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style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Simon Danczuk with <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Laing" title="Eleanor Laing">Eleanor Laing</a>, in 2013</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)">Rochdale</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 May 2010 – 3 May 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rowen" title="Paul Rowen">Paul Rowen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Lloyd" title="Tony Lloyd">Tony Lloyd</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Simon Christopher Danczuk</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1966-10-24</span>) </span>24 October 1966<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 58)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Hapton,_Lancashire" title="Hapton, Lancashire">Hapton, Lancashire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (before 2017)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_University" title="Lancaster University">Lancaster University</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Simon Christopher Danczuk</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">DAN</span>-chək</i></a>; born 24 October 1966) is a British author and former <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) who represented the constituency of <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)">Rochdale</a> between <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a> and <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a>. Elected as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>, he was suspended from the party in 2015 after it emerged he had exchanged explicit messages with a 17-year-old girl. He has co-written two books, <i>Smile for the Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith</i> and <i>Scandal at Dolphin Square</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the <a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Rochdale_by-election" title="2024 Rochdale by-election">2024 Rochdale by-election</a>, which was later won by <a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Britain" title="Workers Party of Britain">Workers Party of Britain</a> leader <a href="/wiki/George_Galloway" title="George Galloway">George Galloway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He came sixth behind Liberal Democrats, Labour, Conservatives and Independent candidate <a href="/wiki/David_Tully" class="mw-redirect" title="David Tully">David Tully</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Danczuk&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Danczuk grew up in <a href="/wiki/Hapton,_Lancashire" title="Hapton, Lancashire">Hapton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> and is of <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Polish</a> descent. He attended Gawthorpe School, now called <a href="/wiki/Shuttleworth_College,_Padiham" title="Shuttleworth College, Padiham">Shuttleworth College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Burnley" title="Burnley">Burnley</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Danczuk&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He began his working life at the age of sixteen in a factory making gas fires, before moving to the chemical company <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Chemical_Industries" title="Imperial Chemical Industries">ICI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whilst working, he studied at night school and gained qualifications he had missed at secondary school. He then gained a place as a <a href="/wiki/Mature_student" class="mw-redirect" title="Mature student">mature student</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_University" title="Lancaster University">Lancaster University</a>, where he studied Economics, Politics and Sociology.<sup id="cite_ref-Steps_-_Simon_Danczuk_Campaigns_Against_Child_Abuse_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steps_-_Simon_Danczuk_Campaigns_Against_Child_Abuse-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Danczuk became involved in the <a href="/wiki/Labour_movement" title="Labour movement">Labour movement</a> after joining the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> through the <a href="/wiki/GMB_(trade_union)" title="GMB (trade union)">GMB trade union</a> in the late 1980s. In 1993, at the age of 27, he was elected as a councillor to <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council" title="Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council">Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council</a> and served for six years, with portfolios including economic development and education.<sup id="cite_ref-Selected_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Selected-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, Danczuk became the founding director of a research, public affairs and communications consultancy called Vision Twentyone alongside <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Turner_(political_advisor)" title="Ruth Turner (political advisor)">Ruth Turner</a>, who would later become Director of Government Relations within <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>'s Downing Street office.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Danczuk held this position until his election to Parliament in 2010. He also has held research positions at <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Issue" title="The Big Issue">The Big Issue in the North</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Opinion_Research_Corporation" title="Opinion Research Corporation">Opinion Research Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Training_and_Enterprise_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Training and Enterprise Council">Bolton Bury TEC</a> and worked for academics at Lancaster University. </p><p>Danczuk founded the Necessary Group, a campaign group of businessmen and politicians which campaigned prior to the expected <a href="/wiki/Northern_England_referendums,_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern England referendums, 2004">referendums</a> for an elected <a href="/wiki/Regional_Assemblies_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Assemblies in England">Regional Assembly</a> for the <a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West of England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Danczuk was selected in early 2007 to be the <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)">Rochdale</a> Labour Party's <a href="/wiki/Prospective_parliamentary_candidate" title="Prospective parliamentary candidate">Prospective Parliamentary Candidate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Selected_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Selected-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received death threats during the selection process, including a funeral wreath with flowers spelling 'Simon' and a four-foot cross being anonymously sent to his work office.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Danczuk&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_parliamentarians_visit_Hong_Kong.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/UK_parliamentarians_visit_Hong_Kong.jpg/220px-UK_parliamentarians_visit_Hong_Kong.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/UK_parliamentarians_visit_Hong_Kong.