David Campbell Bannerman

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David Campbell Bannerman
MEP
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David Campbell Bannerman, 2014
Deputy Leader of UKIP
In office
27 September 2006 – 8 November 2010
Leader Nigel Farage
The Lord Pearson of Rannoch
Jeffrey Titford
Preceded by Mike Nattrass
Succeeded by Paul Nuttall
Chairman of the UK Independence Party
In office
December 2005 – 27 September 2006
Leader Roger Knapman
Preceded by Petrina Holdsworth
Succeeded by John Whittaker
Member of the European Parliament
for East of England
Assumed office
20 July 2009
Preceded by Tom Wise
Personal details
Born (1960-05-26) 26 May 1960 (age 63)
Bombay, India
Political party Conservative (2011–present)
Other political
affiliations		 UK Independence Party (2004–2011)
Conservative (1985–2004)
Alma mater Bryanston School
University of Edinburgh
University of Pennsylvania

David Campbell Bannerman MEP (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 UK 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 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.[2] He was elected in 2009.

In 2015 he became co-chairman of a new Eurosceptic pressure group, Conservatives for Britain.

Education and business career

Bryanston School

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.[3] 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 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.

Bannerman was the main author of UKIP's 2010 election manifesto.[4] 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,[5] 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.

References

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