Ian Campbell (Scottish politician)

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Ian Campbell (born 26 April 1926) was a Scottish politician.

He was Provost of Dumbarton for a few years. When Tom Steele, the Labour MP for Dunbartonshire West indicated that he would stand down at the UK general election, 1970 he was selected by the Constituency Labour Party as their candidate, and was elected, serving until 1987.

Although he did win at five general elections, his seat was not always particularly safe, and he only narrowly beat the Scottish National Party at the UK general election, October 1974. He was not a particularly outstanding figure in his time in Parliament, seen by some as a backbench nonentity, although he was significantly involved in the campaign against abortion, and some saw him as a reasonably effective constituency MP.

In the run-up to the UK general election, 1983 he narrowly won a re-selection battle within his own Constituency Labour Party, against a challenge from a left-wing councillor Leo Crawley. In that election he was re-elected for the new Dumbarton constituency, which was practically the same as his old constituency, the only change was the addition of the villages of Bowling and Milton. He retired at the UK general election, 1987 and was replaced by John McFall.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Tom Steele	Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire West 1970–1983	Succeeded by constituency abolished
Preceded by new constituency	Member of Parliament for Dumbarton 1983–1987	Succeeded by John McFall