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David Amess

1952 - 2021

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Sir David Anthony Andrew Amess ( AY-miss; 26 March 1952 – 15 October 2021) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southend West from 1997 until his murder in 2021. He previously served as MP for Basildon from 1983 to 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Catholic with socially conservative political views, and was in favour of Britain leaving the European Union. Born and raised in Essex, Amess studied economics and government at Bournemouth University and then had short careers as a primary school teacher, underwriter and recruitment consultant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Amess is the 17,903rd most popular politician (down from 17,171st in 2019), the 6,194th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,508th in 2019) and the 677th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, David Amess ranks 17,903 out of 19,576. Before him are William P. Fessenden, Chiril Gaburici, William B. Saxbe, Mariya Gabriel, Amr Khaled, and Bernard Makuza. After him are Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Judit Varga, Thomas Hart Benton, Stuart Symington, Luis Fortuño, and Lubomír Zaorálek.

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Among people born in 1952, David Amess ranks 711. Before him are Riki Sorsa, Wim Meutstege, Laurie Bird, José Velásquez, John Hickenlooper, and Hossein Sheikholeslam. After him are Maggie Roswell, Bappi Lahiri, John Carl Buechler, John Rutsey, Linda M. Godwin, and Françoise Combes. Among people deceased in 2021, David Amess ranks 672. Before him are Zizinho, Hamed Bakayoko, Storrs L. Olson, Surekha Sikri, Antony Sher, and Tommy Kirk. After him are Porfirio Armando Betancourt, Danish Siddiqui, Keshav Dutt, Arthur Kopit, Rick Mitchell, and Pornsak Songsaeng.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Amess ranks 6,196 out of 8,785. Before him are Rory Kinnear (1978), Flora Murray (1869), Walter Crickmer (1899), Paul Joseph Watson (1982), Simon Woods (1980), and Dusa McDuff (1945). After him are Lady Gabriella Kingston (1981), Mary Russell Mitford (1787), Michael Bisping (1979), William Lashly (1867), Laurie Hughes (1924), and David Haye (1980).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, David Amess ranks 677. Before him are Owen Smith (1970), Nellie Sengupta (1886), Michael Fallon (1952), David Davis (1948), Iain Duncan Smith (1954), and Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748). After him are Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (1947), David Kelly (1944), James Cleverly (1969), Leon Brittan (1939), Tom Tugendhat (1973), and Graham Brady (1967).

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