Electoral history of David Cameron

This is a summary of the electoral history of David Cameron, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016, and as Foreign Secretary in the Sunak ministry from 2023 to 2024. He was also the member of parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016.

Parliamentary elections

1997 general election, Stafford

General election 1997: Stafford^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kidney	24,606	47.5	+12.6
	Conservative	David Cameron	20,292	39.2	–8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pam A. Hornby	5,480	10.6	–5.9
	Referendum	Stephen R. Culley	1,146	2.2	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Ashton A.N. May	248	0.5	New
Majority			4,314	8.3	N/A
Turnout			51,772	76.6	–6.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.7

2001 general election, Witney

General election 2001: Witney^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cameron	22,153	45.0	+2.0
	Labour	Michael Bartlet	14,180	28.8	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Epps	10,000	20.3	+0.4
	Green	Mark Stevenson	1,100	2.2	+1.1
	Independent	Barry Beadle	1,003	2.0	New
	UKIP	Kenneth Dukes	767	1.6	+0.2
Majority			7,973	16.2	+3.8
Turnout			49,203	65.9	−10.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

2005 general election, Witney

General election 2005: Witney^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cameron	26,571	49.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Leffman	12,415	23.0	+2.7
	Labour	Tony Gray	11,845	22.0	−6.8
	Green	Richard Dossett-Davies	1,682	3.2	+1.0
	UKIP	Paul Wesson	1,356	2.5	+0.9
Majority			14,156	26.3	+10.1
Turnout			53,869	69.0	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

2010 general election, Witney

General election 2010: Witney^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cameron	33,973	58.8	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Barnes	11,233	19.4	−3.1
	Labour	Joe Goldberg	7,511	13.0	−9.4
	Green	Stuart MacDonald	2,385	4.1	+1.0
	UKIP	Nikolai Tolstoy	2,001	3.5	+0.9
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	234	0.3	New
	Independent	Paul Wesson	166	0.3	New
	Independent	Johnnie Cook	151	0.3	New
	Wessex Regionalist	Colin Bex	62	0.1	New
	Independent	Aaron Barschak	53	0.1	New
Majority			22,740	39.4	+12.5
Turnout			57,769	73.3	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.3

2015 general election, Witney

General election 2015: Witney^[6]^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cameron	35,201	60.2	+1.4
	Labour	Duncan Enright	10,046	17.2	+4.2
	UKIP	Simon Strutt	5,352	9.2	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Graham	3,953	6.8	−12.6
	Green	Stuart MacDonald	2,970	5.1	+1.0
	NHA	Clive Peedell	616	1.1	New
	Wessex Regionalist	Colin Bex	110	0.2	+0.1
	Independent	Christopher Tompson	94	0.2	New
	Reduce VAT in Sport	Vivien Saunders	56	0.1	New
	Give Me Back Elmo	Bobby Smith	37	0.1	New
	Land Party	Deek Jackson	35	0.1	New
	Independent	Nathan Handley	12	0.02	New
Majority			25,155	43.0	+3.6
Turnout			58,482	73.3	0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4

2005 Conservative Party leadership election

Candidate		First ballot: 18 October 2005		Second ballot: 20 October 2005		Members' vote
Candidate		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	David Cameron	56	28.3	90	45.5	134,446	67.6
	David Davis	62	31.3	57	28.8	64,398	32.4
	Liam Fox	42	21.2	51	25.7	Eliminated
	Kenneth Clarke	38	19.2	Eliminated
Turnout		198	100	198	100	198,844	78.4^[9]^[a]
David Cameron elected

United Kingdom general elections

2010 general election

e • d Summary of the May 2010 House of Commons of the United Kingdom election results^[10]
Political party		Leader	Candidates						Votes