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="195" /></a><figcaption>Danczuk (back row, second from left), in 2013, on a parliamentary visit to <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Danczuk was first elected to Parliament in the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>. He unseated incumbent <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rowen" title="Paul Rowen">Paul Rowen</a> and secured a majority of 889 votes. Danczuk won the seat for Labour despite a microphone picking up Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> calling <a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a> resident Gillian Duffy a "bigoted woman" on a visit to the constituency during the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2011, Danczuk made a criminal complaint to <a href="/wiki/Essex_Police" title="Essex Police">Essex Police</a> about Liberal Democrat MP and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Energy_and_Climate_Change" title="Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change">Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Huhne" title="Chris Huhne">Chris Huhne</a>, after it was alleged that Huhne had asked his wife, economist <a href="/wiki/Vicky_Pryce" title="Vicky Pryce">Vicky Pryce</a>, to take his penalty points for a speeding offence in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 February 2012, Huhne became the first Cabinet Minister in British political history to be forced from office as a <a href="/wiki/R_v_Huhne" title="R v Huhne">result of criminal proceedings</a>. Huhne was later tried and imprisoned, as was Vicky Pryce.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Danczuk was re-elected as the Labour MP for Rochdale at the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, substantially increasing his majority from 889 to 12,442 over the second-placed <a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Danczuk was critical of <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_leadership_of_Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn">leadership of the party</a> following his election as leader on 12 September 2015. The <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i> described him as Corbyn's "most outspoken internal critic".<sup id="cite_ref-ft-20151025_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft-20151025-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Danczuk was particularly active investigating historical allegations of child abuse against politicians. His campaigning attracted significant media attention and as a result he was one of the most high-profile backbench MPs.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2014 <i>Smile for the Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith</i> was published, an exposé of child sexual abuse committed by former Rochdale MP <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Smith" title="Cyril Smith">Cyril Smith</a>, written by Danczuk along with researcher and campaigner Matthew Baker.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was serialised in the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a></i>, and was named Political Book of the Year for 2014 by the <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday Times">Sunday Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016_IPSA_investigation_into_expenses">2016 IPSA investigation into expenses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Danczuk&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2016 IPSA investigation into expenses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2016, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) conducted an investigation into expenses claimed by Danczuk, following several newspaper investigations and a complaint from the member of the public. The report, published on 18 March 2016 concluded that Danczuk had claimed residency expenses for his two oldest children over a period of 3 years, which was required to be repaid—a total of £11,583.20 as well as £96.50 claimed for car parking charges, which had been claimed while he was on holiday in Spain.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The report's conclusion stated:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The evidence points overwhelmingly to the conclusion that the MP obtained an increase to his Accommodation Expenditure budget by claiming dependant uplifts for his two oldest children for a period of over three years, when, at no point were either of the children routinely resident. The Compliance Officer must also conclude that this was done knowing that there was no reasonable prospect of the children staying at the accommodation.<i>"</i> </p><p>Danczuk agreed to repay the £11,583.20 stating that he "I readily admit I did not read the rules. I relied on a member of staff to describe the rules to me at the time".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a later separate statement, Danczuk referred to the rules as "vaguely worded"<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and admitted error on his part, stating he would repay the money at the earliest available opportunity.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the report, the Metropolitan Police reported Danczuk referred the case to the Crown Prosecution Service for criminal charges however the criminal case was dropped due to insufficient evidence.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2016, Danczuk was then later alleged by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> newspaper to have claimed £500 to pay for a "crisis management" consultant's services over two days, three days after he was suspended from the Labour Party for his exchanging of sexually-explicit messages with then-17-year-old girl who had reached out to Danczuk's office seeking a career in politics.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independent_Inquiry_into_Child_Sexual_Abuse_(IICSA)"><span id="Independent_Inquiry_into_Child_Sexual_Abuse_.28IICSA.29"></span>Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Danczuk&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Westminster_paedophile_dossier" title="Westminster paedophile dossier">Westminster paedophile dossier</a></div> <p>During a <a href="/wiki/Home_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Home Affairs Select Committee">Home Affairs Select Committee</a> hearing in July 2014, Danczuk called for <a href="/wiki/Leon_Brittan" title="Leon Brittan">Leon Brittan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> between 1983 and 1985, to make public what he knew about a dossier of allegations against politicians presented to him by <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Dickens" title="Geoffrey Dickens">Geoffrey Dickens</a> (1931 – 1995, MP until 1995), which could identify several historic child sex abusers.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20140701_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20140701-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20140702_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20140702-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> stated that the dossier had not been retained in their files. Former <a href="/wiki/Director_of_Public_Prosecutions" title="Director of Public Prosecutions">Director of Public Prosecutions</a> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Macdonald" title="Ken Macdonald">Lord Macdonald</a> said the circumstances in which the dossier had gone missing were alarming, and recommended an inquiry into what happened.