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| rdfs:comment | - Leila Campbell (née Jaffe) (10 August 1911 – 2 October 1993) was a Labour Party politician. The daughter of of Myer and Rebecca Jaffe, she became involved in the Labour Party in the 1930s and in 1940 she married Andrew Campbell an agent for the party, and a founder of the Campaign for Real Ale. She trained as an art teacher and became a dress designer. She was very active in the development of the Hampstead Theatre, overseeing its move to a new site in Swiss Cottage as a member of the theatre's board from 1978, and serving as chair from 1985.
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| abstract | - Leila Campbell (née Jaffe) (10 August 1911 – 2 October 1993) was a Labour Party politician. The daughter of of Myer and Rebecca Jaffe, she became involved in the Labour Party in the 1930s and in 1940 she married Andrew Campbell an agent for the party, and a founder of the Campaign for Real Ale. She trained as an art teacher and became a dress designer. She entered local politics in 1958 when she was elected to the London County Council as a representative of Holborn and St Pancras South. In 1961 she was in addition elected as a member of Hampstead Borough Council. When both the county and borough council were abolished in 1965, she was elected to the successor authorities as a member of the Camden London Borough Council and as a representative of Camden on the Greater London Council. She represented Camden on the Inner London Education Authority and was vice-chairman of the authority from 1967–77 and chairman from 1977-78. She was very active in the development of the Hampstead Theatre, overseeing its move to a new site in Swiss Cottage as a member of the theatre's board from 1978, and serving as chair from 1985.
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