Political party		Leader	Nominated	Elected	Of total (%)	Gained	Lost	Net	Count	Proportion of total (%)	Change in proportion (%)
	Conservative^{[table 1]}	David Cameron	631	306	47.1	100	3	+97	10,703,754	36.1	+3.7
	Labour	Gordon Brown	631	258	39.7	3	94	−91	8,609,527	29.0	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Clegg	631	57	8.8	8	13	−5	6,836,824	23.0	+1.0
	UKIP	Lord Pearson	558	0	0	0	0	0	919,546	3.1	+0.9
	BNP	Nick Griffin	338	0	0	0	0	0	564,331	1.9	+1.2
	SNP	Alex Salmond	59	6	0.9	0	0	0	491,386	1.7	+0.1
	Green	Caroline Lucas	310	1	0.2	1	0	+1	265,247	0.9	−0.2
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	17	5	0.8	0	0	0	171,942	0.6	−0.1
	DUP	Peter Robinson	16	8	1.2	0	1	−1	168,216	0.6	−0.3
	Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn Jones	40	3	0.5	1	0	+1	165,394	0.6	−0.1
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	18	3	0.5	0	0	0	110,970	0.4	−0.1
	UCU-NF	Reg Empey	17	0	0	0	1	−1	102,361	0.3	−0.1
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	107	0	0	0	0	0	64,826	0.2	0.2
	Alliance	David Ford	18	1	0.2	1	0	+1	42,762	0.1	0.0
	Respect	Salma Yaqoob	11	0	0	0	1	−1	33,251	0.1	−0.1
	TUV	Jim Allister	10	0	0	0	0	0	26,300	0.1	—
	Speaker	—	1	1	0.2	0	0	0	22,860	0.1	0.0
	Independent – Rodney Connor	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	21,300	0.1	—
	Independent – Sylvia Hermon	—	1	1	0.2	1	0	+1	21,181	0.1	—
	Christian	George Hargreaves	71	0	0	0	0	0	18,623	0.1	+0.1
	Scottish Green	Eleanor Scott and Patrick Harvie	20	0	0	0	0	0	16,827	0.1	0.0
	Health Concern	Richard Taylor	1	0	0	0	1	−1	16,150	0.1	0.0
	Independent – Bob Spink	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	12,174	0.0	—
	TUSC	Dave Nellist	37	0	0	0	0	0	12,275	0.0	—
	National Front	Ian Edward	17	0	0	0	0	0	10,784	0.0	0.0
	Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy	John Stevens	1	0	0	0	0	0	10,331	0.0	—
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	27	0	0	0	0	0	7,510	0.0	0.0
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	23	0	0	0	0	0	7,196	0.0	−0.1
	Liberal	Rob Wheway	5	0	0	0	0	0	6,781	0.0	−0.1
	Blaenau Gwent PV	Dai Davies	1	0	0	0	1	−1	6,458	0.0	−0.1
	CPA	Alan Craig	17	0	0	0	0	0	6,276	0.0	0.0
	Mebyon Kernow	Dick Cole	6	0	0	0	0	0	5,379	0.0	0.0
	Lincolnshire Independent	Marianne Overton	3	0	0	0	0	0	5,311	0.0	—
	Mansfield Independent Forum		1	0	0	0	0	0	4,339	0.0	—
	Green (NI)	Mark Bailey and Karly Greene	4	0	0	0	0	0	3,542	0.0	0.0
	Socialist Alternative	Peter Taaffe	4	0	0	0	0	0	3,298	0.0	0.0
	Trust	Stuart Wheeler	2	0	0	0	0	0	3,233	0.0	—
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Fox and Frances Curran	10	0	0	0	0	0	3,157	0.0	−0.1
	People Before Profit	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	2,936	0.0	—
	Local Liberals People Before Politics		1	0	0	0	0	0	1,964	0.0	—
	Independent – Esther Rantzen	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	1,872	0.0	—
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mike Davies	6	0	0	0	0	0	1,581	0.0	0.0
	SDP	Peter Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0	1,551	0.0	—
	Pirate	Andrew Robinson	9	0	0	0	0	0	1,348	0.0	—
	Common Sense Party	Howard Thomas	2	0	0	0	0	0	1,173	0.0	0.0
	Staffordshire Independent Group		1	0	0	0	0	0	1,208	0.0	0.0
	Tendring First		1	0	0	0	0	0	1,078	0.0	0.0
	Solihull and Meriden Residents Association		2	0	0	0	0	0	977	0.0	0.0
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	6	0	0	0	0	0	947	0.0	0.0
	Democratic Labour	Brian Powell	1	0	0	0	0	0	842	0.0	0.0
	English Independence Party		1	0	0	0	0	0	803	0.0	0.0
	Democratic Nationalist Party		2	0	0	0	0	0	753	0.0	—
	Save King George Hospital		1	0	0	0	0	0	746	0.0	0.0
	Workers Revolutionary	Sheila Torrance	7	0	0	0	0	0	738	0.0	0.0
	Peace	John Morris	3	0	0	0	0	0	737	0.0	0.0
	Animal Protection	—	4	0	0	0	0	0	675	0.0	0.0
	Christian Movement for Great Britain		2	0	0	0	0	0	598	0.0	0.0
	New Millennium Bean Party	Captain Beany	1	0	0	0	0	0	558	0.0	0.0
Total			3,720	650	100	115	115	0	29,687,604	Turnout: 65.1

^ This figure excludes John Bercow (Buckingham)

2015 general election

The following table shows final election results as reported by BBC News^[11] and The Guardian.^[12]

e • d Summary^[b] of the May 2015 House of Commons of the United Kingdom results
Political party		Leader	MPs						Votes

