Dale Campbell-Savours
The Lord Campbell-Savours | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2001 Life peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Workington | |
| In office 3 May 1979 – 14 May 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Page |
| Succeeded by | Tony Cunningham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 August 1943 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Guðrún Kristín Runólfsdóttir |
Dale Norman Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours (born 23 August 1943[citation needed]) is a British Labour Party politician. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington from 1979 to 2001, he now sits in the House of Lords.
Early life
Campbell-Savours was educated at Keswick School and at the Sorbonne, Paris, and became Managing Director of a clock and metal component manufacturing company.
Parliamentary career
A councillor on Ramsbottom Urban District Council from 1972–1974, he contested Darwen at both the February 1974 and October 1974 general elections and then Workington at a by-election in 1976. He was elected Member of Parliament for Workington at the 1979 general election. He represented Workington until his retirement from the House of Commons in 2001.
Campbell-Savours was opposition spokesman for international development (1991–1992) and for food, agriculture and rural affairs (1992–1994), but then resigned from the front bench due to ill health. He was a member of various select committees, including: agriculture (1994–1996); standards and privileges (1995–2001); and the Intelligence and Security Committee (1995–2001).
House of Lords
He was created a life peer as Baron Campbell-Savours, of Allerdale in the County of Cumbria on 4 July 2001[1] and now sits in the House of Lords.
His political interests are listed as social work, education and health reform, and industrial democracy.
Campbell-Savours is a strong advocate for reform of rape laws to prevent innocent men being victims of false allegations. Most notably he used his Parliamentary privilege to reveal the identity of a serial false accuser, who had previously remained anonymous due to laws which protect women who report sexual assault. The move was described as "outrageous" by women's rights campaigners,[2] who claimed that the decision to name the woman was illegal, an attack on anonymity laws and amounted to persecution of women who report rape.[3] The named woman, who was never convicted of perverting the course of justice, said that Campbell-Savours’ decision was a "setback for all victims of sexual assault".[4]
Personal life
Campbell-Savours married in 1970 Guðrún Kristín Runólfsdóttir from Reykjavík, Iceland; the couple have three sons.[5]
His son Markus Campbell-Savours was elected Labour MP for Penrith and Solway in the 2024 general election.[6]
He is Patron of the Cumbria Deaf Association, the Rural Academy Cumbria, and is President of both Allerdale Mind, and the Cumberland County League. He enjoys trout fishing and music in his spare time.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "No. 56268". The London Gazette. 9 July 2001. p. 8071.
- ^ "False rape accusers may lose right to anonymity". The Independent. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "Ending the attack on rape survivors who report to the police". Against Rape. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "'Rape victim' rounds on peer who named her as liar". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "Hálf-íslenskur þingmaður í Bretlandi: Varði æskusumrum við Þingvallavatn - ruv.is". ruv.is/ (in Icelandic). 6 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Labour reveals candidate for Penrith and Solway seat in General Election - cumbriacrack.com". cumbriacrack.com/. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Dale Campbell-Savours
- Portraits of Dale Campbell-Savours at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 19 July 2001
