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Grant Shapps

1968 - Today

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Grant Shapps (born 14 September 1968) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from August 2023 to July 2024. Shapps previously served in various cabinet posts, including Conservative Party Co-Chairman, Transport Secretary, Home Secretary, Business Secretary, and Energy Secretary under Prime Ministers David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Welwyn Hatfield from 2005 to 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grant Shapps has received more than 2,324,816 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Grant Shapps is the 18,030th most popular politician, the 6,273rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 672nd most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Grant Shapps ranks 18,030 out of 19,576. Before him are Vladimir Smirnov, Jerry Moran, Karl Erjavec, Wouter Bos, Michelle Bolsonaro, and Josefina Vázquez Mota. After him are Hiram Rhodes Revels, Johnny Paul Koroma, Jürgen Ligi, Larry Hogan, Krzysztof Bosak, and Ali Mohamed Shein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Grant Shapps ranks 582. Before him are The D.O.C., Sandra Hess, Raquel Cassidy, Claire Keegan, Jérôme Ferrari, and Ornela Vorpsi. After him are Magnus Erlingmark, Adam Matysek, Niamh Kavanagh, Penny Wong, Héctor Milián, and Jens Weidmann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Grant Shapps ranks 6,273 out of 8,785. Before him are Rosemarie Frankland (1943), Calum Scott (1988), Helen Sharman (1963), Arthur Owen (1915), Martin Carthy (1941), and James, Viscount Severn (2007). After him are Shaka Hislop (1969), Lady Gabriella Kingston (1981), Craig Fairbrass (1964), John Oliver (1977), John Inman (1935), and Sonia Robertson (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Grant Shapps ranks 672. Before him are Barbara Castle (1910), Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon (1907), Don McKinnon (1939), Diane Abbott (1953), Penny Mordaunt (1973), and Michael Fallon (1952). After him are Sophia Duleep Singh (1876), Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford (1960), David Thompson (1961), Walter Nash (1882), Ellen Wilkinson (1891), and Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880).

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