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David Blunkett

1947 - Today

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David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, (born 6 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2015, and previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough from 1987 to 2015, when he stood down. Blind since birth, and coming from a poor family in one of Sheffield's most deprived districts, he rose to become Education and Employment Secretary, Home Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary in Tony Blair's Cabinet following Labour's victory in the 1997 general election. Following the 2001 general election, he was promoted to Home Secretary, a position he held until 2004, when he resigned following publicity about his personal life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Blunkett has received more than 1,117,389 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). David Blunkett is the 17,155th most popular politician (down from 15,310th in 2019), the 6,210th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,631st in 2019) and the 647th most popular British Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

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  • 1.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Blunkett ranks 17,155 out of 15,577. Before him are Kevin P. Chilton, Elijah Cummings, William Roth, Mike Rounds, Monika Kryemadhi, and Dannel Malloy. After him are Chiara Appendino, Vicente Zeballos, Elizabeth May, Kaiane Aldorino, Rob Ford, and Harry F. Byrd Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, David Blunkett ranks 787. Before him are Joe Wilson, Lamar Smith, Haley Barbour, Judd Gregg, Tessa Jowell, and Eliot Engel. After him are John Kitzhaber, Alan Pascoe, Donna de Varona, Bev Perdue, Zoe Lofgren, and Peter Welch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Blunkett ranks 6,210 out of 7,765. Before him are Mark Lawrenson (1957), Luke Treadaway (1984), Jamie Cook (1985), Philip Glenister (1963), Caroline Flack (1979), and Jordan Larsson (1997). After him are Ben Davies (1993), Jay Sean (1979), Luke Mably (1976), Sarah Stevenson (1983), Michael O'Neill (1969), and Phil Daniels (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, David Blunkett ranks 647. Before him are Ann Widdecombe (1947), Ivor Richard (1932), Menzies Campbell (1941), Terence O'Neill (1914), Tessa Jowell (1947), and Ben Wallace (1970). After him are Charles Kennedy (1959), Caroline Lucas (1960), Sally Jewell (1956), Liam Fox (1961), Arlene Foster (1970), and Mo Mowlam (1949).

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