Even Sir Alec when he lost the 1964 GE stayed on 10 years in @HouseofCommons Cameron only been 15 years in @HouseofCommons
Has any Prime Minister in history had a shorter spell in the Commons than Cameron's 15 years - apart from PMs who were peers?
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Yes, shortest term as MP by any PM I can think of - Major & Chamberlain both 22 years.
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Blair of course resigned PM and stood down at same time but he had been MP for 27 years
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24 - 1983 - 2007. Kinnock did the same after John Smith elected - MP for 22 years - 1970-92.
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No Kinnock resigned Leadership then but remained MP till 1995 when made Euro Commissioner
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Yes, quite right. Apologies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Kinnock#European_Union_Commissioner …
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Of those who were PM only in the Commons, Cameron now holds record of shortest service as an MP (previously Spencer Perceval)
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@SmithTonyD@MichaelLCrick ...and I don't think Spencer Perceval intended his time to be as short as is was...
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Spencer Perceval had 16 years from 1796-1812 - career cut short by assassination though.
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opportunity missed there
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I couldn't possibly comment...
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In modern times the shortest parliamentary terms before Cameron were Neville Chamberlain (1918-40) & John Major (1979-2001)
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both 22 years.
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Alec Douglas-Home, though he sort of falls into your peers category
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Was MP for Lanark for most of the 1930s.
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1931-1945
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In Amory's case Macmillan made him a Viscount and appointed him High Commissioner to Canada.
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His 19 years (assuming 2020) will be shortest Parliamentary span by any Chancellor since Derick Heathcoat Amory (1945-60)
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Suspect George Osborne will quit as an MP too in 2020 (if not before) as his seat is disappearing in the boundary changes.
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and 63 years of WE Gladstone (1832-95) though interrupted from 1845-7.
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