The Lord Kempsell | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 20 July 2023 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ross John Kempsell May 1992 (age 32–33) |
| 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 May 1992) is a British political adviser and life peer.
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]
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]
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]
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.
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