Electoral history of David Cameron

This is a summary of the electoral history of David Cameron, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016.

Parliamentary elections

1997 general election, Stafford

General election 1997: Stafford[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Kidney 24,606 47.5 12.6
Conservative David Cameron 20,292 39.2 8.9
Liberal Democrats Pam A. Hornby 5,480 10.6 5.9
Referendum Stephen R. Culley 1,146 2.2 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Ashton A.N. May 248 0.5 N/A
Majority 4,314 8.3 N/A
Turnout 51,772 76.6 6.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 10.7

2001 general election, Witney

General election 2001: Witney[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cameron 22,153 45.0 +2.0
Labour Michael Bartlet 14,180 28.8 -1.8
Liberal Democrats Gareth Epps 10,000 20.3 +0.4
Green Mark Stevenson 1,100 2.2 +1.1
Independent Barry Beadle 1,003 2.0 New
UKIP Kenneth Dukes 767 1.6 +0.2
Majority 7,973 16.2 +3.8
Turnout 49,203 65.9 -10.8
Conservative hold Swing +1.9

2005 general election, Witney

General election 2005: Witney[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cameron 26,571 49.3 +4.3
Liberal Democrats 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 +1.0
UKIP Paul Wesson 1,356 2.5 +0.9
Majority 14,156 26.3 +10.1
Turnout 53,869 69.0 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing +0.8

2010 general election, Witney

General election 2010: Witney[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cameron 33,973 58.8 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Dawn Barnes 11,233 19.4 -3.1
Labour Joe Goldberg 7,511 13.0 -9.4
Green Stuart MacDonald 2,385 4.1 +1.0
UKIP Nikolai Tolstoy 2,001 3.5 +0.9
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 234 0.3 New
Independent Paul Wesson 166 0.3 New
Independent Johnnie Cook 151 0.3 New
Wessex Regionalist Colin Bex 62 0.1 New
Independent Aaron Barschak 53 0.1 New
Majority 22,740 39.4 +12.5
Turnout 57,769 73.3 +4.3
Conservative hold Swing +6.3

2015 general election, Witney

General election 2015: Witney[6][7][8]
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 Democrats Andy Graham 3,953 6.8 −12.6
Green Stuart MacDonald 2,970 5.1 +1.0
National Health Action Clive Peedell 616 1.1 New
Wessex Regionalist Colin Bex 110 0.2 +0.1
Independent Christopher Tompson 94 0.2 New
Reduce VAT in Sport Vivien Saunders 56 0.1 New
Give Me Back Elmo Bobby Smith 37 0.1 New
Land Party Deek Jackson 35 0.1 New
Independent Nathan Handley 12 0.02 New
Majority 25,155 43.0 +3.6
Turnout 58,482 73.3 0.0
Conservative hold Swing −1.4

2005 Conservative Party leadership election

Candidate First ballot:
18 October 2005
Second ballot:
20 October 2005
Members' vote
Votes % Votes % Votes %
David Cameron 56 28.3 90 45.5 134,446 67.6
David Davis 62 31.3 57 28.8 64,398 32.4
Liam Fox 42 21.2 51 25.7 Eliminated
Kenneth Clarke 38 19.2 Eliminated
Turnout 198 100 198 100 198,844 100
David Cameron elected

