Editing Michael Ancram (section)

===Later years as an MP===
Ancram was a founding signatory in 2005 of the [[Henry Jackson Society]] principles, advocating a proactive approach to the spread of [[liberal democracy]] across the world, including when necessary by military intervention. On 21 April 2006 he became one of the first senior Conservative MPs to call for British troops to withdraw from [[Iraq]], saying it was effectively in a state of civil war and that "It is time now for us to get out of Iraq with dignity and honour while we still can."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4929180.stm|title=Tory MP urges Iraq troop pull-out|date=21 April 2006|access-date=1 November 2006|work=BBC News}}</ref>

In 2006, Ancram set up [[Global Strategy Forum]], a bi-partisan foreign affairs [[think tank]] based in London.

From 2008 to 2013, Ancram was chair of foreign policy forum [[Le Cercle]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ancram |first=Michael |date=21 February 2012 |title=Le Cercle |url=https://isgp-studies.com/organisations/Cercle/2012-02-21-le-cercle-pinay-document.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528014351/https://isgp-studies.com/organisations/Cercle/2012-02-21-le-cercle-pinay-document.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>

Ancram was a founder member of the [[Top Level Group|Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/08/nuclear-disarmament-cross-party-group | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Nuclear-free world ultimate aim of new cross-party pressure group | first=Julian | last=Borger | date=8 September 2009}}</ref> established in October 2009.

On 11 August 2009, Ancram announced that he was to stand down as the MP for [[Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)|Devizes]] at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] due to heart problems.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6009691/Michael-Ancram-to-stand-down-as-MP.html |title=Michael Ancram to stand down as MP |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=11 August 2009| first=Rosa | last=Prince | access-date=12 May 2010}}</ref> He retired when Parliament was dissolved on 12 April 2010; his successor as Conservative member for the Devizes constituency was [[Claire Perry]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/regions/west/8346502.stm | work=BBC News | title=Claire Perry chosen for Devizes | date=6 November 2009 | access-date=12 May 2010}}</ref>