David Campbell Bannerman

David Campbell Bannerman
David Campbell Bannerman MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for East of England
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 July 2009
Personal details
Born 26 May 1960
Bombay, India
Political party Conservative Party (Pre-2004, 2011 onwards)
Other political
affiliations
United Kingdom Independence Party (2004–11)

David Campbell Bannerman (born 28 May 1960 in Bombay) is a Member of the European Parliament for East of England for the Conservative Party, having sat for the United Kingdom Independence Party until 24 May 2011.[1] He served as UKIP deputy leader from 2006 until 2010, when he was replaced by Paul Nuttall.

Before joining UKIP, he was a Conservative Party activist who came to prominence as the Chairman of the Bow Group. He ran for Parliament at the 1997 election in Glasgow Rutherglen and in 2001 in Warwick and Leamington. Campbell Bannerman joined UKIP in 2004.[2] He was elected in 2009.

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Family

Campbell Bannerman is distantly connected through the Bannerman family to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman[citation needed], the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1906-8 (but not through the Campbell of Stracathro family, the other source of the Campbell-Bannermans).

Education and business career

Campbell Bannerman was educated in Dorset[citation needed], then at Edinburgh University and University of Pennsylvania.[3] He started work as a trainee accountant with Binder Hamlyn before becoming an account executive with Allen, Snapey & 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 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 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.[3]

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 as the 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 ran 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 as Party 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%) that was 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.

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.[4]

Campbell Bannerman returned to the Conservative Party on 24 May 2011 and now sits as a Conservative MEP in the European Parliament.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
Petrina Holdsworth
Chairman of the UK Independence Party
2005–2006
Succeeded by
John Whittaker
Preceded by
Mike Nattrass
Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party
(with Lord Monckton, 2010)

2006–2010
Succeeded by
Paul Nuttall

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