Witney (UK Parliament constituency) of St Helens South instead, following the practice of Alan Howarth in 1997. At the 2001 general election, David Cameron was elected as MP for Witney. Cameron was re-elected to a fourth term as MP for the constituency at the 2015 general election with a majority of 25,155, the highest in his political career; on that occasion his Conservative Party won a surprise overall majority in the House of Commons, taking 330 seats to the opposition Labour Party's 232. However, on 24 June 2016, Cameron announced that he would resign as Prime Minister by that October due to the outcome
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