# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-blunkett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:31:04.242Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-blunkett"
name: "David Blunkett"
slug: "david-blunkett"
description: "David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001, Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2005. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough from 1987 to 2015 and was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2015."
tagline: "British politician (born 1947)"
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country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1947-06-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump