This is a summary of theelectoral history ofDavid Cameron, who served asPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 andLeader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016, and asForeign Secretary in theSunak ministry from 2023 to 2024. He was also themember of parliament (MP) forWitney from 2001 to 2016.
| 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 | |||
| Turnout | 51,772 | 76.6 | −6.3 | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +10.7 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −1.4 | |||
| Candidate | First ballot: 18 October 2005 | Second ballot: 20 October 2005 | Members' vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| Political party | Leader | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominated | Elected | Of total (%) | Gained | Lost | Net | Count | Proportion of total (%) | Change in proportion (%) | ||||||
| Conservative[b] | David Cameron | 631 | 306 | 47.1 | 100 | 3 | +97 | 10,703,754 | 36.1 | +3.7 | ||||
| Labour | Gordon Brown | 631[c] | 258[d] | 39.7[e] | 3 | 94 | −91[f] | 8,609,527[g] | 29.0[h] | −6.2[i] | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Green | Eleanor Scott andPatrick 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 andFrances 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 | Terry Allen | 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 | ||||||
The following table shows final election results as reported byBBC News[11] andThe Guardian.[12]
| Political party | Leader | MPs | Votes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates[13] | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Of total (%) | Total | Of total (%) | Change[b] (%) | ||||||
| Conservative[c] | David Cameron | 647 | 330 | 35 | 11 | +24 | 50.8 | 11,299,609 | 36.8 | +0.7 | ||||
| Labour | Ed Miliband | 631[d] | 232[e] | 22[f] | 48[g] | −26[h] | 35.7[i] | 9,347,273[j] | 30.4[k] | +1.5[l] | ||||
| 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 Party of England and Wales | Natalie Bennett | 538 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1,111,603 | 3.8 | +2.7 | ||||
| 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 | —[m] | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Patrick Harvie /Maggie Chapman | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39,205 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||
| 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[n] | 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 | ||||
| Green (NI) | Steven Agnew | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,822 | 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[o] | Jeff Green | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,205 | 0.0 | −0.1 | ||||
| No description[p] | — | 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[q] | 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[r] | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,958 | 0.0 | — | |||||
| Total | 3,921 | 650 | 30,697,525 | |||||||||||