameron. Under the terms of the coalition agreement the government committed itself to hold a referendum in May 2011 on whether to change parliamentary elections from first-past-the-post to AV. Electoral reform was a major priority for the Liberal Democrats, who favour proportional representation but were able to negotiate only a referendum on AV with the Conservatives. The coalition partners campaigned on opposite sides, with the Liberal Democrats supporting AV and the Conservatives opposing it. The referendum resulted in the Conservative's favour and the first-past-the-post system was maintained. Since the 1920s the two main political parties in the UK,"
"Clwyd West (UK Parliament constituency) Clwyd West (""Gorllewin Clwyd"" in Welsh) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post method of election. The current MP is David Jones of the Conservative Party, first elected at the 2005 general election and who also served as Secretary of State for Wales from 4 September 2012 until 14 July 2014. Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, as confirmed by 'The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006',"
"2016 Witney by-election The Witney by-election was a UK parliamentary by-election held on 20 October 2016 in the constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire. It took place on the same day as the Batley and Spen by-election. They were the fifth and sixth by-elections of the 56th UK Parliament. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) David Cameron on 12 September 2016. The election was won by Conservative Robert Courts with a reduced majority, and the Liberal Democrats came in second with an increase in vote share of 23.4 percentage points. David Cameron had"
"been the Conservative Party MP for the seat since the 2001 general election, becoming leader of the Conservative Party in 2005 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2010. Following the Leave result in the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union that Cameron had campaigned against, he resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, being replaced by Theresa May. In September 2016 he announced his resignation as an MP saying he did not want to be a distraction to May's premiership. The Conservatives picked Robert Courts, a barrister and West Oxfordshire District"
"Family of David Cameron Relatives of the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, include members of the British royal family and aristocracy as well as numerous others who pursued careers in the law, politics and finance. David Cameron is the younger son of stockbroker Ian Donald Cameron (12 October 1932 – 8 September 2010) and his wife Mary Fleur (born Mount, 1934), a retired Justice of the Peace and second daughter of Sir William Mount. Cameron's father, Ian, was born with both legs deformed and underwent repeated operations to correct them. Cameron's parents were married in 1962."
"Morecambe and Lunesdale (UK Parliament constituency) Morecambe and Lunesdale is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by David Morris, a Conservative. Since 1979 the constituency has been a bellwether and includes the seaside town and many villages as well as the north bank of the City of Lancaster, which is largely Skerton. This seat brings together northern semi-rural reaches of Lancashire bisected by the M6, including seaside Silverdale and Carnforth south of the Cumbria border, the seaside resort of Morecambe and the nuclear power station/ferry port village of Heysham which provides a"
"of seats in parliament. This outcome had been widely predicted and was largely due to a surge in support for the Liberal Democrats. Cameron successfully negotiated with the Liberal Democrats on forming a coalition government. In office, David Cameron oversaw an economic recovery and a reduction in government spending, as well as the legalization of same-sex marriage. He then led the Conservatives to a surprise victory in the 2015 General election in which the Conservatives achieved their first majority since 1992. The 2015 election manifesto included a pledge to have a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union (EU),"
"Cambridgeshire. There were significant boundary changes at the 1997 general election, when the neighbouring seat of North West Cambridgeshire was created from areas previously in the seats of Huntingdon and Peterborough. <section begin=""General Election 1997""/> <section end=""General Election 1997""/> <section begin=""General Election 1992""/> <section end=""General Election 1992""/> <section begin=""General Election 1987""/> <section end=""General Election 1987""/> <section begin=""General Election 1983""/> <section end=""General Election 1983""/> ""Seat reduced to one member"" Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) Huntingdon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Jonathan Djanogly, a Conservative. It is a safe Conservative Party seat"