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-20140702_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-20140702-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> subsequently asked the <a href="/wiki/Mark_Sedwill" title="Mark Sedwill">Home Office Permanent Secretary</a> to investigate what happened to the missing dossier. The same month, Danczuk wrote to the <a href="/wiki/Director_of_Public_Prosecutions" title="Director of Public Prosecutions">Director of Public Prosecutions</a> asking for a review of the decision not to investigate certain historical allegations of sexual abuse made against senior Westminster politicians.<sup id="cite_ref-Exaronews-20140104_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Exaronews-20140104-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Danczuk's investigation significantly contributed to the decision of the government to set up the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Inquiry_into_Child_Sexual_Abuse" title="Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse">Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse</a>, a statutory inquiry under the <a href="/wiki/Inquiries_Act_2005" title="Inquiries Act 2005">Inquiries Act 2005</a>, which opened on 9 July 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the investigation, it was revealed that former <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> leader <a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">David Steel</a> learned about Cyril Smith's behaviour in 1979, but did nothing about it, and later nominated him for a knighthood. As a result, on 25 February 2020, he resigned from the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> and resigned from the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> on 27 March 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For his investigative work on child abuse, Danczuk was named Campaigner of the Year by the <a href="/wiki/Political_Studies_Association" title="Political Studies Association">Political Studies Association</a> in November 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and won the <a href="/wiki/Contrarian_Prize" title="Contrarian Prize">Contrarian Prize</a> in June 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suspension_by_the_Labour_party_and_resignation">Suspension by the Labour party and resignation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Danczuk&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Suspension by the Labour party and resignation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2015, Danczuk's membership of the Labour Party was suspended following reports he had exchanged explicit messages with a 17-year-old girl.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Danczuk apologised for his behaviour, which he described as "inappropriate and stupid", and said the incident occurred during an extremely low point of his life after his second marriage had collapsed.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Danczuk was not found to have broken the law and was not expelled from the party, but the <a href="/wiki/National_Executive_Committee_of_the_Labour_Party" title="National Executive Committee of the Labour Party">National Executive Committee of the Labour Party</a> ruled that he would not be endorsed as a Labour Party candidate for the snap <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 United Kingdom general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned from the party in May 2017 and contested Rochdale as an independent candidate, finishing in fifth place. Labour candidate <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lloyd" title="Tony Lloyd">Tony Lloyd</a> won the seat.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the result, he said that he would not stand for election again.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the day he was nominated for the Rochdale election, he was accused of <a href="/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">rape</a> in the Westminster area of London, resulting in him receiving abuse online and on the streets. The Metropolitan Police cleared Danczuk of all allegations shortly before the election, with him believing the accusation was an attempt to "sabotage" his campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subsequent_career">Subsequent career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Danczuk&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Subsequent career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2024 Danczuk announced that he had joined <a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> three months prior<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and would be the <a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> candidate for the <a href="/wiki/2024_Rochdale_by-election" title="2024 Rochdale by-election">2024 Rochdale by-election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Danczuk garnered the lowest number of votes in the by-election, coming sixth with 6.3 per cent of the votes cast.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His party alleged that election was rigged and that Danczuk was threatened and subjected to "menacing behaviour". No further evidence was presented for the claim of rigging.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One individual was taken into custody due to threatening him, after posting a video online, referencing Danczuk's leaflet which stated "vote for Rochdale, not Gaza" and stating that Danczuk resembled TV character <a href="/wiki/Phil_Mitchell" title="Phil Mitchell">Phil Mitchell</a> before threatening him.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The individual was later arrested.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Danczuk&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Danczuk has been married three times; his first two marriages ended in divorce, and he has two children each by his first and second wives.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Danczuk married <a href="/wiki/Karen_Danczuk" title="Karen Danczuk">Karen Burke</a> in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-20151231_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-20151231-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have two sons.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple separated in June 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2015, he said that he had been suffering from <a href="/wiki/Depression_(mood)" title="Depression (mood)">depression</a> caused by his campaigning work on child sexual abuse and that this had affected their marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, he became engaged to Claudine Uwamahoro, a Rwandan beauty therapist whom he met on a business trip to <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a> in March 2022,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they married in July 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books_by_Simon_Danczuk">Books by Simon Danczuk</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Danczuk&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Books by Simon Danczuk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Danczuk, Simon and Baker, Matthew (2014). <i>Smile for the Camera: The Double Life of <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Smith" title="Cyril Smith">Cyril Smith</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Biteback_Publishing" title="Biteback Publishing">Biteback Publishing</a>. <style 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title="Special:BookSources/9780750997140">9780750997140</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/scandal-at-dolphin-square/simon-danczuk/daniel-smith/9780750997140">[1]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Danczuk&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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