Ross Kempsell, Baron Kempsell
The Right Honourable The Lord Kempsell | |
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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 (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 (age 32) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Education | The John Henry Newman School, Stevenage |
Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Special adviser |
Ross John Kempsell, Baron Kempsell (born 8 May 1992)[1][2] is a British political adviser and life peer. He was Political Director of the Conservative Party and Director of the Conservative Research Department.[3] He was nominated for a life peerage by Boris Johnson in the 2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours,[4][5] and was created Baron Kempsell, of Letchworth in the County of Hertfordshire, on 11 July 2023.[6] He was introduced to the House of Lords on 20 July,[7] where he sits for the Conservative Party.[8]
Kempsell 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.[9] He was formerly a journalist at the 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.[10] He also worked as a journalist for Times Radio[11] and was a political editor for TalkRadio.[12]
References
- ^ "Ross Kempsell". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Resignation Peerages 2023" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "No. 64120". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 July 2023. p. 14502.
- ^ "No. 64115". The London Gazette. 17 July 2023. p. 14090.
- ^ "Introduction: Lord Kempsell". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 831. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Lords. 20 July 2023. col. 2443.
- ^ "Lord Kempsell". Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Ross Kempsell". Varsity. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Lyons, Kate (June 26, 2019). "'Mesmerising': Boris Johnson's bizarre model buses claim raises eyebrows". The Guardian.
- ^ Clarkson, Stuart (16 June 2020). "Ross Kempsell makes Wireless return with Times Radio".
- ^ Walker, James (31 July 2019). "Talkradio's Ross Kempsell becomes second ex-chicken to enter Downing Street". Press Gazette. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
External links
- Profile at UK Parliament
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Preceded by | Gentlemen Baron Kempsell | Followed by |
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- Brian Abel-Smith
- Joe Haines
- John Harris
- Brian Abel-Smith
- Joe Haines
- Jack Straw
- Roger Liddle
- Tom McCaffrey
- Jack Straw
- Guy Black
- Chris Butler
- Michael Dobbs
- Andrew Dunlop
- Brian Griffiths
- Jonathan Hill
- John Hoskyns
- Bernard Ingham
- Henry James
- Tony Kerpel
- Oliver Letwin
- Peter Levene
- David Lidington
- Warwick Lightfoot
- Ferdinand Mount
- The Lord Norton
- Michael Palliser
- Jack Peel
- John Redwood
- Norman Stone
- Sir Cyril Taylor
- Anthony Teasdale
- Nicholas True
- Alan Walters
- David Willetts
- John Whittingdale
- David Wolfson
- John Bercow
- Norman Blackwell
- Jonathan Caine
- David Cameron
- Judith Chaplin
- Greg Clark
- Sir Peter de la Billière
- Daniel Finkelstein
- Jonathan Hill
- Sarah Hogg
- Tony Kerpel
- Warwick Lightfoot
- Christopher Meyer
- Gus O'Donnell
- George Osborne
- Patrick Rock
- David Ruffley
