Work and Politics
Cameron's work as the head of Smythson of Bond Street has won her a British Glamour Magazine Award for Best Accessory Designer. She has been noted as turning the company around and establishing it as a fashionable and popular brand. She also worked as a spokesperson for Shiatzy Chen.
Two days after her husband became Prime Minister, she announced she was stepping down from her full-time role to take on a consultancy role within Smythson for two days a week. She said that choice was hers alone and had been made after she discovered she was pregnant again and after what she described as an "understandably difficult year", attributed to the death of her first child, Ivan.
Cameron serves as Ambassador for the British Fashion Council and plays a prominent role in London Fashion Week. In 2010, she was named in Tatler’s top 10 best-dressed list.
During March 2010, the Daily Mail reported that Cameron may have voted for Tony Blair's Labour party, and that she might vote for Gordon Brown in the 2010 general election, following comments made by Shadow Arts Minister, Ed Vaizey to Andrew Rawnsley during the making of a documentary for Channel 4. However, a Conservative spokesman issued a statement to blogger Iain Dale, stating that "The Mail on Sunday story is not true. Sam has never voted Labour and never will. She took five weeks off work to campaign for the Tories in Stafford in the 1997 general election". Samantha Cameron then issued her own statement: "I did not vote for Tony Blair in 1997 and I have never voted Labour".
Cameron is credited with coining the phrase "There is such a thing as society, it's just not the same thing as the state", which has been said several times by David Cameron, including in his victory speech following his victory in the Conservative party leadership election in 2005. This is a reference to Margaret Thatcher's often misquoted phrase "There is no such thing as society". The Camerons are key members of the Chipping Norton set.
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