Preceded by Mike Nattrass Name David Bannerman Leader Roger Knapman Role Member of Parliament | Preceded by Petrina Holdsworth Preceded by Tom Wise Succeeded by Paul Nuttall | |
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Leader Nigel Farage
The Lord Pearson of Rannoch
Jeffrey Titford Born 26 May 1960 (age 63)
Bombay, India ( 1960-05-26 ) Other political
affiliations UK Independence Party (2004–2011)
Conservative (1985–2004) Education University of Pennsylvania, University of Edinburgh, Bryanston School Similar People Geoffrey Van Orden, Vicky Ford, Henry Campbell‑Bannerman, Richard Howitt, Nigel Farage Profiles | ||
Political party Conservative Party | ||
Watch David Campbell Bannerman MEP on Sky News - what are MEPs doing about Brexit?
David Campbell Bannerman MEP (born 28 May 1960 in Bombay) is a Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the East of England, having sat for the UK Independence Party until 24 May 2011. He served as UKIP deputy leader from 2006 until 2010, when he was replaced by Paul Nuttall.
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- Watch David Campbell Bannerman MEP on Sky News what are MEPs doing about Brexit
- Ukip mep david campbell bannerman look at non eu member switzerland
- Education and business career
- Political career
- References
Before joining UKIP, he was a Conservative activist who came to prominence as Chairman of the Bow Group. He stood for Parliament as a Conservative at the 1997 election in Glasgow Rutherglen and in 2001 in Warwick and Leamington. Campbell Bannerman joined UKIP in 2004, and was elected in 2009.
In 2015, he became co-chairman of a new Eurosceptic pressure group, Conservatives for Britain.
Campbell Bannerman is a relative of former Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman who led the Liberal Party to a landslide victory over the Conservatives in the 1906 General Election.
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Education and business career
Campbell Bannerman was educated at Bryanston School, the University of Edinburgh (MA, Economics and Politics) and at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He started work as a trainee accountant with Binder Hamlyn before becoming an account executive with Allen, Brady & Marsh. After working for HDM he became Executive Director of Vantagepoint Communications. Between 1997 and 1999 he was Communications Director/External Affairs Director of the Association of Train Operating Companies, before becoming Head of Communications, United News & Media plc in 2000.
Political career
Campbell Bannerman was a member of the Conservative Party, as a borough councillor in Royal Tunbridge Wells from 1992-1996. He was chairman of the Bow Group from 1993 to 1994 and Special Advisor to Sir Patrick Mayhew from 1996 to 1997 while Sir Patrick was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
In 1997, he stood for the Conservatives in Glasgow Rutherglen and in 2001 in Warwick and Leamington where he obtained nearly 38% of the vote in second place.
After joining UKIP in 2004, Campbell Bannerman stood as that party's candidate for North Cornwall in the 2005 General Election and polled 3063 votes. He was appointed Party Chairman in December 2005, following the resignation of Petrina Holdsworth.
Outside party politics, has been a member of the London Safety Camera Partnership Project Board and was involved in the "Save Acton Mainline" Campaign.
In 2006, he stood for the leadership of the UK Independence Party, scoring third place with 1,443 votes, after Richard Suchorzewski who came a clear second. After that election, he was appointed Deputy Leader by Nigel Farage, who had won the election.
During the 2007 Scottish Parliament Elections, he stood as UKIP's Holyrood Regional List candidate for the Highlands and Islands. His campaign gained UKIP 1,287 votes (0.7%), down 0.5% from UKIP's 2003 campaign. In 2009, he was elected to the European Parliament after UKIP won 19.6% of the vote in the East of England region.
Bannerman was the main author of UKIP's 2010 election manifesto. Following the resignation of UKIP leader Lord Pearson, in 2010 Campbell Bannerman announced his intention to stand for the leadership of UKIP for a second time, but came third, behind Nigel Farage and Tim Congdon.
Campbell Bannerman returned to the Conservative Party on 24 May 2011 and now sits as a Conservative MEP in the European Parliament. Since 2014 he has served as chairman of the Parliament's delegation to Iraq.