Political party		Leader	Candidates^[13]	Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Of total (%)	Total	Of total (%)	Change^[c] (%)
	Conservative^[d]	David Cameron	647	330	35	11	+24	50.8	11,299,609	36.8	+0.7
	Labour	Ed Miliband	631	232	22	48	−26	35.7	9,347,273	30.4	+1.5
	UKIP	Nigel Farage	624	1	1	0	+1	0.2	3,881,099	12.6	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Clegg	631	8	0	49	−49	1.2	2,415,916	7.9	−15.1
	SNP	Nicola Sturgeon	59	56	50	0	+50	8.6	1,454,436	4.7	+3.1
	Green	Natalie Bennett England & Wales Patrick Harvie / Maggie Chapman Scotland Steven Agnew Northern Ireland	575	1	0	0	0	0.2	1,157,630	3.8	+2.8
	DUP	Peter Robinson	16	8	1	1	0	1.2	184,260	0.6	0.0
	Plaid Cymru	Leanne Wood	40	3	0	0	0	0.5	181,704	0.6	0.0
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	18	4	0	1	−1	0.6	176,232	0.6	0.0
	UUP	Mike Nesbitt	15	2	2	0	+2	0.3	114,935	0.4	—^[e]
	SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	18	3	0	0	0	0.5	99,809	0.3	0.0
	Independent	—	170	1	0	0	0	0.2	98,711	0.3	—
	Alliance	David Ford	18	0	0	1	−1	0	61,556	0.2	+0.1
	TUSC	Dave Nellist	128	0	0	0	0	0	36,490	0.1	+0.1
	Speaker	John Bercow	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	34,617	0.1	0.0
	NHA^[f]	Richard Taylor & Clive Peedell	13	0	0	0	0	0	20,210	0.1	0.0
	TUV	Jim Allister	7	0	0	0	0	0	16,538	0.1	0.0
	Respect	George Galloway	4	0	0	0	0	0	9,989	0.0	−0.1
	CISTA	Paul Birch	34	0	0	0	0	0	8,419	0.0	New
	People Before Profit	Collective	1	0	0	0	0	0	7,854	0.0	0.0
	Yorkshire First	Richard Carter	14	0	0	0	0	0	6,811	0.0	New
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	35	0	0	0	0	0	6,531	0.0	−0.2
	Mebyon Kernow	Dick Cole	6	0	0	0	0	0	5,675	0.0	0.0
	Lincolnshire Independent	Marianne Overton	5	0	0	0	0	0	5,407	0.0	0.0
	Liberal	Steve Radford	4	0	0	0	0	0	4,480	0.0	0.0
	Monster Raving Loony	Alan "Howling Laud" Hope	27	0	0	0	0	0	3,898	0.0	0.0
	Independent Save Withybush Save Lives	Chris Overton	1	0	0	0	0	0	3,729	0.0	New
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	8	0	0	0	0	0	3,481	0.0	0.0
	CPA	Sidney Cordle	17	0	0	0	0	0	3,260	0.0	0.0
	Christian^[g]	Jeff Green	9	0	0	0	0	0	3,205	0.0	−0.1
	No description^[h]	—		0	0	0	0	0	3,012	0.0	—
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	5	0	0	0	0	0	2,724	0.0	0.0
	North East	Hilton Dawson	4	0	0	0	0	0	2,138	0.0	0.0
	Poole People	Mike Howell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1,766	0.0	New
	BNP	Adam Walker	8	0	0	0	0	0	1,667	0.0	−1.9
	Residents for Uttlesford	John Lodge	1	0	0	0	0	0	1,658	0.0	New
	Rochdale First Party	Farooq Ahmed	1	0	0	0	0	0	1,535	0.0	New
	Communist^[i]	Robert David Griffiths	9	0	0	0	0	0	1,229	0.0	New
	Pirate	Laurence Kaye	6	0	0	0	0	0	1,130	0.0	0.0
	National Front	Kevin Bryan	7	0	0	0	0	0	1,114	0.0	0.0
	Communities United	Kamran Malik	5	0	0	0	0	0	1,102	0.0	New
	Reality	Mark "Bez" Berry	3	0	0	0	0	0	1,029	0.0	New
	The Southport Party	David Cobham	1	0	0	0	0	0	992	0.0	New
	All People's Party	Prem Goyal	4	0	0	0	0	0	981	0.0	New
	Peace	John Morris	4	0	0	0	0	0	957	0.0	New
	Bournemouth Independent Alliance	David Ross	1	0	0	0	0	0	903	0.0	New
	Socialist (GB)	Collective	10	0	0	0	0	0	899	0.0	New
	Scottish Socialist	Executive Committee	4	0	0	0	0	0	875	0.0	0.0
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mike Davies	4	0	0	0	0	0	852	0.0	0.0
	Your Vote Could Save Our Hospital	Sandra Allison	1	0	0	0	0	0	849	0.0	New
	Wigan Independents	Gareth Fairhurst	1	0	0	0	0	0	768	0.0	New
	Animal Welfare	Vanessa Hudson	4	0	0	0	0	0	736	0.0	0.0
	Something New	James Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	695	0.0	New
	Consensus	Helen Tyrer	1	0	0	0	0	0	637	0.0	New
	National Liberal	National Council	2	0	0	0	0	0	627	0.0	New
	Independents Against Social Injustice	Steve Walmsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	603	0.0	New
	Independence from Europe	Mike Nattrass	5	0	0	0	0	0	578	0.0	New
	Whig	Waleed Ghani	4	0	0	0	0	0	561	0.0	New
	Guildford Greenbelt Group	Susan Parker	1	0	0	0	0	0	538	0.0	New
	Class War	Ian Bone	7	0	0	0	0	0	526	0.0	New
	Above and Beyond	Mark Flanagan	5	0	0	0	0	0	522	0.0	New
	Northern	Mark Dawson	5	0	0	0	0	0	506	0.0	New
	Workers Revolutionary	Sheila Torrance	7	0	0	0	0	0	488	0.0	0.0
	Left Unity	Kate Hudson	3	0	0	0	0	0	455	0.0	New
	Liberty GB	Paul Weston	3	0	0	0	0	0	418	0.0	New
	People First	Collective	1	0	0	0	0	0	407	0.0	New
	Other parties^[j]	—		0	0	0	0	0	7,284	0.0	—
Total			3,921	650					30,697,525