- Sir Cyril Taylor
- Anthony Teasdale
- Nicholas True
- Gerald Warner
- Peter Wyman
- Andrew Adonis
- Tim Allan
- Jonathan Ashworth
- Ed Balls
- Hilary Benn
- David Bennett
- Tom Bentley
- Andy Burnham
- Alastair Campbell
- Matt Cavanagh
- Paul Corrigan
- Patrick Diamond
- Jo Dipple
- Michael Dugher
- Stephen Hale
- The Lord Hart of Chilton
- David Hill
- Anji Hunter
- Tom Kelly
- Liz Kendall
- Peter Kyle
- Sophie Linden
- Spencer Livermore
- Liz Lloyd
- Blair McDougall
- Pat McFadden
- John McTernan
- David Miliband
- Ed Miliband
- Jo Moore
- Sally Morgan
- Geoff Mulgan
- Martin Narey
- Susan Nye
- Jonathan Powell
- Lance Price
- James Purnell
- Emma Reynolds
- Ed Richards
- Conor Ryan
- Godric Smith
- Owen Smith
- Simon Stevens
- Sir Cyril Taylor
- Matthew Taylor
- Shriti Vadera
- Charlie Whelan
- Sam White
- David Whitton
- Jonathan Ashworth
- Polly Billington
- Nick Butler
- Stephen Carter
- Matt Cavanagh
- Dan Corry
- Tony Danker
- Jo Dipple
- Michael Dugher
- Michael Ellam
- Ayesha Hazarika
- Jeremy Heywood
- Joe Irvin
- Simon Lewis
- Blair McDougall
- Damian McBride
- John McTernan
- David Muir
- Martin Narey
- Maajid Nawaz
- Susan Nye
- Tom Scholar
- Geoffrey Spence
- Sam White
- Stewart Wood
- Shaun Bailey
- Gabby Bertin
- Helen Bower
- Jonathan Caine
- Camilla Cavendish
- Ryan Coetzee
- Andy Coulson
- Dominic Cummings
- Oliver Dowden
- Catherine Fall
- Simone Finn
- Sam Freedman
- Julian Glover
- Julia Goldsworthy
- Jean-Christophe Gray
- Rupert Harrison
- Arminka Helic
- Nick Hillman
- Steve Hilton
- Richard Holden
- Jo Johnson
- Daniel Korski
- Edward Llewellyn
- Poppy Mitchell-Rose
- Martin Narey
- Henry Newman
- Jonny Oates
- Neil O'Brien
- James O'Shaughnessy
- Craig Oliver
- Stephen Parkinson
- Richard Reeves
- Willie Rennie
- Patrick Rock
- Elizabeth Sanderson
- Nick Seddon
- Salma Shah
- Eleanor Shawcross
- Sarah Southern
- Philippa Stroud
- Liz Sugg
- Alison Suttie
- Carrie Symonds
- Nick Timothy
- James Wild
- Graeme Wilson
- Sean Worth
- Helen Bower
- The Lord Caine
- Nick de Bois
- David Frost
- Robbie Gibb
- Paul Harrison
- Fiona Hill
- Richard Holden
- Paul Holmes
- Charlotte Ivers
- Stewart Jackson
- James Kent
- Danny Kruger
- Lizzie Loudon
- Anthony Mangnall
- James Marshall
- Jamie Njoku-Goodwin
- Stephen Parkinson
- Joanna Penn
- Katie Perrior
- The Lord Randall of Uxbridge
- Elizabeth Sanderson
- Salma Shah
- Carrie Symonds
- Will Tanner
- Nick Timothy
- Will Walden
- James Wild
- Craig Williams
- Steve Barclay
- John Bew
- Liam Booth-Smith
- Lee Cain
- David Canzini
- Peter Cardwell
- Henry Cook
- Dominic Cummings
- Nikki da Costa
- Jack Doyle
- The Baroness Finn
- Benjamin Gascoigne
- Andrew Griffith
- Guto Harri
- Andrew Hood
- Simon Jupp
- Ross Kempsell
- Oliver Lewis
- Edward Lister
- Munira Mirza
- Tim Montgomerie
- Henry Newman
- Jamie Njoku-Goodwin
- Ed Oldfield
- Charlotte Owen
- Rob Oxley
- Dan Rosenfield
- James Slack
- Allegra Stratton
- Cleo Watson
- Shelley Williams-Walker
- John Bew
- David Canzini
- Mark Fullbrook
- Ross Kempsell
- Ruth Porter
- Adam Jones
- Charlotte Owen
- Matthew Sinclair
- Reuben Solomon
- John Bew
- Liam Booth-Smith
- Nerissa Chesterfield
- Amber de Botton
- James Forsyth
- Andrew Hood
- Henry Newman
- Eleanor Shawcross-Wolfson
- Will Tanner
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