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David Cameron was elected as the new Conservative leader by a margin of more than two to one over David Davis in 2005 at the age of 39, replacing the outgoing Michael Howard.
Originally tipped as the Tories' Tony Blair, Cameron - with his mountain bike and fondness for indie rock music - likes to be seen as a man of the people, despite reportedly being a distant relative of the Queen.

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Click thumbnail to enlarge - David Cameron during a walk-about in Sheperds Bush, west London, in April 2007. The fight against serious crime is being hampered by police forces' failure to work together, the Tories warned as they unveiled proposals for a specialist national squad. Shadow police reform minister Nick Herbert demanded an end to isolated "fiefdoms" across the country, but denied giving senior officers an ultimatum. A new serious crime force is one of the initial proposals of a year-long review of policing ordered by Tory leader David Cameron and led by Mr Herbert. Click thumbnail to enlarge - David Cameron picks up rubbish in Filton in support of the party's Fighting Crime and Grime initiative. The Tory leader smiled happily for the cameras as he ripped up nettles and shifted a battered pram from a path in Filton, a predominantly Labour supporting area in south Gloucestershire. Click thumbnail to enlarge - A gentleman checks his watch as he meets leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron (second left) on a walkabout in Glasgow on the Holyrood election trail in April 2007.Click thumbnail to enlarge - Conservative party leader David Cameron looks out to sea in Blackpool during a visit to the town following the local elections in May 2007. Cameron insisted that his party made "a real breakthrough" in the local elections. Click thumbnail to enlarge - David Cameron gives his speech to the Police Federation Conference 2007 at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool in May. In his speech, he told police officers that he does not actually expect anyone to "hug a hoodie". Mr Cameron said he wanted to make it clear that he is "serious" and not soft" on crime.
Click thumbnail to enlarge - David leaves his home in west London, on his way to the House of Commons for Prime Minsters Questions in June 2007.Click thumbnail to enlarge - Conservative Party leader David Cameron and his wife Samantha at the christening of their 15-month-old son Arthur Elwen at St Mary's Abbot Church in central London, July 2007.Click thumbnail to enlarge - Tory leader David Cameron, with Sedgefield by-election candidate Graham Robb and his 15-year-old daughter Helen, tour Newton Aycliffe shopping centre while on the election trial in July 2007.David Cameron came a little unstuck when his car broke down, leaving the wannabe Prime Minister stranded, surrounded by Labour Party activists. Click thumbnail to enlarge - Conservative Party leader David Cameron speaks to a member of the public during a visit to Ealing, west London, July 2007.Click thumbnail to enlarge - David Cameron, leader of Britain's Conservative Party, at the National Memorial for Genocide in Kigali, Rwanda during a two-day visit to the country in July. David Cameron was visiting Rwanda ahead of the launch of a Tory strategy to tackle global poverty. The Conservative leader joined more than 40 volunteers from his party who had been working on aid projects in the east African country.
Click thumbnail to enlarge - Conservative Party Leader and Witney MP David Cameron meets members of the fire brigade during a visit to flood-hit Upton upon Severn as floodwaters receded from the town in July 2007. Mr Cameron had come under fire for going to Rwanda while his constituents were flooded in their homes. Click thumbnail to enlarge - Leader of the Conservative party David Cameron delivers a speech on effective discipline in schools at the Policy Exchange in London, July 2007. A Conservative government would strip local authorities of the power to overturn a head teacher's decision to expel a child from school, Cameron said, as part of a package of measures unveiled by the Conservative leader to improve discipline in schools and restore the authority of teachers. Click thumbnail to enlarge - Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron (left) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (right). Labour scored a double-figure opinion poll lead in August, as Brown led the party to its highest such advantage since before the Iraq war. The YouGov survey for the Sunday Times put the governing party up two at 42% while Cameron's Opposition slumped one to 32%. It was the biggest gap registered in the poll since November 2002, underlining the sustained honeymoon being enjoyed by the new Prime Minister. Click thumbnail to enlarge - Conservative Party leader David Cameron has breakfast with British troops in Camp Bastion, Southern Afghanistan, on the final day of his two-day fact-finding mission in August 2007. David Cameron met British troops at the forefront of operations fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. On the second day, the Tory leader was shown around the field hospital at Camp Bastion - the main British base in the southern province of Helmand, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting. Click thumbnail to enlarge - Conservative Party leader David Cameron meets boxer Amir Khan at the Gloves Gym, in Bolton, September 2007. Mr Cameron was at the gym, a community project set up to help local people reach their full potential, to make a speech launching the next stage of his idea for a school leaver programme.

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David Cameron and the cannabis controversy

David Cameron hit the headlines in February 2007 when allegations were made in a new unofficial biography that he smoked cannabis during his schooldays at Eton College. A public figure being sniped at by the media was nothing new, but what was refreshing was the sensible reaction from all quarters.

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  1. Is David Cameron the right man to lead the Conservative Party back to power?
    1. Absolutely: he's a young, dynamic leader with bags of character and great ideas
      55%
    2. Not a chance. It would take a small miracle to get the Tories back into Downing Street
      31%
    3. I'm not sure - but anything's better than Michael Howard...
      14%
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