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Know Your Member of Parliament - David Cameron

David Cameron was first elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Witney constituency in West Oxfordshire in June 2001, and was re-elected in May 2005 with 49.3% of the votes (26,571 votes, a 14,156 majority over Liz Leffman the Liberal Democrat candidate). The swing being 0.8% from Liberal Democrat to Conservative.

Born in October 1966, David has worked at a high level in both business and Government. He spent almost seven years at Carlton Communication plc, one of the UK's leading media companies, where he was Director of Corporate Affairs and served on the Executive Board.

He became the leader of the Conservative Party on Tuesday December 6th 2005 when he won 134,446 of the 198.844 (67.6%) valid votes cast by Tory party members.

He was a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee and has already spoken in Parliament on a wide range of Home Office and other issues. He has previously held the positions of Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (2003), Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party (2003), front bench spokesman on Local Government Finance (2004) and Head of Policy Co-ordination up until May 2005.

After the General Election in 2005, David held the position of Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills.

Some Facts About David Cameron

David Cameron is married to Samantha, who is the Creative Director of Smythsons of Bond Street and they have 2 children
Cameron was educated at Eton College between 1979 and 1985
He then continued his education at Brasenose College, Oxford between 1985 and 1988 where he gained 1st Class Hons in Politics, Philosophy and Economics
He was special adviser to Cabinet ministers Michael Howard and Norman Lamont in the 1990s, then communications director at Carlton television
Cameron was Tory campaign coordinator at general election, then shadow education secretary Conservative Research Department, Head of the Political section
Cameron is Patron of St Mary's Church, Witney

David takes an interest in a wide range of subjects. He has recently held a special debate on disability issues and GBS, an infection affecting new born babies. As a constituency MP he has made a series of speeches, points and questions in Parliament about local issues. These include debates about the NHS and transport in Oxfordshire; questions about the A40, rural issues, retention and pay of public servants, the future of RAF Brize Norton and funding for forces.

Former representatives of this area at Westminster since 1918:

1918-1922 Sir R Rhys-Williams
1922-1945 A J Edmondson
1945-1959 A D Dodds-Parker
1959-1974 H N Marten
1974-1997 D R Hurd
1997-2001 S A Woodward
2001- till date D Cameron

Interests
In Parliament, David has also served on the Modernisation Committee that looks at operation and reform of the House of Commons. He is a Vice-Chairman of the All Party Committee on Drugs and the All Party Media Committee. David was recently elected to the Executive of the British American Parliamentary Group and the Council of the Royal Institute for International Affairs.

In West Oxfordshire, David supports a range of local groups and charities. He is a Patron of St Mary's Church in Witney, the Carterton Educational Trust, the Oxfordshire Victoria County History Trust and the Mulberry Bush School in Standlake. In the last three years he has completed three sponsored bicycle rides raising around ?8000 for a range of local charities, including Oxfordshire Association for the Blind, the Lawrence Home Nursing Team, SCCWID and Springfield School in Witney. Outside work, David's interests include playing tennis, riding, country sports and watching television. He is a keen cook.

Since becoming a separate constituency in 1983 the highest Conservative turnout and majority were achieved by Douglas Hurd in 1992 (36,256 and 22,568), whilst the lowest were reached by Shaun Woodward in 1997 (24,282 and 7,028). David Cameron's majority in 2001 was 7973, an increase of 1.9% over his predecessor.

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