"UK Prime Minister David Cameron at the polling station where he cast his vote on election day (7 May 2015) and Smith appearing while dressed as Elmo at the vote count in numerous photos with the Prime Minister and behind him on the stage as he was giving an important speech about winning the election in Witney on 8 May 2015. Smith stood in the Chells ward at the 2016 Stevenage Borough Council election, receiving 23 votes. Smith stood in the Tooting by-election, 2016 and received 9 votes. He received just 3 votes in the general election on 8 June"
"Election 2015""/> <section end=""General Election 2015""/> <section begin=""General Election 2010""/> <section end=""General Election 2010""/> <section begin=""General Election 2005""/> <section end=""General Election 2005""/> <section begin=""General Election 2001""/> <section end=""General Election 2001""/> <section begin=""General Election 1997""/> <section end=""General Election 1997""/> Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) Maidenhead is a constituency in Berkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented by Theresa May since it was created in 1997. May succeeded David Cameron as UK Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party on 13 July 2016. Prior to becoming Prime Minister, May served as Home Secretary from"
"Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency) Chingford and Woodford Green is a Conservative held constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Iain Duncan Smith of the Conservative Party. The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of Chingford Green, Endlebury, Hale End and Highams Park, Hatch Lane, Larkswood, and Valley, and the London Borough of Redbridge wards of Church End and Monkhams have been selected to form the seat since inception. Out of 24 council seats that make up Chingford and Woodford Green the Conservatives hold 18 and"
"Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency) Leyton and Wanstead is a constituency created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Cryer of the Labour Party. Uniting for general elections areas from the boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest in inner north-east London, the constituency covers Leyton, Wanstead, Leytonstone and South Woodford. The seat was created for the 1997 election succeeding the Leyton constituency, with parts of what had been the Wanstead and Woodford constituency. It has an electorate of approximately 60,000. The seat has electoral wards: The seat arose from the"
"the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, David Cameron. This clear party preference led to controversy after Shaun Woodward succeeded the retiring Hurd as Conservative candidate: Woodward was elected in the 1997 General Election, but switched allegiance to the Labour Party in 1999. In the 2001 General Election Woodward stood as the Labour candidate for the more left-friendly seat of St Helens South and David Cameron retook Witney for the Conservatives. He became Prime Minister in coalition with the Liberal Democrats in May 2010 and continued after the 2015 elections in which his Conservative Party gained an absolute majority, but retired"
"WebCameron WebCameron (a portmanteau of webcam and Cameron) was a series of online videos recorded by the British Conservative Party leader David Cameron between 2006 and 2010, while the Conservatives were the party of opposition, and Cameron was Leader of the Opposition. Named after Cameron, the series was launched with much publicity in September 2006, when the party was keen to rebrand itself as a modern entity by embracing new technology, and appealing to a younger generation of voters adept at using online media. David Cameron was elected to lead the Conservative Party in December 2005 on a platform of"
"Daniel Kawczynski Daniel Robert Kawczynski (; born 24 January 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury and Atcham in Shropshire, England. The first British MP born in Poland, he was raised in England from the age of seven. In the past he has served as Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a parliamentary aide to the former Welsh Secretary David Jones, as well as serving as a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and as Special Advisor to Prime Minister David Cameron on Central and Eastern"
"Stroud (UK Parliament constituency) Stroud is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by David Drew of the Labour Party. Stroud is the only seat (held or gained) by a Labour Party candidate in 2017 from a total of six covering its county. Drew's 2017 win was one of 30 net gains the Labour Party made at that year's snap general election. Stroud has been relative to others a very marginal seat since 1992 as well as a swing seat; as the winning candidate's majority has not exceeded 9.1% of the vote since"
"Premiership of David Cameron The premiership of David Cameron began on 11 May 2010 when Cameron accepted the Queen's invitation to form a government. This occurred upon the resignation of Cameron's predecessor as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown. While serving as Prime Minister, Cameron also served as First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. After the 2010 general election, Cameron became Prime Minister at the head of a coalition government between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, as no party had gained an overall majority in the House"