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1 day ago · Howard promptly resigned as party leader, and David Cameron presided over the gradual ascent of the Conservatives over the next five years. Having captured 307 seats in the general election of 2010 , the Conservatives became the largest party in the House of Commons, but their failure to win an outright majority led to a hung Parliament .
2 days ago · Conservative rule expected to end after 14 years. ... Before that, Theresa May won the prime minister role in a national vote after David Cameron's resignation in 2016 when he held, and lost, a ...
1 day ago · That was when David Cameron and the Conservative returned to power after 13 years in the wilderness. U.K. debt now stands at 100 per cent of GDP and economic growth is still anemic.
4 days ago · When Brown called the general election for May 2010, Labour, which had been in power for 13 years, its longest stretch in government, did better than expected and denied the Conservative Party, now led by the smooth David Cameron, a majority in the House of Commons.
1 day ago · Nick Clegg. Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British media executive and former politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam from 2005 to 2017.
19 hours ago · David Cameron emerged in that time to beat the favourite David Davis, and went on to become prime minister in 2010. But others who suggest it needs to be a bit quicker look at 2010 to make their case.
1 day ago · After a record defeat at the general election, here are five possible outcomes for the Conservative Party. Ben Wright 5 Jul 2024, 1:20pm. Joe Pinkstone 5 Jul 2024, 1:18pm. Tara Thorpe 5 Jul 2024 ...
