Ann Widdecombe
Politician
1947 –
Who is Ann Widdecombe?
Ann Noreen Widdecombe, DSG is a former British Conservative Party politician and has been a novelist since 2000. She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010. She was a social conservative and a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship. 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. She is a convert from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism.
As an MP, Widdecombe was known for opposing the legality of abortion and supporting the re-introduction of the death penalty.
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- Born
- Oct 4, 1947
Bath - Also known as
- Ann Noreen Widdecombe
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
( - 1972) - Bachelor of Arts, University of Birmingham
Latin
( - 1969) - University of Oxford
- Bachelor of Arts, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
- Lived in
- Haytor
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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