Campbell Stephen

Campbell Stephen (March 29, 1884 - October 25, 1947 ) was a British politician (Independent Labor Party).

Life and activity

Stephen studied at Townhead Public School, Allan Glen's School and the University of Glasgow . He was first a clergyman (Reverend) of the Church of Scotland at the United Free Church in Androssan , Ayrshire, but turned away from active spiritual activity after a dispute with his congregation. Instead, he worked as a math and science teacher for several years and later as a lawyer.

In the British general election of November 1922, Stephen was elected as a candidate for the Independent Labor Party (ILP) in the Glasgow Camlachie constituency as a member of the House of Commons , the British Parliament. He initially belonged to this for seven years, until the general election in 1929, in which he lost his seat to the conservative opponent Stevenson. Four years later, in the general election of 1935, Stephen was able to recapture his seat in parliament, and again move into parliament as a representative of the Glasgow Camlachie constituency. After he was re-elected in the parliamentary elections in the summer of 19445, he was a member of parliament this time for twelve years (a total of nineteen years).

As an MP, Stephen was considered a close supporter of James Maxton , who made him whip in the ILP parliamentary group in the House of Commons. In October 1947, shortly before his death, Stephen returned to the Labor Party.

family

Stephen had been married to Dorothy Jewson, a former Labor MP for the Norwich constituency, since 1945.

literature

• Dod's Parliamentary Companion , 1967, p. 458.