David Cameron after the death of Alan Clark, but did not make the shortlist. He was in the final two but narrowly lost at Wealden in March 2000, a loss ascribed by Samantha Cameron to his lack of spontaneity when speaking. On 4 April 2000 Cameron was selected as prospective candidate (PPC) for Witney in Oxfordshire. This had been a safe Conservative seat but its sitting MP Shaun Woodward (who had worked with Cameron on the 1992 election campaign) had "crossed the floor" to join the Labour Party and was selected instead for the safe Labour seat of St Helens South. Cameron's
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