Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned from the United Kingdom parliament “with immediate effect”.
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In March he told local radio he “loves” being MP for the Oxfordshire constituency and revealed it was “very much my intention” to stand for a fifth term in the House of Commons.
I have thought about this log and hard over the summer and I have decided the right thing to do is to stand down as the member of parliament for Witney.
He promised to support the Conservative Party candidate chosen to replace him in the by-election that will be held in order to fill the Parliament vacancy.
“I fully support Theresa May and have every confidence that Britain will thrive under her strong leadership”.
Mr Cameron said there were “many good things” in the policy but refused to endorse the proposals.
While Conservative grandee Lord Ashcroft believes it won’t be long before Cameron is given a peerage for his services to the country, others were less than flattering about the former Prime Minister’s legacy. “That’s really the point”.
“As a former Prime Minister, you become a reason of distraction and create problems for the incumbent government”, he went on to say. But 61 days later, he informed Parliament for Witney of his resignation “to start building a life outside Westminster”.
Mr. Cameron said his resignation would take effect immediately.
He resigned as head of government in June, 2016, after failing to convince British and Northern Irish voters to remain in the European Union.
But Labour’s Angela Eagle declined to add her voice to the tributes, telling the BBC Mr Cameron had “put his whole country at risk to settle a debate in his own party” through the European Union referendum.
“His commitment to lead a one nation government is one I will continue to follow”, the PM said.
He had said he would continue as an MP until the next general election. In particular, she praised him for stabilizing the economy in the aftermath of the global financial crisis and his efforts at social reform.
“We should respect people who move on to do something else with their lives”, the Labour leader said. And I don’t want to be that distraction.
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That balancing act, which meant he was seen in Banbury as well as around the Witney area, helped him keep in touch with Oxfordshire issues as well as the great matters of state.
