David Cameron
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David William Donald Cameron (born October 9, 1966) is a British politician of the Conservative Party. He is Member of Parliament for Witney and Shadow Secretary of State for Education as a member of the Shadow Cabinet.
Raised near Wantage in Oxfordshire, he was educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford, and graduated in 1988 with a first class honours degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. David worked for the Conservative Research Department between 1988 and 1992, spending two days a week in Downing Street on the Prime Minister's Question Time briefing team.
After the election he became a Special Advisor to the Conservative government, first at the Treasury and then the Home Office, where he worked for Michael Howard. After a spell in the private sector at Carlton Communications, Cameron was selected as the Conservative candidate for Witney. There he succeeded the former Conservative MP Shaun Woodward who had defected to the Labour Party.
Since his election Cameron has risen quickly through the Conservative ranks. He was appointed a Shadow Minister, Privy Council Office - part of the frontbench team shadowing the Leader of the House of Commons in June 2003 and promoted in March 2004 to Shadow Minister for Local Government.
In June 2004, he became Head of Policy Co-ordination for the Conservative Party, and since September 2004 has been a member of the Shadow Cabinet. In May 2005, in the post-election reshuffle he was made Shadow Secretary of State for Education by Michael Howard.
There is speculation regarding him and the forthcoming vacancy for the leadership of the Conservative Party. It is said that he is Michael Howard's preferred candidate.
Cameron, who has a young son with Cerebral Palsy and severe Epilepsy, was named Disability Champion in the ePolitix Charity Champion Awards 2004. In the article supporting his nomination the National Society for Epilepsy wrote, "David has been a vocal supporter for improvements in services for those caring for severely disabled children and those with long-term conditions ... What is particularly significant is his willingness to draw on and speak about his own personal experiences as a father of a disabled child."
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External links
- David Cameron MP (http://www.davidcameronmp.com/) official site
- Conservative Party - David Cameron (http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personid=4520) official biography
- ePolitix.com - David Cameron (http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/David+Cameron/) profile
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: David Cameron MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-6188,00.html)
- They Work For You - David Cameron MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_cameron/witney)
- The Public Whip - David Cameron MP (http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=David_Cameron&mpc=Witney) voting record
- BBC News - Head of Shadow Policy Co-Ordination David Cameron (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/515.stm) profile 10 February, 2005
- BBC News - David Cameron (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2177179.stm) profile 16 October, 2002
- LookSmart - David Cameron (http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317836/us552286/us526499/us526505/us10234373/us599068/us670882/us10140098/us10140104/us10140194/) directory category
- Open Directory Project - David Cameron (http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Parties/Conservative/MPs/Cameron,_David/) directory categorysv:David Cameron