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
Samantha Cameron several times by David Cameron, including in his victory speech following his victory in the Conservative party leadership election in 2005. The Camerons are members of the Chipping Norton set. Samantha Cameron Samantha Gwendoline Cameron ("née" Sheffield; born 18 April 1971) is a British businesswoman and the wife of David Cameron, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. Until 13 May 2010, Cameron was the Creative Director of Smythson of Bond Street. Cameron took on a part-time consultancy role at Smythson, after her husband became Prime Minister. Samantha Cameron is the elder daughter of Sir