Ronnie Campbell
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Ronnie Campbell MP |
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Member of Parliament for Blyth Valley |
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Assumed office 11 June 1987 |
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| Preceded by | John Ryman |
| Majority | 9,229 (24%) |
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14 August 1943 Tynemouth, Northumberland, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Deirdre McHale |
| Children | 6 (5 sons, 1 daughter) |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Ronald Campbell (born 14 August 1943) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blyth Valley since the 1987 general election.
Campbell was born in Tynemouth, and grew up with seven siblings. He attended Blyth Ridley County High School, a secondary modern, and left school at 14 to become a coal miner. Before entering parliament he was a district councillor on Blyth Valley Borough Council from 1969 and a lay official of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). He was a miner from 1958–86. Campbell led picket lines in the 1984–85 miners' strike and was arrested twice.
Campbell was first elected as an MP for Blyth Valley at the 1987 general election with a majority of 853 votes, and has often voted against the government on issues such as the Iraq War. He is an outspoken socialist. When the government nationalised Northern Rock in 2008, Campbell declared it "the People's Bank" and opened an account.
In May 2009, during the high-profile MPs expenses scandal, Campbell agreed to return over £6,000 he had claimed for furnishings in his London home.
In 2013, Campbell was one of 22 Labour MPs to vote against marriage equality, out of 255.
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