# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-mellor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:55:36.899Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-mellor"
name: "David Mellor"
slug: "david-mellor"
description: "David John Mellor is a British broadcaster, barrister, and former politician. As a member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1990–1992) and Secretary of State for National Heritage, before resigning in 1992. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney from 1979 to 1997. Since leaving Parliament, Mellor has worked as a newspaper columnist, a radio presenter, and an after-dinner speaker. He also served as Chairman of the government's Football Task Force."
tagline: "Former British politician, non-practising barrister, broadcaster, journalist and businessman (born 1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David-2023.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-03-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.07
  momentum:             3.782447466007416
  historical:           7.999182666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Mellor"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "ديفيد ميلور (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ديفيد ميلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mellor"
    title: "David Mellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mellor"
    title: "David Mellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mellor"
    title: "David Mellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mellor"
    title: "David Mellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mellor"
    title: "David Mellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mellor"
    title: "David Mellor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333537"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump