David Cameron Biography

The Right Honourable David Cameron MP
Member of Parliament for Witney
Born 9 October 1966 (1966-10-09) (age 42)
London, England
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse Samantha Sheffield
Children Ivan, Nancy and Arthur
Alma mater Brasenose College, Oxford
Religion Church of England

Short Bio David Cameron

david cameron David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is the current leader of the Conservative Party aand Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Cameron has been involved in British politics for much of his adult life. He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, gaining a first class honours degree. He then joined the Conservative Research Department and became Special Adviser to Norman Lamont, and then to Michael Howard. He was Director of Corporate Affairs at Carlton Communications for seven years.

A first candidacy for Parliament at Stafford in 1997 ended in defeat but Cameron was elected in 2001 as Member of Parliament for the Oxfordshire constituency of Witney. Promoted to the Opposition front bench two years after entering Parliament, he rose rapidly to be head of policy co-ordination during the 2005 general election campaign.

Cameron won the Conservative leadership later that year after presenting himself as a young and moderate candidate who would appeal to young voters. His early leadership saw the Conservative Party establish a lead in opinion polls over Tony Blair's Labour for the first time in over ten years. Although they went behind for a time after Gordon Brown replaced Blair as Labour leader and Prime Minister, the Conservatives were consistently ahead throughout 2008.

The economic crisis of 2008 and 2009 has made the Labour government unpopular, but not all members of the public blame the government for the crisis.

David Cameron has been described as a compassionate Conservative. His leadership style has sometimes been suggested to be similar to the style of Tony Blair when he gained office for the Labour party.

The Conservatives won the 2010 election, but faced a large budget deficit, high unemployment and slow economic recovery. To tackle the budget deficit, the Conservatives announced a controversial austerity budget of higher taxes and lower government spending.