^ Turnout of 198,884 out of a membership of 253,600
^ 66 parties are grouped together as 'other parties'. None of those parties contested more than 2 constituencies, or received more than 300 votes
^ This column shows the change in vote share percentage from the 2010 general election to the 2015 general election. It does not account for by-elections.
^ BBC News includes the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, in the MP tally and the vote tally for the Conservatives. See About these results, BBC News (30 April 2015). In this table, however, the Speaker, who usually does not vote in the Commons, is listed separately, and his seat and the 34,617 votes he received have been removed from the Conservative tally.
^ The UUP did not run itself in 2010; instead, it ran candidates under the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists banner.
^ BBC News lists the National Health Action Party together with Independent Community & Health Concern (formerly known as Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern), as the smaller was affiliated with the larger, for a total of 20,210 votes. The Guardian lists each party separately, Health Concern having received 7,211 and National Health Action having received 12,999 of the 20,210 total votes the BBC attributes to the National Health Action Party.
^ The BBC groups together the votes under the Scottish Christian Party (1,467 votes); Christian Party (1,040 votes); and Christian (698 votes) labels, for a total of 3,205 votes. The Guardian lists these designations separately.
^ Candidates who do not specify a party or Independent are categorised as No description
^ The Guardian lists the vote totals for the designation "Communist" (555 votes), Communist Party of Britain (275 votes), Communist Party (263 votes), and Scottish Communist Party (136 votes) separately. In this table, these designations are grouped into a single Communist tally for a total of 1,229 votes.
^ 66 parties, none of which contested more than 2 constituencies, each with under 300 votes

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[12] This figure excludes John Bercow (Buckingham)

[10] Turnout of 198,884 out of a membership of 253,600

[15] 66 parties are grouped together as 'other parties'. None of those parties contested more than 2 constituencies, or received more than 300 votes

[17] This column shows the change in vote share percentage from the 2010 general election to the 2015 general election. It does not account for by-elections.

[18] BBC News includes the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, in the MP tally and the vote tally for the Conservatives. See About these results, BBC News (30 April 2015). In this table, however, the Speaker, who usually does not vote in the Commons, is listed separately, and his seat and the 34,617 votes he received have been removed from the Conservative tally.

[19] The UUP did not run itself in 2010; instead, it ran candidates under the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists banner.

[20] BBC News lists the National Health Action Party together with Independent Community & Health Concern (formerly known as Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern), as the smaller was affiliated with the larger, for a total of 20,210 votes. The Guardian lists each party separately, Health Concern having received 7,211 and National Health Action having received 12,999 of the 20,210 total votes the BBC attributes to the National Health Action Party.

[21] The BBC groups together the votes under the Scottish Christian Party (1,467 votes); Christian Party (1,040 votes); and Christian (698 votes) labels, for a total of 3,205 votes. The Guardian lists these designations separately.

[22] Candidates who do not specify a party or Independent are categorised as No description

[23] The Guardian lists the vote totals for the designation "Communist" (555 votes), Communist Party of Britain (275 votes), Communist Party (263 votes), and Scottish Communist Party (136 votes) separately. In this table, these designations are grouped into a single Communist tally for a total of 1,229 votes.

[24] 66 parties, none of which contested more than 2 constituencies, each with under 300 votes

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