Electoral history of David Cameron

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This is a summary of the electrical history of David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2010, Leader of the Conservative Party since 2005, Member of Parliament of Witney since 2001 and former Leader of the Opposition from 2005 to 2010.

Parliamentary elections

1997 general election, Stafford

United Kingdom general election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Kidney 24,606 47.5 +12.6
Conservative David Cameron 20,292 39.2 −8.9
Liberal Democrat P.A. Hornby 5,480 10.6 −5.9
Referendum S.R. Culley 1,146 2.2 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Ashton May 248 0.5 N/A
Majority 4,314 8.3
Turnout 51,772 76.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.7

2001 general election, Witney

United Kingdom general election, 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cameron 22,153 45.0 +2.0
Labour Michael Bartlet 14,180 28.8 -1.8
Liberal Democrat Gareth Epps 10,000 20.3 +0.5
Green Mark Stevenson 1,100 2.2 +1.1
Independent Barry Beadle 1,003 2.0 N/A
UKIP Kenneth Dukes 767 1.6 +0.2
Majority 7,973 16.2
Turnout 49,203 65.9 -10.8
Conservative hold Swing

2005 general election, Witney

United Kingdom general election, 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cameron 26,571 49.3 +4.3
Liberal Democrat Liz Leffman 12,415 23.0 +2.7
Labour Tony Gray 11,845 22.0 −6.8
Green Richard Dossett-Davies 1,682 3.2 +0.9
UKIP Paul Wesson 1,356 2.5 +0.9
Majority 14,156 26.3
Turnout 53,869 69.0 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing +0.8

2010 general election, Witney

United Kingdom general election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cameron 33,973 58.8 +9.5
Liberal Democrat Dawn Barnes 11,233 19.4 -3.6
Labour Joe Goldberg 7,511 13.0 -9.0
Green Stuart Macdonald 2,385 4.1 +0.9
UKIP Count Nikolai Tolstoy 2,001 3.5 +1.0
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 234 0.3 N/A
Independent Paul Wesson 166 0.3 N/A
Independent Johnnie Cook 151 0.3 N/A
Wessex Regionalist Colin Bex 62 0.1 N/A
Independent Aaron Barschak 53 0.1 N/A
Majority 22,740 39.4 +13.1
Turnout 57,769 73.8 +3.9
Conservative hold Swing

2015 general election, Witney

United Kingdom general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cameron 35,201 60.2 +1.4
Labour Duncan Enright 10,046 17.2 +4.2
UKIP Simon Strutt 5,352 9.2 +5.7
Liberal Democrat Andy Graham 3,953 6.8 -12.7
Green Stuart Sutherland MacDonald 2,970 5.1 +0.9
National Health Action Clive Peedell 616 1.1 N/A
Wessex Regionalist Colin Roland Bex 110 0.2 +0.1
Independent Christopher Tompson 94 0.2 N/A
Reduce VAT in Sport Vivien Inez Saunders 56 0.1 N/A
Give Me Back Elmo Bobby Smith 37 0.1 N/A
Land Party Deek Jackson 35 0.1 +0.1
Independent Nathan Paul Handley 12 0.0 N/A
Majority 25,155 43.0 +3.6
Turnout 58,482 73.3 -0.5
Conservative hold Swing

Conservative Party leadership election, 2005

Following the resignation of Michael Howard as Conservative Party leader on 6 May 2005, David Cameron announced his candidacy for the position on 29 September 2005. The new leader would be decided by ballots of MPs, where the lowest-placed candidate would be eliminated. When there were two candidates left, all party members were balloted.

First ballot of MPs, 18 October 2005

First Ballot: 18 October 2005
Candidate Votes %
David Davis 62 31.3
David Cameron 56 28.3
Liam Fox 42 21.2
Kenneth Clarke 38 19.2
Turnout 198 100
Kenneth Clarke eliminated

Second ballot of MPs, 20 October 2005

Second Ballot: 20 October 2005
Candidate Votes %
David Cameron 90 45.5
David Davis 57 28.8
Liam Fox 51 25.7
Turnout 198 100
Liam Fox eliminated

Ballot of party members, result announced 6 December 2005

Members' Vote
Candidate Votes %
David Cameron 134,446 67.6
David Davis 64,398 32.4
Turnout 198,844 77
David Cameron elected

