15 Facts About Dave Renton

David Renton was born on 1972 and is a British barrister, and has represented clients in a number of high-profile cases, especially concerning trade union rights and the protection of free speech.

Dave Renton was for many years a member of the Socialist Workers Party.

Dave Renton has published over twenty books on fascism, anti-fascism, and the politics of the left.

Dave Renton was educated at all-boys private boarding school Eton College where he became a member of the Labour Party.

Dave Renton then studied history at St John's College, University of Oxford.

Dave Renton received his PhD from the University of Sheffield for a thesis on fascism and anti-fascism in Britain after the second world war.

Dave Renton was an academic historian and sociologist, teaching at universities including Nottingham Trent, Edge Hill and Rhodes University and Johannesburg University in South Africa.

Dave Renton's PhD was turned into a book Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the 1940s, and is an account of the interactions between Oswald Mosley's Union Movement, its opponents in the 43 Group, and the police and courts.

Since 2009, Dave Renton has practised as a barrister at Garden Court Chambers in London, in employment and housing law.

Dave Renton represented Smith at the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal and European Court of Human Rights.

In 2021, Dave Renton represented Stan Keable of Labour Against the Witchhunt, at the Employment Appeal Tribunal, which held that Keable was unfairly dismissed for events occurring at the "Enough is Enough" protests against Jeremy Corbyn.

Dave Renton joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1991, but resigned in 2013.

In 2012, Dave Renton was one of the organisers of the 2012 Counter Olympics Network protest against the London Olympics and took part in protests highlighting the Olympics' role in the gentrification of East London.

In 2013, Dave Renton was one of the many SWP members to be caught up in the "Comrade Delta" crisis.

Dave Renton supported the female complainants against Martin Smith and became a prominent critic of the SWP leadership, publicly criticising their decisions in a series of posts published on his blog, Lives; Running.