2016 Witney by-election 2016 Witney by-election The Witney by-election was a UK parliamentary by-election held on 20 October 2016 in the constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire. It took place on the same day as the Batley and Spen by-election. They were the fifth and sixth by-elections of the 56th UK Parliament. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) David Cameron on 12 September 2016. The election was won by Conservative Robert Courts with a reduced majority, and the Liberal Democrats came in second with an increase in vote share of 23.4 percentage points. David Cameron had
Premiership of David Cameron became the leader, David Cameron promised a brand of "modern compassionate Conservatism" for the Conservative party. He embarked on a "hug a husky" trip to highlight the impact of climate change and consistently underlined the NHS as his priority. Under Cameron, the selection panels were banned from asking would-be-MPs about their sexuality. In government, Cameron introduced a number of policies which was traditionally opposed by the Conservative party, including: Electorally, Cameron led the Conservatives to become the largest party in the United Kingdom general election, 2010 and won an outright majority in United Kingdom general election, 2015. The UK economy