Ian Campbell (Scottish politician)

Ian Campbell
Ian Campbell
Member of Parliament; for Dumbarton; West Dunbartonshire (1983–1987)
	In office; 18 June 1970 – 18 May 1987
Preceded by	Tom Steele
Succeeded by	John McFall
Personal details
Born	26 April 1926; Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Died	9 September 2007 (aged 81); Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Political party	Labour

Ian Campbell (26 April 1926 – 9 September 2007) was a

backbench Labour Member of Parliament (MP) of the United Kingdom

from 1970 to 1987.

Early life

Campbell was born in

National Service in Germany with the Royal Engineers, he became a chartered engineer, and worked for the South of Scotland Electricity Board

from 1948 to 1965. He married Mary Millar in 1950; they had two sons and three daughters.

Political career

Campbell joined the Labour Party in 1953. He was elected to Dumbarton Burgh Council in 1958 and was first elected as

Denny Shipyard

in 1963 was the most significant sign of a shift from heavy industry as the major source of employment in the town requiring a major investment of effort from the council and its leadership in economic development.

When Tom Steele, the Labour MP for Dunbartonshire West, indicated that he would stand down at the 1970 general election, Campbell was selected by the Constituency Labour Party as their candidate. He was duly elected, serving as MP for Dunbartonshire West until 1983 and then for the successor seat, Dumbarton, until 1987.

He won at five general elections, although his seat was not always particularly safe, particularly in the two general elections of 1974: his majority was reduced to just over 1,800 votes by the

mental disabilities

.

In the run-up to the

left-wing councillor in the constituency. In that election he was re-elected for the new Dumbarton constituency, which was practically the same as his old constituency, the only change was the addition of the villages of Bowling, and Milton. He retired at the 1987 general election and was replaced by John McFall

.

Later life

After he retired from Parliament, Campbell he was active as an elder at Riverside Church in Dumbarton. He was also a member of the Dumbarton District Enterprise Trust, a member of the Strathclyde Local Valuation Panel, and a magistrate.

He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007, and died in Dumbarton.^{[citation needed]} He was survived by his wife, five children and thirteen grand children.^{[citation needed]}

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Tom Steele	Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire West 1970–1983	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Dumbarton 1983–1987	Succeeded by John McFall