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Liam Fox

1961 - Today

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Sir Liam Fox (born 22 September 1961) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defence from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Somerset, formerly Woodspring, from 1992 to 2024. Fox studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and worked as a GP and civilian army medical GP before being elected as an MP. After holding several ministerial roles under John Major, Fox served as Constitutional Affairs Spokesman from 1998 to 1999, Shadow Health Secretary from 1999 to 2003, Chair of the Conservative Party from 2003 to 2005, Shadow Foreign Secretary in 2005 and Shadow Defence Secretary from 2005 to 2010. In the 2009 expenses scandal, he was the Shadow Cabinet minister found to have the largest over-claim on expenses and, as a result, was forced to repay the most money. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liam Fox has received more than 1,648,258 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Liam Fox is the 18,651st most popular politician (down from 17,161st in 2019), the 6,799th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,274th in 2019) and the 698th most popular British Politician.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Liam Fox ranks 18,651 out of 19,576. Before him are Richard Riley, Nikola Dimitrov, Vanja Udovičić, Tom Cotton, Sally Jewell, and Marty Walsh. After him are Ekaterina Zakharieva, William Roth, Mohammad Yaqoob, Andrea Leadsom, N. Biren Singh, and Annie Lööf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Liam Fox ranks 783. Before him are Robert J. Lang, Salahdine Hmied, Sabine Everts, Tom Emmer, Janet Jones, and Vermin Supreme. After him are N. Biren Singh, Jorge Amado Nunes, Mike Lindell, Rolf Thorsen, Sunder Nix, and Kevin McDonald.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Liam Fox ranks 6,799 out of 8,785. Before him are Luke Roberts (1977), Eddie Nketiah (1999), Rachid Harkouk (1956), Alan McInally (1963), Sally Jewell (1956), and Kirsten Barnes (1968). After him are Christina Cole (1981), Anna Shaffer (1992), Stan Collymore (1971), Dean-Charles Chapman (1997), Stephen Lee (1974), and Andrea Leadsom (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Liam Fox ranks 698. Before him are Charles Kennedy (1959), Menzies Campbell (1941), Terence O'Neill (1914), David Blunkett (1947), Nadine Dorries (1957), and Sally Jewell (1956). After him are Andrea Leadsom (1963), Tessa Jowell (1947), Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (1986), Ivor Richard (1932), Mo Mowlam (1949), and Jill Evans (1959).

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