article_snippet: At the time of the sale on April 30, 2005, Mrs Cameron was the Tories' head of policy coordination, a largely back office role.
article_snippet: Mrs Cameron was appointed shadow education secretary six days later, in the wake of the Tories' election defeat.
article_snippet: Last night a spokesman for Mrs Cameron said: 'The sale of Smythson happened before the 2005 General Election, when Michael Howard was leader of the Conservative Party. '
article_snippet: Mrs Cameron was not a board director and was not responsible for The sale of Smythson.
article_snippet: It would be entirely wrong to suggest any wrongdoing or attempts to obtain undue influence.'
article_snippet: By the time of the sale