Witney

Boundary changes

Current MP: David Cameron (Con) born 1966, London. Leader of the Conservative Party. Educated at Eton and Oxford University, where he was a member of hte infamous Bullingdon club. Following university he worked in the Conservative Research department from 1988-1992. Special advisor to Norman Lamont from 1992-1993 and Michael Howard 1993-1994. Director of Corporate Affairs at Carlton Television from 1994-2001. Contested Stafford 1997. First elected as MP for Witney in 2001, following the defection of his predecessor Shaun Woodward to Labour. Vice-Chairman of the Conservative party 2003-2004, local government spokesman 2004, head of policy co-ordination 2004-2005. Following the 2005 election he was promoted to shadow education secretary. Following the announcement of Michael Howard’s resignation as leader Cameron indicated his intention to stand, being seen as Howard’s preferred choice as successor. His speech at the 2005 Conservative party conference, and a lacklustre speech by the then frontrunner David Davis saw him become the favourite and he was elected leader of the Conservative party in December 2005, despite allegations of drug use surfacing during the campaign. As leader of the Conservative party Cameron has sought to rebrand the Conservative party, making the environment a central plank of policy, pushing for the selection of female candidates and largely avoiding traditional Conservative issues such as immigration (more information at They work for you)

Candidates:
Count Nikolai Tolstoy-Miloslavsky (UKIP) born 1935. Educated at Wellington College and Trinity College, Dublin. Author and historian. Contested Barnsley East by-election 1996, Wantage 1997, 2001, 2005

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