 The party would not return to government until 2010, and did not win a parliamentary majority until 2015.The following day Major travelled to Buckingham Palace to inform the Queen of his resignation as Prime Minister.Shortly before this he had announced his intention to also resign as Conservative Leader, giving his final statement outside 10 Downing Street in which he said; "When the curtain falls, it is time to get off the stage—and that is what I propose to do."