Dale Norman Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours (born 23 August 1943) is a British Labour Party

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. The

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(MP) for

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from 1979 to 2001, he now sits in the

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Early life

Campbell-Savours was educated at

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and at The Sorbonne,

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, and became Managing Director of a clock and metal component manufacturing company. He married Gudrun Kristin Runolfsdottir in 1970, and they had three sons. One is currently an

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lor for the Keswick ward.

Parliamentary career

A councillor on Ramsbottom Urban District Council from 1972–1974, he contested

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at both the

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and October 1974 general elections and then

at a by-election in 1976. He was elected

for

at the 1979 general election. He represented

until his retirement from the

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in 2001. Campbell-Savours was opposition spokesman for

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(1991–1992) and for food, agriculture and rural affairs (1992–1994), but then resigned from the front bench due to ill health. He was a member of various

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, including: agriculture (1994–1996); standards and privileges (1995–2001); and the

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(1995–2001).

House of Lords

He was created a

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as Baron Campbell-Savours, ''of Allerdale in the County of Cumbria'' on 4 July 2001 and now sits in the

. His political interests are listed as social work, education and health reform, and

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. He is Patron of the Cumbria Deaf Association, The Rural Academy Cumbria, and is President of both Allerdale Mind, and the Cumberland County League. He enjoys trout fishing and music in his spare time. Campbell-Savours is a strong advocate for reform of rape laws to prevent innocent men being victims of false allegations. Most notably he used his Parliamentary privilege to reveal the identity of a serial false accuser, who had previously remained anonymous due to laws which protect women who report sexual assault. The move was described as "outrageous" by women's rights campaigners, who claimed that the decision to name the woman was illegal, an attack on anonymity laws and amounted to persecution of women who report rape. The named woman, who was never convicted of perverting the course of justice, said that Campbell-Savours decision was a "setback for all victims of sexual assault".

References

External links

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Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords
House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 19 July 2001 {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell-Savours, Dale 1943 births Living people Confederation of Health Service Employees-sponsored MPs Labour Party (UK) life peers University of Paris alumni Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Cumbria MPs UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 UK MPs 1997–2001 Politics of Allerdale People educated at Keswick School British expatriates in France Life peers created by Elizabeth II