POLITICIAN

Ann Widdecombe

1947 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ann Widdecombe has received more than 2,772,603 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ann Widdecombe is the 18,484th most popular politician (down from 16,967th in 2019), the 6,640th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,094th in 2019) and the 690th most popular British Politician.

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  • 18

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  • 1.21

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  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ann Widdecombe ranks 18,484 out of 19,576Before her are Fu Mingxia, Tamar Beruchashvili, Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, John Chafee, Renuka Chowdhury, and Shukria Barakzai. After her are Irakli Alasania, Alan Johnson, Ronna McDaniel, Søren Pape Poulsen, Giorgio Petrosyan, and Tammy Duckworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ann Widdecombe ranks 876Before her are Roy Moore, Dave Barry, Laura Tyson, Donna de Varona, Tom DeLay, and Ajit Pal Singh. After her are Haley Barbour, Judd Gregg, Alan Pascoe, Bev Perdue, Peter Wilson, and David Blunkett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ann Widdecombe ranks 6,640 out of 8,785Before her are Victoria Wood (1953), Rachel Goswell (1971), Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn (1945), Anna Burns (1962), Amanda Redman (1957), and Mark Wright (1963). After her are Nigel Martyn (1966), Carlton Myers (1971), Alice Oseman (1994), Gemma Whelan (1981), Layla El (1977), and Chuba Akpom (1995).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ann Widdecombe ranks 690Before her are Shirley Williams (1930), Michael Gove (1967), George Osborne (1971), Amber Rudd (1963), Jacob Rees-Mogg (1969), and Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn (1945). After her are Alan Johnson (1950), Charles Kennedy (1959), Menzies Campbell (1941), Terence O'Neill (1914), David Blunkett (1947), and Nadine Dorries (1957).