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<\/p>\nDAVID Cameron replaced Gordon Brown as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2010 and oversaw many significant milestones.<\/p>\n
Here's what we know about his time as leader and why he left his post.<\/p>\n
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David Cameron was Prime Minister of the UK from May 11, 2010, to July 13, 2016.<\/p>\n
Cameron became the Conservatives' leader in 2005 when he pipped David Davis to the post with 68 per cent of MPs' votes.<\/p>\n
Five years later the country went once again to the polls, with David Cameron leading the Conservatives… not to victory, but to a hung Parliament.<\/p>\n
The Tories won the largest number of votes and seats in the UK, but still fell 20 seats short of a majority.<\/p>\n
This was only the second time since the Second World War that an election had resulted in a hung Parliament, and no party seemed to have prepared for the eventuality.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned as a result, leading to Ed Miliband being elected the party's new leader in September that year.<\/p>\n
The Liberal Democrats – who hadn't performed better since 1988 – joined Cameron's government, and the ConDem coalition was born.<\/p>\n
At 43, Cameron became the youngest Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool in 1812.<\/p>\n
Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, served as deputy Prime Minister.<\/p>\n
Cameron repeatedly warned about the need for austerity in the run-up to the election.<\/p>\n
He pledged Britain would be "business" ready and promised the "most radical decentralisation of power this country has seen for generations".<\/p>\n
The Tory leader also promised to eliminate the bulk of the deficit – which he failed to do.<\/p>\n
He also introduced free schools – there are now more than 300 of them.<\/p>\n
As education secretary Michael Gove rewrote the curriculum in primary schools in 2013 – to the condemnation of teachers and unions.<\/p>\n
Cameron vowed to stop A&E and maternity wards closures, but failed to do so.<\/p>\n
He also said he'd scrap the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights – which he never managed to do.<\/p>\n
Theresa May would later return to that policy to great controversy, and also fail to implement it.<\/p>\n
Cameron also vowed to make the UK "the world's first low-carbon economy", including becoming a world leader in green goods and services.<\/p>\n
This was not fulfilled, with Britain around sixth in the field in the time Cameron was in office.<\/p>\n
However, central government emissions were cut by 14 per cent in their first year.<\/p>\n
Other pledges included an annual limit on non-EU economic migrants, which wasn't met.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n To everyone's surprise, Cameron's Conservatives won an outright majority with 306 seats (a 36.1 per cent vote share).<\/p>\n Under Ed Miliband, the Labour Party increased its share of the vote slightly to 30.4 per cent, but incurred a net loss of seats and returned with 232 MPs.<\/p>\n This was the lowest tally since 1987.<\/p>\n Cameron came under increasing pressure to call a referendum on UK's membership of the EU, and called one.<\/p>\n This would become the defining issue of his premiership, with Cameron campaigning to remain as part of the EU.<\/p>\n The country voted to Leave Europe on June 23, 2016 – and Cameron quit the morning after.\u00a0<\/p>\n He also retired as MP of Witney, where he'd served as a constituency MP since 2001.<\/p>\n He was replaced in the role by Theresa May, who was in charge for three years from 2016 to 2019.<\/p>\n However, Cameron returned to politics in November 2023, forming part of Rishi Sunak's cabinet.<\/p>\n He replaced James Cleverly as Foreign Secretary, with Cleverly replacing Suella Braverman as Home Secretary.<\/p>\n With his role, Cameron also took a seat in the House of Lords.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crop-24719165.jpg\")
<\/picture>CAM’S COMEBACK <\/span><\/p>\nHow David Cameron can be in the Cabinet if he’s not an MP<\/h3>\n
![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2015-rt-hon-david-cameron-859310448.jpg\")
<\/picture>RECALL ME DAVE<\/span><\/p>\nDavid Cameron is back \u2013 but will high stakes return help or hinder Rishi<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>ON THE RECORD <\/span><\/p>\nA look at what David Cameron is doing now<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>MY CAM-ILY <\/span><\/p>\nA look at the children of former Prime Minister David Cameron<\/h3>\n
What happened at the 2015 election?<\/h2>\n