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David Lidington

1956 - Today

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Sir David Roy Lidington (born 30 June 1956) is a former British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury from 1992 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2018 to 2019 and was frequently described as being Theresa May's de facto Deputy Prime Minister.Between 2010 and 2016, he served as Minister of State for Europe holding the position for the entirety of David Cameron's premiership, a longer period than any of his predecessors. Theresa May appointed him to the cabinet for the first time in June 2016, where he held a number of roles including Leader of the House of Commons, and the joint title of Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Lidington has received more than 846,042 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David Lidington is the 19,132nd most popular politician (down from 17,399th in 2019), the 7,376th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,580th in 2019) and the 724th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Lidingtons by language

Over the past year David Lidington has had the most page views in the with 37,390 views, followed by Chinese (1,676), and Russian (1,159). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Sinhalese (87.94%), Chinese (62.09%), and Wu Chinese (9.42%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Lidington ranks 19,132 out of 19,576. Before him are Zhang Xin, Matilda Ernkrans, Toni Lydman, Iryna Kindzerska, Morten Østergaard, and Susanne Hennig-Wellsow. After him are Akiyo Noguchi, Guo Yan, Damian Green, Keith Vaz, Roberta Anastase, and Steve Pearce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, David Lidington ranks 808. Before him are Bill Ritter, Tessa Sanderson, Gillian Rolton, Darrell Pace, Peter Shumlin, and Ray Nagin. After him are Damian Green, Keith Vaz, Patty Sheehan, Ron White, Jimmy Nicholl, and Bernard A. Harris Jr..

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Lidington ranks 7,376 out of 8,785. Before him are Freddie Fox (1989), Tariq Lamptey (2000), Sharon Rendle (1966), Zidane Iqbal (2003), Millie Brady (1993), and Frank Sinclair (1971). After him are Iwan Thomas (1974), Kae Tempest (1985), Dizzee Rascal (1984), Michaela Coel (1987), Harry Wilson (1997), and Kate Nash (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, David Lidington ranks 724. Before him are Syed Kamall (1967), John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness (1955), Stephen Barclay (1972), Douglas Alexander (1967), Zac Goldsmith (1975), and Oliver Dowden (1978). After him are Damian Green (1956), Patrick McLoughlin (1957), Chris Grayling (1962), Omar Abdullah (1970), Kemi Badenoch (1980), and Esther McVey (1967).

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