34 Facts About Harvey Proctor

Keith Harvey Proctor was born on 16 January 1947 and is a British former Conservative Member of Parliament.

Harvey Proctor was later one of those accused by Carl Beech of being part of an abuse ring, something which Proctor strongly denied.

In 2016, the investigations into Harvey Proctor concluded and found the accusations to be baseless.

Harvey Proctor's experience has seen him lead efforts to protect those in the public eye from unfair attacks by the media.

Harvey Proctor was born in Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire, going to the Scarborough High School for Boys and then the University of York where he read history.

Harvey Proctor had joined the Young Conservatives at the age of 14 in 1961, and was chairman of York University Conservative Association from 1967 to 1969.

Harvey Proctor was the club's assistant director from 1969 to 1971, and a member of its executive council from 1983 until he stood down as an MP in 1987.

In 1972, Harvey Proctor, then working as a researcher for anti-Common Market Conservative MPs who tried to stop Britain entering the European Communities, had been adopted as candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch.

Harvey Proctor fought the seat at both the February and October general elections of 1974.

The seat was not expected to be easy for the Conservatives to win, but Harvey Proctor was elected in the 1979 election after a campaign in which he argued in favour of restricting the number of "coloured" immigrants.

Harvey Proctor returned to this theme, advocating payment for repatriation, during his first term in Parliament.

Harvey Proctor opposed, on libertarian grounds, the call to boycott the Moscow Olympics of 1980.

Harvey Proctor opposed establishing the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1982, voted for the return of capital punishment, and rebelled on votes over the EC.

Harvey Proctor was chairman of the Monday Club's Immigration and Repatriation Committee.

Harvey Proctor made a bid for election as the club's chairman in April 1982, but was defeated.

The age of consent for same-sex relationships was still 21 in 1986, no specific legislation existed at the time regarding minimum ages for prostitution and the following year Harvey Proctor was charged with gross indecency and resigned his candidature.

Harvey Proctor was succeeded as MP by Teresa Gorman at the general election.

Harvey Proctor's shirts were worn by the Prime Minister, John Major.

In 1992, Harvey Proctor was a victim of a homophobic attack in his shop.

In 2003, Harvey Proctor became the private secretary to David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire.

Harvey Proctor denied any wrongdoing in an interview with the Today programme.

Harvey Proctor retired from his job with the Duke and Duchess of Rutland on 25 March 2015, "with immediate effect".

Harvey Proctor was questioned by the police regarding the allegations in June, and again in August 2015.

Harvey Proctor held a press conference at St Ermin's Hotel, London on 25 August 2015, and gave several media interviews.

On 21 March 2016, Harvey Proctor was told that he would face no further action.

Harvey Proctor was the last living person under investigation by Operation Midland, and called for an independent inquiry into it, for the resignations of senior officers involved, and for his accuser to be prosecuted for perverting the course of justice.

Harvey Proctor wrote an open letter to all MPs published in The Daily Telegraph on 21 March 2016.

Harvey Proctor held a further press conference on 29 March 2016 and was interviewed on many news outlets including BBC, ITV, Sky News and Channel 4 News and BBC Newsnight programmes.

Harvey Proctor said Proctor was innocent of all the allegations.

On 10 October 2017, Harvey Proctor criticised Mike Veale, the Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police, for allegedly "trashing" his reputation a second time by reviving claims of an establishment paedophile ring.

In June 2019, Harvey Proctor appeared at Newcastle Crown Court where he gave evidence at the trial of Carl Beech, who was accused of lying to police about the alleged VIP paedophile ring investigated by Operation Midland.

Harvey Proctor said: "The allegations are wrong, malicious, false, horrendous" and later explained that intense media interest, following the police raid, had led to him losing his job and then him deciding to move to Spain as the UK "wasn't safe".

In September 2019, Harvey Proctor criticised the Independent Office for Police Conduct for clearing the Met officers who investigated allegations made by Beech.

Harvey Proctor said that "to fail to condemn this police misbehaviour in the strongest terms and at the first opportunity, is a dereliction of duty".