Campbell Stephen

Reverend
Campbell Stephen
Born1884
Died25 October 1947 (aged 62–63)
NationalityScottish
EducationGlasgow University
Occupation(s)minister, barrister, socialist politician
Years activeMP (1922–1931,1935-1947)
Political partyIndependent Labour Party
SpouseDorothy Jewson

Reverend Campbell Stephen (1884 – 25 October 1947) was a Scottish socialist politician.

A native of Glasgow,[1] he was educated at Townhead Public School, Allan Glen's School and Glasgow University.

He worked first as United Free Church Minister and then as a barrister.[2] He resigned his charge at the United Free Church in Ardrossan, Ayrshire in 1918 to contest Ayr Burghs in the same year.[3]

He was Independent Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Camlachie from November 1922 to 1931 and from 1935 until his death.[3]

He was one of James Maxton's closest political allies within the Independent Labour Party and supported Maxton both in his attempts to foster closer relations with the Communist Party and also during the disaffiliation debate in the early 1930s. Despite his strong support for ILP independence from the Labour Party when Maxton was alive, Stephen resigned the ILP whip to sit as an Independent from July 1947, and rejoined the Labour Party in October,[4] shortly before his death. His death sparked the 1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election.[5]

In 1945, he married Dorothy Jewson, a former Labour Member of Parliament for Norwich.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Death of Mr C. Stephen, M.P." The Gloucestershire Echo. Gloucester, England: British Library Newspapers. 25 October 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ Cohen, Gidon (30 March 2007). Failure of a Dream: The Independent Labour Party from Disaffiliation to World War II. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857712516.
  3. ^ a b "Mr. Campbell Stephen, M.P." The Times. No. 50902. London, England. 27 October 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. ^ Simkin, John (September 1997). "Campbell Stephen". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Conservatives win Camlachie". Courier and Advertiser. No. 29534. Dundee, Scotland: British Library Newspapers. 30 January 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Glasgow Camlachie
1922–1931 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Glasgow Camlachie
1935–1947 		Succeeded by