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Oct 04, 1947 Bath, England, United Kingdom 76 years old
British politician
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About Ann Widdecombe
- Ann Noreen Widdecombe (born 4 October 1947) is a British politician and author serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England as a member of the Brexit Party since 2019.
- She previously served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010. Born in Bath, Somerset, Widdecombe read Latin at the University of Birmingham and later studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
- She is a convert from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism and was a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship.
- Widdecombe was a Privy Councillor.
- She served as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1995 to 1997 and Shadow Home Secretary from 1999 to 2001. Ideologically, Widdecombe identifies herself as a social conservative.
- As a member of the House of Commons, she was known for opposing the legality of abortion, her opposition to various issues of LGBT rights such as an equal age of consent and the repeal of Section 28, her support for the re-introduction of the death penalty and her opposition to fox hunting. She retired from politics at the 2010 general election.
- Since 2002, she has also made numerous television and radio appearances, including as a television presenter.
- A prominent Eurosceptic, in 2016 she supported the Vote Leave campaign to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Union.
- Widdecombe returned to politics as the lead candidate for the Brexit Party in South West England at the 2019 European Parliament election and subsequently won her seat.
