2016 Witney by-election
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The <entity_2> was a UK parliamentary by-election held on <entity_3> in the constituency of <entity_6> in Oxfordshire. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting <entity_1> <entity_0> (MP) David Cameron, the former Prime Minister of the <entity_4> on 12 September 2016. The election was won by the <entity_1> <entity_5> with a reduced vote share, and the Liberal Democrats came in second with an increase in vote share of 23.4 percentage points. David Cameron had been the <entity_1> MP for the seat since the 2001 general election, becoming leader of the <entity_1> in 2005 and Prime Minister of the <entity_4> in 2010. Following the Leave result in the referendum on the <entity_4>'s membership of the European Union that Cameron had campaigned against, he resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the <entity_1>, being replaced by Theresa May.
['UK Parliamentary by-election']