About Menzies Campbell
Walter Menzies "Ming" Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, was a Scottish politician, advocate and athlete. A senior figure in the Liberal Democrats, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife from 1987 to 2015 and led the party from 2006 to 2007. He held prominent frontbench roles in foreign affairs and defence, and was deputy leader under Charles Kennedy. Before entering politics, Campbell was a distinguished sprinter, captaining the Great Britain athletics team in the mid-1960s and holding the British 100 metre record from 1967 to 1974. Campbell first stood for the Scottish Liberal Party at the February 1974 general election, in the Greenock and Port Glasgow constituency, where he finished second of five candidates, with 20.6% of the vote. He was a sprinter at university and he broke Olympic gold medalist Wyndham Halswelle's 53-year-old Scottish 300 yards record in 1961. He also captained the Great Britain athletics team in 1965 and 1966, and held the British 100 metres record from 1967 to 1974.
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