# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/huw-merriman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:51:15.647Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/huw-merriman"
name: "Huw Merriman"
slug: "huw-merriman"
description: "Huw William Merriman is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bexhill and Battle in East Sussex from 2015 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister of State for Rail and HS2 from October 2022 until July 2024. He previously chaired the Transport Select Committee between January 2020 and October 2022. Prior to his parliamentary career, Merriman was a barrister and a local councillor."
tagline: "British politician (born 1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Huw_Merriman_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1973-07-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.53
  momentum:             0.2727272727272727
  historical:           5.949749333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/HuwMerriman"
    handle:    "HuwMerriman"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Huw-Merriman-324862291035860"
    handle:    "Huw-Merriman-324862291035860"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "ہیو میری مین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "هو ميريمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%89_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "হুউ মেরিম্যান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huw_Merriman"
    title: "Huw Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huw_Merriman"
    title: "Huw Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huw_Merriman"
    title: "Huw Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huw_Merriman"
    title: "Huw Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20195263"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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