United Kingdom general election, 2010

On 6 May 2010, David Cameron led the Conservative Party in a general election for the first time. On 11 May, he became Prime Minister, leading a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.

e • d Summary of the May 2010 House of Commons of the United Kingdom election results
Political party
 Leader
 Candidates
 Number of votes
 Elected
 Seats gained
 Seats lost
 Net change
in seats
 % of seats
 % of votes
 Change in %
of vote
Conservative[table 1][table 2] David Cameron 631 10,703,654 306 100 3 +97 47.1 36.1 +3.7
Labour Gordon Brown 631 8,606,517 258 3 94 −91 39.7 29.0 −6.2
Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg 631 6,836,248 57 8 13 −5 8.8 23.0 +1.0
UKIP Lord Pearson 558 919,471 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 +0.9
BNP Nick Griffin 338 564,321 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 +1.2
SNP Alex Salmond 59 491,386 6 0 0 0 0.9 1.7 +0.1
Green Caroline Lucas 310 265,243 1 1 0 +1 0.2 0.9 −0.2
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 17 171,942 5 0 0 0 0.8 0.6 −0.1
DUP Peter Robinson 16 168,216 8 0 1 −1 1.2 0.6 −0.3
Plaid Cymru Ieuan Wyn Jones 40 165,394 3 1 0 +1 0.5 0.6 −0.1
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 18 110,970 3 0 0 0 0.5 0.4 −0.1
UCU-NF Reg Empey 17 102,361 0 0 1 −1 0 0.3 −0.1
English Democrats Robin Tilbrook 107 64,826 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.2
Alliance David Ford 18 42,762 1 1 0 +1 0.2 0.1 0.0
Respect Salma Yaqoob 11 33,251 0 0 1 −1 0 0.1 −0.1
TUV Jim Allister 10 26,300 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 N/A
Speaker N/A 1 22,860 1 0 0 0 0.2 0.1 0.0
Independent – Rodney Connor N/A 1 21,300 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 N/A
Independent – Sylvia Hermon N/A 1 21,181 1 1 0 +1 0.2 0.1 N/A
Christian George Hargreaves 71 18,622 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 +0.1
Scottish Green Eleanor Scott and Patrick Harvie 20 16,827 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.0
Health Concern Richard Taylor 1 16,150 0 0 1 −1 0 0.1 0.0
Independent – Bob Spink N/A 1 12,174 0 0 1 −1 0 0.0 N/A
TUSC Dave Nellist 37 11,913 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 N/A
National Front Ian Edward 17 10,784 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy John Stevens 1 10,331 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 27 7,510 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill 23 7,196 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 −0.1
Liberal Rob Wheway 5 6,781 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 −0.1
Blaenau Gwent PV Dai Davies 1 6,458 0 0 1 −1 0 0.0 −0.1
Christian Peoples Alan Craig 17 6,276 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Mebyon Kernow Dick Cole 6 5,379 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Lincolnshire Independents Marianne Overton 3 5,311 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 N/A
Mansfield Independent Forum 1 4,339 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 N/A
Green (NI) Mark Bailey and Karly Greene 4 3,542 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Socialist Alternative Peter Taaffe 4 3,298 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Trust Stuart Wheeler 2 3,233 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 N/A
Scottish Socialist Colin Fox and Frances Curran 10 3,157 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 −0.1
People Before Profit N/A 1 2,936 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 N/A
Local Liberals People Before Politics 1 1,964 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 N/A
Independent – Esther Rantzen N/A 1 1,872 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 N/A
Alliance for Green Socialism Mike Davies 6 1,581 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Social Democratic Peter Johnson 2 1,551 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 N/A
Pirate Andrew Robinson 9 1,348 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 N/A
Common Sense Party Howard Thomas 2 1,173 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Staffordshire Independent Group 1 1,208 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Tendring First 1 1,078 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Solihull and Meriden Residents Association 2 977 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Communist Robert Griffiths 6 947 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Democratic Labour Brian Powell 1 842 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
English Independence Party 1 803 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Democratic Nationalist Party 2 753 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 N/A
Save King George Hospital 1 746 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Workers Revolutionary Sheila Torrance 7 738 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Peace John Morris 3 737 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Animal Protection N/A 4 675 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Christian Movement for Great Britain 2 598 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
New Millennium Bean Party Captain Beany 1 558 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Total - 29,687,604 650 - - - Turnout 65.1 -
  1. ↑ Note: this figure includes Philip Lardner in North Ayrshire and Arran, who is recorded by the BBC as an "Independent" due to him being disowned by the Conservative Party prior to polling day, but election rules prevented his nomination from being withdrawn and his ballot paper description could not be amended from "Scottish Conservative and Unionist" Statement – North Ayrshire and Arran, North Ayrshire Council
  2. ↑ Note: this figure excludes John Bercow (Buckingham), who is recorded by the BBC as a "Conservative", despite the fact he is the incumbent Speaker