United Kingdom general elections

2010 general election

 Summary of the May 2010 House of Commons of the United Kingdom election results[9]
Political party Leader Candidates Votes
Nominated Elected Of total (%) Gained Lost Net Count Proportion
of total (%)
Change in
proportion (%)
Conservative[table 1] David Cameron63130647.11003+9710,703,75436.1+3.7
Labour Gordon Brown63125839.7394−918,609,52729.0−6.2
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg631578.8813−56,836,82423.0+1.0
UKIP Lord Pearson55800000919,5463.1+0.9
BNP Nick Griffin33800000564,3311.9+1.2
SNP Alex Salmond5960.9000491,3861.7+0.1
Green Caroline Lucas31010.210+1265,2470.9−0.2
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams1750.8000171,9420.6−0.1
DUP Peter Robinson1681.201−1168,2160.6−0.3
Plaid Cymru Ieuan Wyn Jones4030.510+1165,3940.6−0.1
SDLP Margaret Ritchie1830.5000110,9700.4−0.1
UCU-NF Reg Empey170001−1102,3610.3−0.1
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook1070000064,8260.20.2
Alliance David Ford1810.210+142,7620.10.0
Respect Salma Yaqoob110001−133,2510.1−0.1
TUV Jim Allister100000026,3000.1N/A
Speaker N/A110.200022,8600.10.0
IndependentRodney Connor N/A10000021,3000.1N/A
IndependentSylvia Hermon N/A110.210+121,1810.1N/A
Christian George Hargreaves710000018,6230.1+0.1
Scottish Green Eleanor Scott and Patrick Harvie200000016,8270.10.0
Health Concern Richard Taylor10001−116,1500.10.0
IndependentBob Spink N/A10000012,1740.0N/A
TUSC Dave Nellist370000012,2750.0N/A
National Front Ian Edward170000010,7840.00.0
Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy John Stevens10000010,3310.0N/A
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope27000007,5100.00.0
Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill23000007,1960.0−0.1
Liberal Rob Wheway5000006,7810.0−0.1
Blaenau Gwent PV Dai Davies10001−16,4580.0−0.1
CPA Alan Craig17000006,2760.00.0
Mebyon Kernow Dick Cole6000005,3790.00.0
Lincolnshire Independent Marianne Overton3000005,3110.0N/A
Mansfield Independent Forum 1000004,3390.0N/A
Green (NI) Mark Bailey and Karly Greene4000003,5420.00.0
Socialist Alternative Peter Taaffe4000003,2980.00.0
Trust Stuart Wheeler2000003,2330.0N/A
Scottish Socialist Colin Fox and Frances Curran10000003,1570.0−0.1
People Before Profit N/A1000002,9360.0N/A
Local Liberals People Before Politics 1000001,9640.0N/A
IndependentEsther Rantzen N/A1000001,8720.0N/A
Alliance for Green Socialism Mike Davies6000001,5810.00.0
SDP Peter Johnson2000001,5510.0N/A
Pirate Andrew Robinson9000001,3480.0N/A
Common Sense Party Howard Thomas2000001,1730.00.0
Staffordshire Independent Group 1000001,2080.00.0
Tendring First 1000001,0780.00.0
Solihull and Meriden Residents Association 2000009770.00.0
Communist Robert Griffiths6000009470.00.0
Democratic Labour Brian Powell1000008420.00.0
English Independence Party 1000008030.00.0
Democratic Nationalist Party 2000007530.0N/A
Save King George Hospital 1000007460.00.0
Workers Revolutionary Sheila Torrance7000007380.00.0
Peace John Morris3000007370.00.0
Animal Protection N/A4000006750.00.0
Christian Movement for Great Britain 2000005980.00.0
New Millennium Bean Party Captain Beany1000005580.00.0
Total 3720 650 100 115 115 0 29,687,604 Turnout: 65.1
  1. This figure excludes John Bercow (Buckingham)

2015 general election

The following table shows final election results as reported by BBC News[10] and The Guardian.[11]

 Summary[lower-alpha 1] of the May 2015 House of Commons of the United Kingdom results
Political party Leader MPs Votes
Candidates[12] Total Gained Lost Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change[lower-alpha 2] (%)
Conservative[lower-alpha 3] David Cameron 647 330 35 11 +24 50.8 11,299,609 36.8 +0.7
Labour Ed Miliband 631 232 22 48 −26 35.7 9,347,273 30.4 +1.5
UKIP Nigel Farage 624 1 1 0 +1 0.2 3,881,099 12.6 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg 631 8 0 49 −49 1.2 2,415,916 7.9 −15.1
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 59 56 50 0 +50 8.6 1,454,436 4.7 +3.1
Green Party of England and Wales Natalie Bennett 538 1 0 0 0 0.2 1,111,603 3.8 +2.7
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 0.5 181,704 0.6 0.0
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 18 4 0 1 −1 0.6 176,232 0.6 0.0
UUP Mike Nesbitt 15 2 2 0 +2 0.3 114,935 0.4 N/A[lower-alpha 4]
Independent N/A 170 1 0 0 0 0.2 101,897 0.3 N/A
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 18 3 0 0 0 0.5 99,809 0.3 0.0
Alliance David Ford 18 0 0 1 −1 0 61,556 0.2 +0.1
Scottish Green Patrick Harvie / Maggie Chapman 32 0 0 0 0 0 39,205 0.1 0.0
TUSC Dave Nellist 128 0 0 0 0 0 36,490 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 5] Richard Taylor & Clive Peedell 13 0 0 0 0 0 12,999 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 0 0 0 9,989 0.0 −0.1
Green (NI) Steven Agnew 5 0 0 0 0 0 6,822 0.0 0.0
CISTA Paul Birch 34 0 0 0 0 0 6,566 0.0 New
People Before Profit Collective 1 0 0 0 0 0 6,978 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 6] Jeff Green 9 0 0 0 0 0 3,205 0.0 −0.1
No description[lower-alpha 7] N/A 0 0 0 0 0 3,012 0.0 N/A
Workers' Party John Lowry 5 0 0 0 0 0 2,724 0.0 0.0
North East Party 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
Other parties[lower-alpha 8] N/A 0 0 0 0 0 65,537 0.0 N/A
Total 3,921 650 30,697,525
  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. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Candidates who do not specify a party or Independent are categorised as No description
  8. 66 parties, none of which contested more than 2 constituencies, each with under 300 votes

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