Robert David Stewart Campbell

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This article is about the current Chairman of the UUP. For Sir David Campbell, MP for South Belfast see David Campbell (South Belfast MP).

Robert David Stewart Campbell, CBE, BAgr (Born Belfast 25 May 1965, son of Ronald (Ronnie) and Ann Campbell of Lisburn. Educated Wallace High School and The Queen's University of Belfast. Married to Linda (nee Wilson) with two sons. He is a Farmer and Businessman, who now lives near Carrickfergus.

Campbell is the current Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party, having served as Vice Chairman in 2005. He was elected to Lisburn Borough Council in 1989 and served until 1993. Elected Member of Northern Ireland Forum in 1996, where he was Chairman of the Agriculture and Fisheries Committee. Was a member of Ulster Unionist Party Talks team in the All-Party negotiations that led to the Belfast Agreement. In 1997 Campbell contested the UUP selection meeting to succeed Sir Jim Molyneaux, however he lost out to party colleague Jeffrey Donaldson. Campbell also contested the selection meeting in South Antrim following the death of Clifford Forsythe. The selection was marred by internal division, with South Antrim MLA Duncan Shipley-Dalton claiming that UUP HQ were trying to foist Campbell on the Constituency. Shipley-Dalton pulled out and Campbell lost out to anti-agreement candidate David Burnside BBC report.