United Kingdom general election, 2015

The following table shows final election results as reported by BBC News[1] and The Guardian.[2]

e • d Summary[lower-alpha 1] of the May 2015 House of Commons of the United Kingdom results
Political party Leader MPs Votes
Candidates[3] Total Gained Lost Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change[lower-alpha 2] (%)
Conservative[lower-alpha 3] David Cameron 647 330 38 10 +28 50.8 11,299,959 36.9 +0.8
Labour Ed Miliband 631 232 24 48 −24 35.7 9,344,328 30.4 +1.5
UKIP Nigel Farage 624 1 0 1 −1 0.2 3,881,129 12.6 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg 631 8 0 48 −48 1.2 2,415,888 7.9 −15.1
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 59 56 50 0 +50 8.6 1,454,436 4.7 +3.1
Green Natalie Bennett England & Wales
Patrick Harvie / Maggie Chapman Scotland
Steven Agnew Northern Ireland		 575 1 0 0 0 0.2 1,157,613 3.8 +2.8
DUP Peter Robinson 16 8 1 1 0 1.2 184,260 0.6 0.0
Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood 40 3 0 0 0 0.5 181,694 0.6 0.0
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 18 4 0 1 −1 0.6 176,232 0.6 0.0
Ulster Unionist Mike Nesbitt 15 2 2 0 +2 0.3 114,935 0.4 N/A[lower-alpha 4]
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 18 3 0 0 0 0.5 99,809 0.3 0.0
Independent N/A 170 1 0 4 −4[lower-alpha 5] 0.2 98,711 0.3 N/A
Alliance David Ford 18 0 0 1 −1 0 61,556 0.2 +0.1
TUSC Dave Nellist 128 0 0 0 0 0 36,327 0.1 +0.1
Speaker John Bercow 1 1 0 0 0 0.2 34,617 0.1 0.0
National Health Action[lower-alpha 6] Richard Taylor &
Clive Peedell		 13 0 0 0 0 0 20,210 0.1 0.0
TUV Jim Allister 7 0 0 0 0 0 16,538 0.1 0.0
Respect George Galloway 4 0 0 1 −1 0 9,989 0.0 −0.1
CISTA Paul Birch 34 0 0 0 0 0 8,419 0.0 New
Other parties[lower-alpha 7] N/A 0 0 0 0 0 7,958 0.0 N/A
People Before Profit Collective 1 0 0 0 0 0 7,854 0.0 0.0
Yorkshire First Richard Carter 14 0 0 0 0 0 6,811 0.0 New
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 35 0 0 0 0 0 6,531 0.0 −0.2
Mebyon Kernow Dick Cole 6 0 0 0 0 0 5,675 0.0 0.0
Lincolnshire Independent Marianne Overton 5 0 0 0 0 0 5,407 0.0 0.0
Liberal Steve Radford 4 0 0 0 0 0 4,480 0.0 0.0
Monster Raving Loony Alan "Howling Laud" Hope 27 0 0 0 0 0 3,898 0.0 0.0
Independent Save Withybush Save Lives Chris Overton 1 0 0 0 0 0 3,729 0.0 New
Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill 8 0 0 0 0 0 3,481 0.0 0.0
CPA Sidney Cordle 17 0 0 0 0 0 3,260 0.0 0.0
Christian[lower-alpha 8] Jeff Green 9 0 0 0 0 0 3,205 0.0 −0.1
No description[lower-alpha 9] N/A 0 0 0 0 0 3,012 0.0 N/A
Workers' Party of Ireland John Lowry 5 0 0 0 0 0 2,724 0.0 0.0
North East Hilton Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 0 2,138 0.0 0.0
Poole People Mike Howell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1,766 0.0 New
BNP Adam Walker 8 0 0 0 0 0 1,667 0.0 −1.9
Residents for Uttlesford John Lodge 1 0 0 0 0 0 1,658 0.0 New
Rochdale First Party Farooq Ahmed 1 0 0 0 0 0 1,535 0.0 New
Communist Robert David Griffiths 9 0 0 0 0 0 1,229 0.0 New
Pirate Laurence Kaye 6 0 0 0 0 0 1,130 0.0 0.0
National Front Kevin Bryan 7 0 0 0 0 0 1,114 0.0 0.0
Communities United Kamran Malik 5 0 0 0 0 0 1,102 0.0 New
Reality Mark "Bez" Berry 3 0 0 0 0 0 1,029 0.0 New
The Southport Party David Cobham 1 0 0 0 0 0 992 0.0 New
