William Campbell-Taylor

William Campbell-Taylor (also known as William Taylor) is a Church of England vicar of St Thomas' Church, Clapton Common in Hackney Deanery in the Diocese of London. He became the first candidate standing for any political party to be elected to the Common Council of the City of London Corporation, breaking the tradition of Aldermen and Councilmen in the financial capital being elected as non-party political independents, which outcome City A.M. Newspaper described as "even more controversial than could be expected".[1] He won the by-election in Portsoken for the Labour Party in March 2014[2] and remained a Common Councilman until the elections of March 2017, after which there were five Labour Common Councilmen.[3]

He was defeated in the Aldermanic by-election, December 2017 for Portsoken by Prem Goyal by a margin of 228 to 143 votes.[4]

The City Matters website states that Campbell-Taylor "was forced to defend himself against allegations of sexual abuse after becoming the target of a direct mail campaign in the Middlesex Street Estate", and he has been the subject of safeguarding complaints by Portsoken residents to Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally.[5] The Editor of the Church of England Newspaper published an article which stated that a legal complainant of clergy sexual abuse under the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 (CDM) had "been subjected to a campaign of harassment and bullying since he reported an indecent assault by a London clergyman" and that "he has now lodged CDM complaints against Bishop Sarah Mullally and the Rev William Campbell Taylor".[6] In a follow-up article concerning the release by international artists of a music video about this case, the Editor of the Church of England Newspaper further states, "My article revealed that a legal complaint of clergy abuse filed with a Clergy Discipline Measure, was shockingly leaked by a Bishop to the alleged abuser".[7]

References
  1. Express KCS (20 March 2014). "By-election gives Labour its first ever seat in the City of London". No. March 20, 2014. City AM. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. Pickford, James (2014). "Labour win raises questions on City of London's independence". No. March 21, 2014. Financial Times. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  3. Oxtoby, Tom (2017). "Labour Party triumph in City of London elections - City Matters". www.citymatters.london. No. 29 March 2017. CityMatters. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. "Aldermanic Election Portsoken Ward - Date of Election: 14 December 2017" (PDF). www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporation. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. Davy, Jo (2017). "City council candidate hit by sexual abuse claims - City Matters". www.citymatters.london. No. 30 November 2017. CityMatters. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  6. Carey, Andrew (1 April 2021). "How is the Church to Tackle Safeguarding?". Church of England Newspaper. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  7. Carey, Andrew (2 September 2022). "Irish folk singers challenge C of E on abuse" (PDF). Church of England Newspaper. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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