Original sentence: He is the favourite to be elected as the next leader of the Conservative Party and thus also to become the next Leader of the Opposition.On Tuesday 6 December, David Cameron was announced as the Leader of the Conservative Party and HM Leader of the Opposition.Some commentators have compared him with Tony Blair, on account of his media-friendly appearance and apparent desire to effect serious change within his party
Edited sentence: Cameron was elected with over 120,000 votes from Conservative Party members on a 78% turnout.He is the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons.His victory in the leadership election was announced on Tuesday 6 December, at which point he became Leader of the Conservative Party and HM Leader of the Opposition.It remains to be seen whether this inexperience will affect his ability to lead his party effectively.Some commentators have compared him with Tony Blair, on account of his media-friendly appearance and stated desire to effect serious change within his party.Unlike Blair, however, who had eleven years experience as a Member of Parliament and five years in the Shadow Cabinet behind him when elected to the leadership of the Labour Party in 1994, Cameron is uniquely inexperienced and untested among Leaders of the Opposition over the past two hundred years.With just four years experience as a Member of Parliament Cameron is the most inexperienced politician to take the leadership of a major UK political party since the passing of the Great Reform Act in 1832, having spoken from the Opposition despatch box in the chamber of the House of Commons only four times since his election to parliament