All People's Party Prem Goyal 4 0 0 0 0 0 981 0.0 New
Peace John Morris 4 0 0 0 0 0 957 0.0 New
Bournemouth Independent Alliance David Ross 1 0 0 0 0 0 903 0.0 New
Socialist (GB) Collective 10 0 0 0 0 0 899 0.0 New
Scottish Socialist Executive Committee 4 0 0 0 0 0 875 0.0 0.0
Alliance for Green Socialism Mike Davies 4 0 0 0 0 0 852 0.0 0.0
Your Vote Could Save Our Hospital Sandra Allison 1 0 0 0 0 0 849 0.0 New
Wigan Independents Gareth Fairhurst 1 0 0 0 0 0 768 0.0 New
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson 4 0 0 0 0 0 736 0.0 0.0
Something New James Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 695 0.0 New
Consensus Helen Tyrer 1 0 0 0 0 0 637 0.0 New
National Liberal National Council 2 0 0 0 0 0 627 0.0 New
Independents Against Social Injustice Steve Walmsley 1 0 0 0 0 0 603 0.0 New
Independence from Europe Mike Nattrass 5 0 0 0 0 0 578 0.0 New
Whig Waleed Ghani 4 0 0 0 0 0 561 0.0 New
Guildford Greenbelt Group Susan Parker 1 0 0 0 0 0 538 0.0 New
Class War Ian Bone 7 0 0 0 0 0 526 0.0 New
Above and Beyond Mark Flanagan 5 0 0 0 0 0 522 0.0 New
Northern Mark Dawson 5 0 0 0 0 0 506 0.0 New
Workers Revolutionary Sheila Torrance 7 0 0 0 0 0 488 0.0 0.0
Left Unity Kate Hudson 3 0 0 0 0 0 455 0.0 New
Liberty GB Paul Weston 3 0 0 0 0 0 418 0.0 New
People First Collective 1 0 0 0 0 0 407 0.0 New
Total 3,921 650 30,691,680
  1. ↑ 66 parties are grouped together as 'other parties'. None of those parties contested more than 2 constituencies, or gained more than 300 votes
  2. ↑ This column shows the change in vote share percentage from the 2010 general election to the 2015 general election. It does not account for by-elections.
  3. ↑ BBC News includes the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, in the MP tally and the vote tally for the Conservatives. See About these results, BBC News (30 April 2015). In this table, however, the speaker (who usually does not vote in the Commons) is listed separately, and has been removed from the Conservative tally.
  4. ↑ The UUP did not run itself in 2010; instead, it ran candidates under the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists banner.
  5. ↑ Several MPs who were each formally affiliated with a party at the beginning of the 55th Parliament were either suspended or had resigned from their parties by the time Parliament was dissolved and became independents; see here for details.
  6. ↑ BBC News lists the National Health Action Party together with Independent Community and Health Concern (formerly known as Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern), which is affiliated with the larger party, for a total of 20,210 votes. The Guardian lists each party separately. Health Concern received 7,211 of the votes attributed to the National Health Action Party.
  7. ↑ 66 parties, none of which contested more than 2 constituencies, each with under 300 votes
  8. ↑ The BBC groups together the votes under the Scottish Christian Party (1,467 votes); Christian Party (1,040 votes); and Christian (698 votes) labels, for a total of 3,205 votes. The Guardian lists these designations separately.
  9. ↑ Candidates who do not specify a party or Independent are categorised as No description

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