Cameron: My wife picks my clothes for me

In an interview aimed at shoring up the Conservative’s female vote, Mr Cameron revealed everything from his taste in clothes to his cooking habits.

Speaking to Woman and Home magazine, Mr Cameron said he relied on his wife to choose clothes as he was “not interested” in them.

“Samantha has extremely good taste. And I’m not really interested in clothes, mainly I like wearing clothes that don’t make me stand out.

“I tend to go for Marks & Spencer and Gap, and I do get put in the changing room at Gap and clothes are passed to me under the changing room door - a bit like feeding time at the zoo!”

Asked how his friends viewed him, Mr Cameron said: “I hope they’d say I’m optimistic, I enjoy life and that I’m fun.

“But also that I’m quite driven in doing what I believe in. I really profoundly believe in this job and what I’m doing but I try to keep a balance because although this job is a complete passion, at the same time it’s my judgment that matters so I’ve got to keep good balance and pace to make sure I don’t get frazzled and fried.

“So I do take breaks: last weekend I did an eight-mile bicycle ride along the Windrush valley in beautiful cold sunshine with Samantha and two of our children.

“That, to me, was a perfect Sunday morning.”

The Tory leader - who has been mocked for his fondness for “chillaxing” - said his perfect evening would be preparing dinner and watching television.

“It involves cooking - and eating - then watching a good detective drama on TV, or House Of Cards,” he said. “Ideally we’d be at our house in Oxfordshire, which feels more and more like home.

“I love cooking; my signature dish is something slow-cooked - like belly of pork or shoulder of lamb.”