# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-cottrell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:14:37.222Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-cottrell"
name: "Richard Cottrell"
slug: "richard-cottrell"
description: "Richard John Cottrell was an English politician and author who was a Member of the European Parliament for the British constituency of Bristol from 1979 until 1989."
tagline: "British politician (born 1943)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1943-07-11"
deathDate: "2024-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.17
  momentum:             2.769230769230769
  historical:           5.469654666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cottrell_(politician)"
    title: "Richard Cottrell (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "ريتشارد كوتريل (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ريتشارد كوتريل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cottrell"
    title: "Richard Cottrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cottrell"
    title: "Richard Cottrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cottrell_(pol%C3%ADtico)"
    title: "Richard Cottrell (político)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12739396"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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