Editing Harvey Proctor (section)

{{Short description|British former politician}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2010}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name        = Harvey Proctor
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| image       = Harvey Proctor appearing on "After Dark", 4 June 1988.jpg
| alt         = 
| caption     = Appearing on ''[[After Dark (TV programme)|After Dark]]'' in 1988 - "[[After Dark (TV series)#Harvey Proctor and "Open To Exposure?"|Open to Exposure]]"
| office      = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)|Billericay]]
| term_start  = 9 June 1983
| term_end    = 18 May 1987
| predecessor = ''New constituency''
| successor   = [[Teresa Gorman]]
| office1     = Member of Parliament<br />of [[Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)|Basildon]]
| term_start1 = 3 May 1979
| term_end1   = 13 May 1983
| predecessor1= [[Eric Moonman]]
| successor1  = [[David Amess]]
|birth_name       = Keith Harvey Proctor
|birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1947|1|16|df=y}}
|birth_place      = [[Pontefract]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
|nationality      = British
|party            = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
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|signature        = 
}}
'''Keith Harvey Proctor'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iiIeH2_x7K4C&q=%22Keith+Harvey+Proctor|title=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Official Report, 6th Series|first=Great Britain Parliament House of|last=Commons|date=21 June 1983|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|via=Google Books}}</ref> (born 16 January 1947)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJPGCwAAQBAJ|title=Credible and True: The Political and Personal Memoir of K. Harvey Proctor|first=K. Harvey|last=Proctor|date=29 March 2016|publisher=Biteback Publishing|isbn=9781785900594|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mr Harvey Proctor: speeches in 1985 (Hansard)|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-harvey-proctor/1985|access-date=1 July 2021|website=api.parliament.uk}}</ref> is a British former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]].<ref name = BBC>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/16/newsid_2524000/2524727.stm |title= MP on gay sex charges |work =BBC News Online |accessdate=19 February 2010| date=16 April 1987| location=London}}</ref> A member of the [[Conservative Monday Club|Monday Club]], he represented [[Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)|Basildon]] from 1979 to 1983 and [[Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)|Billericay]] from 1983 to 1987. Proctor became embroiled in a scandal involving sexual relationships with males under 21 which culminated in criminal convictions and ended his parliamentary career. 

He was later one of those accused by [[Operation Midland|Carl Beech]] of being part of an abuse ring, something which Proctor strongly denied. In 2016, the investigations into Proctor concluded and found the accusations to be baseless. Proctor was subsequently paid £900,000 in compensation for victimisation through the botched [[Operation Midland]]. His experience has seen him lead efforts to protect those in the public eye from unfair attacks by the media.