The Opposition leader said he was “delighted” that the secret vote went in his favour after hours of discussions.
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Later, in a brief speech on Downing Street, the 49-year-old Cameron defended his government’s legacy.
Speaking in parliament on Wednesday during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session, Cameron said he would miss the “roar of the crowd” but insisted he would be an active participant in parliament from the backbenches.
Taking his last Cabinet meeting, the outgoing PM spoke of his “honour and pleasure” at having served for six years and told colleagues Mrs May was “the right person to lead the country wisely through the hard times ahead”.
He posed for images in front the shiny black door, waved, and embarked on the brief trip to the palace.
Unionists in Northern Ireland will have been heartened by new Prime Minister Theresa May emphasiing the full name of the Tory party, the Conservative and Unionist Party, and stressing how the Union is very important to her.
But Corbyn pointedly quoted from a leadership contest speech by Cameron’s successor Theresa May in which she attacked greedy corporate bosses and said that many people in the United Kingdom did not feel they share in the country’s prosperity.
He left the chamber to applause from all sides of the House and a standing ovation from his Conservative colleagues.
He then walked away from no.10 hand in hand with his three children and wife – and headed to Buckingham Palace to meet her Majesty the Queen. But Juncker told reporters in Beijing that he had “no beef” with Cameron.
One of the more cheerful exchanges took place between Cameron and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
But she had to resign as PM in November 1990, before the completion of her third term, as she failed to receive a majority in the Conservative Party’s annual vote for selection of a leader.
May will need to form a Cabinet – speculated to include many female ministers and a designated Brexit minister.
The public gallery had been packed to watch Mr Cameron’s final PMQs, and they too stood and applauded. However, the EU leadership is unlikely to agree to such a deal, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that there will be no informal pre-negotiations; and earlier today, the EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said May must “accelerate” the Brexit process and bring forward the Article 50.
Mrs May is the 13th Prime Minister to serve this queen – the first was Winston Churchill.
Despite all of that, Cameron is expected to receive a warm farewell when he visits the House of Commons on Wednesday. Based on her Cabinet appointments and sackings, she has proved to be rather ruthless. Cameron! Prime Minister’s Questions: “We love your show!”
Mr Corbyn faces another leadership contest after he was challenged by former Labour frontbenchers Owen Smith and Angela Eagle.
He says he would be a “radical and credible” leader.
The Labour Party executive committee has ruled that his name must be on the ballot despite his lack of backing among legislators. With only one candidate in the race, a planned vote of rank-and-file party members was called off.
The victor will be announced in late September.
A Hertfordshire composer who’s turned a tune David Cameron hummed yesterday into what he describes as an “evil anthem” says he can’t believe it’s gone viral.
But Cameron was attacked by pro-EU Scottish MPs for calling the referendum that led to Britain voting to leave the bloc.
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This will be his final piece of advice to the Queen and as soon as he leaves that room he will no longer be Prime Minister.
