Who is Alastair Campbell and what’s his net worth?
ALASTAIR Campbell is best known for his role as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman, press secretary and director of communications and strategy.
Although he’s still active in politics, he now splits his time between writing, speaking, broadcasting, charities and consultancy.
Who is Alastair Campbell?
Alastair Campbell was born in Keighley, Yorkshire, in 1957, the son of a vet.
He graduated from Cambridge University in modern languages before going into journalism, writing mostly for the Mirror.
When Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party, Campbell worked for him first as press secretary, then as official spokesman and director of communications and strategy from 1994 to 2003.
He is now engaged mainly in writing, public speaking, consultancy and working for mental health charities. He is the Chairman of Fundraising for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research.
Campbell lives in North London and his interests include running, cycling, playing the bagpipes and following the varying fortunes of Burnley Football Club.
He has struggled with depression since his 20s and in May 2021 co-presented Good Morning Britain during Mental Health Week.
What’s Alastair Campbell’s net worth?
As well as his lengthy period in the Labour Party, Campbell is also an award-winning author, writing a number of books both on his time working closely with Blair and his battles with mental health.
This has helped build his net worth to an impressive $700,000 (£501,000), according to
Is Alastair Campbell married and does he have children?
Alastair has been with his partner Fiona Millar since 1979 and opted for a civil partnership in March 2021.
The pair have been together more than 40 years and had resisted the urge to get married.
The duo tied the knot in a small ceremony in Camden, North London, alongside their three children, Rory, Calum and Grace.
“I have never been the marrying type,” Alastair wrote for The Guardian. “Thankfully, nor has the woman with whom I have now lived for twice as many years as I lived without her.
“Marriage, to me, has always been about religion. Two people, in a church, with a minister or a priest in charge of proceedings, making unbreakable vows before God. But I don’t believe in God.”
Alastair does a regular podcast with his daughter Grace, Football, Feminism and Everything in Between, in which they interview prominent figures from culture, sport, business and politics.
When did Alastair Campbell quit the Labour Party?
Alastair was kicked out of Labour in May of 2019 after admitting to voting for the Lib Dems in the European Elections.
Mr Campbell said he “no longer” wants to be in the “Stalinist” Labour party while Jeremy Corbyn was leader.
He wrote that Corbyn was not “capable of winning power” and that the party was a “huge disappointment” over Brexit, in a scathing letter published on July 30, 2019.
Campbell, who has been an outspoken Corbyn critic, confirmed with “some sadness but absolute certainty” that he would not be appealing the decision, in the open letter published in the New European.
He fumed: “The culture you have helped to create has made the party one that I feel no longer truly represents my values, or the hopes I have for Britain.”
In a series of tweets, he said he voted for the Liberal Democrats, who secured 16 seats while Labour only won 10.
Mr Campbell revealed that he voted Lib Dem in protest against former leader Corbyn’s flip-flopping on Brexit.
He said at the time: “Sad and disappointed to receive email expelling me from Labour particularly on a day leadership finally seems to be moving to the right place on Brexit, not least thanks to tactical voting by party members, including MPs, councillors and peers who back a second referendum.
“I am and always will be Labour. I voted Lib Dem, without advance publicity, to try to persuade Labour to do the right thing for the country/party.
“Hard not to point out the difference in the way anti-Semitism cases have been handled.”
Jeremy Corbyn did not publicly make a comment on Mr Campbell’s expulsion.