Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron
Cameron Shadow Cabinet | |
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Shadow Cabinet of the United Kingdom | |
2005 – 2010 | |
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Date formed | 6 December 2005 |
Date dissolved | 11 May 2010 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Leader of the Opposition | David Cameron |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition | William Hague |
Member party | |
Status in legislature | Official Opposition 198 / 650 (30%) |
History | |
Election | 2005 Conservative leadership election |
Outgoing election | 2010 general election |
Legislature terms | 54th UK Parliament |
Predecessor | Shadow Cabinet of Michael Howard |
Successor | First Shadow Cabinet of Harriet Harman |
Cameron had four
Under Cameron, the Conservatives made gains in the 2006 local elections, and made further gains in the 2007 and 2008 local elections. With the onset of the Great Recession leading to the Labour government under Gordon Brown taking the blame from a worsening economic climate, soaring unemployment and the expenses scandal, the Conservatives made signifiant gains in the local and European elections in 2009.
Following the 2010 general election, Cameron became prime minister at the head of a coalition government between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, as no party had gained an overall majority in the House of Commons for the first time since the February 1974 general election. One of the first decisions he made as prime minister was the appointment of Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, as deputy prime minister.