The Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 11 May 2010 – 13 July 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gordon Brown | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Theresa May | ||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 13 November 2023 – Election night 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | James Cleverly | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Lammy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 6 December 2005 – 11 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Deputy | William Hague | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Michael Howard | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Harriet Harman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Conservative Party | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 6 December 2005 – 11 July 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Michael Howard | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Theresa May | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | David William Donald Cameron 9 October 1966 Marylebone, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Cameron family | ||||||||||||||||||
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David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, PC (born 9 October 1966), is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. Concurrently, he was leader of the opposition until his party's victory in the the 2010 general election as the member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016. Out of government for seven years, he was made foreign secretary in 2023 under the prime minister, Rishi Sunak; as he had resigned his Commons seat, he served from the House of Lords. Cameron identifies as a one-nation conservative and—as party leader and prime minister—was associated with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies.
Early life and education
editEarly political career
editPre-premiership (2001–2010)
editBackbencher and opposition frontbench (2001–2005)
editLeader of the opposition and party reformation (2005–2010)
editGeneral election and government formation (2010)
editPremiership (2010–2016)
editCoalition years and austerity (2010–2015)
editReferendum and resignation (2015–2016)
editWilderness years (2016–2023)
editGreensill scandal
editForeign secretary (2023–2024)
editPersonal life
editPolitical positions
editLegacy
editThings to include:
- Conservative Party reform, modernisation, the A-list, moderate figure ("liberal conservative")
- Impact of austerity on Britain to present
- Gay marriage
- War in Libya, Arab Spring
- Brexit and the instability that followed
- Something about "chillaxing", casual government, laziness etc.
In his 2019 autobiography For the Record, Cameron wrote:
[Self-reflective quote goes here][1]
Historians and scholars have [judgement based on sources].[2] Quintiles.
In Iain Dale's The Prime Ministers Adam Boulton writes that "the mirthless ditty he was overheard humming as he headed back through the front door of No. 10 Downing Street was a fitting theme tune for his careless years as prime minister—years that left his country weaker, poorer and bitterly divided".[3]
Notes and references
editNotes
References
- ^ Cameron 2019, p. n.
- ^ Kershaw et al. 2016.
- ^ Dale & Boulton 2020, p. 491.
Sources
editBooks and journals
edit- Cameron, David (2019). For the Record. William Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-823928-2.
- Dale, Ian; Boulton, Adam (2020). "David Cameron". The Prime Ministers: Three Hundred Years of Political Leadership. Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 482–491. ISBN 978-1-529-31216-4.
- King, Anthony; Crewe, Ivor (2014). The Blunders of Our Governments. Oneworld Publications. ISBN 978-1-78-074405-6.
- Seldon, Anthony; Snowdon, Peter (2015). Cameron at 10: The Inside Story. William Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-757551-0.
- Riley-Smith, Ben (2023). The Right to Rule: Thirteen Years, Five Prime Ministers and the Implosion of the Tories. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1-39-981029-6.
News
edit- Kershaw, Ian; Seldon, Anthony; Todd, Selina; Adi, Hakim; Gardiner, Juliet; Bogdanor, Vernon (15 July 2016). "David Cameron's legacy: the historians' verdict". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2019.