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Ann Widdecombe

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Ann Noreen Widdecombe (born 4 October 1947) is a British politician and television personality who has been Reform UK's Immigration and Justice spokesperson since 2023. Originally a member of the Conservative Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone and The Weald, and the former Maidstone constituency, from 1987 to 2010. She was a member of the Brexit Party from 2019 until it was renamed Reform UK in 2021, and served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 2019 to 2020; she rejoined Reform UK in 2023. Born in Bath, Somerset, Widdecombe read Latin at the University of Birmingham and later studied philosophy, politics and economics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ann Widdecombe is the 18,287th most popular politician (up from 18,452nd in 2024), the 6,498th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,642nd in 2019) and the 692nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ann Widdecombe ranks 18,287 out of 19,576. Before her are Henry A. Wise, Davit Kezerashvili, Adiato Djaló Nandigna, Ned Lamont, Vikas Swarup, and Payne Stewart. After her are Sartaj Aziz, Fernando de Araújo, Maria Luisa Berti, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, Roman Giertych, and Illia Kyva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ann Widdecombe ranks 868. Before her are Lesley Bush, Lawrence Wright, Jim Ryun, Jill Eikenberry, Tommy Hutchison, and Alan Pascoe. After her are Steve Heighway, John Ralston Saul, Federico Peña, Mona Marshall, Eliot Engel, and Carlos Ezquerra.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ann Widdecombe ranks 6,500 out of 8,785. Before her are Rupert Penry-Jones (1970), Alan Pascoe (1947), Paula Malcomson (1970), Charlie Heaton (1994), Dominic Solanke (1997), and Dan Martin (1986). After her are Bill Eckersley (1925), Mick McCarthy (1959), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (1993), Chris Boardman (1968), Veronica Carlson (1944), and Dario Franchitti (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ann Widdecombe ranks 692. Before her are Alistair Darling (1953), Dominic Raab (1974), David Miliband (1965), Malcolm Rifkind (1946), Ellen Wilkinson (1891), and Eoin MacNeill (1867). After her are Philip May (1957), Diane Abbott (1953), Eric Bristow (1957), Najla El Mangoush (1973), Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880), and Alan Johnson (1950).

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