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John McDonnell

1951 - Today

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John Martin McDonnell (born 8 September 1951) is a British politician who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since 1997, representing the Labour Party until the whip was withdrawn and his suspension on 23 July 2024 as a result of voting to scrap the two child benefit cap. On the political left, McDonnell is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John McDonnell has received more than 1,616,805 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John McDonnell is the 19,002nd most popular politician (down from 17,315th in 2019), the 7,190th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,452nd in 2019) and the 714th most popular British Politician.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.25

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  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John McDonnell ranks 19,002 out of 19,576Before him are Jens Seipenbusch, John Ratcliffe, Moussa Mara, Per-Kristian Foss, Jamie Raskin, and Conrad Burns. After him are Dennis Daugaard, Dmitry Debelka, Julissa Villanueva, George Santos, Elena Grushina, and Teemu Hartikainen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, John McDonnell ranks 740Before him are Bina Agarwal, Raelene Boyle, Alexander Downer, Sidney M. Gutierrez, Linda Grant, and Mike Leavitt. After him are Meena Alexander, Stephen S. Oswald, Mike Thompson, Paula Vogel, Ed Royce, and Jim Holton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John McDonnell ranks 7,190 out of 8,785Before him are Kathryn Prescott (1991), Roni Size (1969), Fabien Frankel (1994), Tom Dean (2000), Rico Lewis (2004), and Iain De Caestecker (1987). After him are Robert Milkins (1976), Andri Guðjohnsen (2002), Jess Glynne (1989), Lee Bowyer (1977), Mason Holgate (1996), and Joey Jones (1955).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John McDonnell ranks 714Before him are Kwasi Kwarteng (1975), Carwyn Jones (1967), Thérèse Coffey (1971), Dominic Cummings (1971), Hilary Benn (1953), and Caroline Lucas (1960). After him are Ed Davey (1965), Jack McConnell (1960), Des Browne (1952), Syed Kamall (1967), John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness (1955), and Stephen Barclay (1972).