David Cameron is 60 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 9 October 1966.
Quick facts
Date of birth9 October 1966
Age60
NationalityBritish
BirthplaceMarylebone, United Kingdom
Editor's Take:
Cameron's trajectory reveals both modern Conservatism's contradictions and the hazards of referendums. Educated at Eton and Oxford, a Bullingdon Club member who descended from William IV, he nonetheless repositioned his party through socially liberal gestures like legalising same-sex marriage. His premiership blended austerity economics with cautious modernisation. Yet the gamble he took to resolve internal party divisions over Europe instead triggered the most significant constitutional rupture in post-war British history. His unexpected return as foreign secretary in 2023, enabled by a peerage, demonstrated both his enduring establishment credentials and the peculiarities of the unwritten constitution he once governed under.
Key Milestones
2001: Elected MP for Witney constituency
2005: Became Conservative Party leader aged 39
2010: Formed coalition government as prime minister
2016: Resigned after losing EU referendum campaign
David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton (born 9 October 1966), is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. Cameron was Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016 and Leader of the Opposition from 2005 to 2010.
David Cameron was born in Marylebone on 9 October 1966.
Cameron led the United Kingdom as prime minister from 2010 to 2016, heading first a coalition with the Liberal Democrats and then a Conservative majority government.
He held the Brexit referendum in 2016 and resigned immediately after the vote to leave the European Union succeeded against his recommendation.
After leaving Parliament in 2016, he returned to government in 2023 as foreign secretary under Rishi Sunak, receiving a life peerage to enable the appointment.
Career highlights
2005Conservative leader: succeeded Michael Howard
2010Prime minister: led coalition government
2012London Olympics: oversaw summer games
2016Brexit referendum: resigned after Leave won
2023Foreign secretary: appointed by Sunak
Did you know?Cameron was approached by Russian men during a Soviet Union visit who his professor later said were definitely KGB recruitment agents.
