# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-bates-baron-bates
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:33:02.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-bates-baron-bates"
name: "Michael Bates, Baron Bates"
slug: "michael-bates-baron-bates"
description: "Michael Walton Bates, Baron Bates is a British Conservative Party politician. He has served in the House of Lords since 2008, having previously represented the constituency of Langbaurgh in the House of Commons from 1992 to 1997."
tagline: "British politician (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Bates_2020_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-05-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BatesLord"
    handle:    "BatesLord"
sources:
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    title: "مائیکل بیٹس، بیرون بیٹس"
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    title: "مايكل بيتس"
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    title: "مايكل بيتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bates%2C_Baron_Bates"
    title: "Michael Bates, Baron Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bates%2C_Baron_Bates"
    title: "Michael Bates, Baron Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bates_(baron_Bates)"
    title: "Michael Bates (baron Bates)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bates"
    title: "Michael Bates"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1926893"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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