David Cameron
From Witney Website - Maintained by the people of Witney
David Cameron, Witney MP, became the leader of the Conservative Party on Tuesday December 6th when he won 134,446 of the 198.844 (67.6%) valid votes cast by Tory party members.
David Cameron became the Witney MP in 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.
[edit] David Cameron Facts
• David Cameron is married to Samantha and they have 3 children (their third child, a boy named Arthur Elwin, was born on February 14th 2006 and weighed 7lb 13oz).
• 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
• Cameron is Patron of St Mary's Church, Witney
• David Cameron is Patron of Witney United FC
[edit] David Cameron Career
2005 - present MP for Witney and Conservative Party leader
2001 - 2005 MP for Witney
1994 - 2001 Director of Corporate Affairs, Carlton Communications Plc
1993 - 1994 Special Advisor to the Home Secretary
1992 - 1993 Special Advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1988 - 1992 Conservative Research Department, Head of the Political Section
