Ross Kempsell, Baron Kempsell

The Right Honourable
The Lord Kempsell
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 July 2023
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Ross John Kempsell

May 1992 (age 32)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
EducationThe John Henry Newman School, Stevenage
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
OccupationSpecial adviser

Ross John Kempsell, Baron Kempsell (born May 1992) is a British political adviser and life peer.

Early life and education

Kempsell was born in May 1992.[1][2] He was educated at The John Henry Newman School in Stevenage and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he wrote for the weekly student newspaper Varsity.[3] He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2013.[4]

Career

He was formerly a journalist at the right-wing political website Guido Fawkes. In 2019, Kempsell interviewed Boris Johnson during his campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party, in which Johnson declared that he liked to make models of buses to relax.[5] He also worked as a journalist for Times Radio[6] and was a political editor for TalkRadio.[7] He returned to Guido Fawkes in 2024 as a contributing editor.[8]

Having been political director of the Conservative Party, he was appointed director of the Conservative Research Department in 2020.[9][10] Following Rishi Sunak's unopposed selection as leader of the Conservative Party, Kempsell departed the Conservative Research Department in 2022.[11][12]

House of Lords

He was nominated for a life peerage by Boris Johnson in the 2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours,[13][14] and was created Baron Kempsell, of Letchworth in the County of Hertfordshire, on 11 July 2023.[15]

Kempsell was introduced to the House of Lords on 20 July,[16] where he sits for the Conservative Party.[17] He made his maiden speech on 18 March 2024 in response to the Spring Budget 2024.[18] He has sat on the Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee since its creation in January 2024.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Ross John KEMPSELL". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Ross Kempsell". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Ross Kempsell". Varsity. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Kempsell, Baron, (Ross John Kempsell)". Who's Who 2024. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  5. ^ Lyons, Kate (June 26, 2019). "'Mesmerising': Boris Johnson's bizarre model buses claim raises eyebrows". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Clarkson, Stuart (16 June 2020). "Ross Kempsell makes Wireless return with Times Radio".
  7. ^ Walker, James (31 July 2019). "Talkradio's Ross Kempsell becomes second ex-chicken to enter Downing Street". Press Gazette. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  8. ^ Waterson, Jim (2 July 2024). "Dale Vince sues Guido Fawkes owner for libel over Hamas claims". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  9. ^ Richards, Xander (2020-11-27). "Boris Johnson looks to hand £90k-a-year Tory party job to fiancee's 'chum'". The National. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  10. ^ William, Helen (2023-06-09). "Boris Johnson's seven allies who are to join the House of Lords". The Irish News. PA. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  11. ^ "Lord Kempsell: Experience". members.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  12. ^ "All change at CCHQ". The Spectator. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2024. Having turfed team Truss out of No. 10, it seems that the Sunak ascendancy has now coincided with a clear out in CCHQ. The past fortnight has seen a number of high-profile departures including chief executive Darren Mott, political director Ross Kempsell and party treasurer Malik Karim.
  13. ^ "Resignation Peerages 2023" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  14. ^ "No. 64120". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 July 2023. p. 14502.
  15. ^ "No. 64115". The London Gazette. 17 July 2023. p. 14090.
  16. ^ "Introduction: Lord Kempsell". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 831. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Lords. 20 July 2023. col. 2443.
  17. ^ a b "Lord Kempsell: Parliamentary career". members.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  18. ^ Lord Kempsell (18 March 2024). "Spring Budget 2024". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 837. United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 44–45.
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