# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-harrington
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:54:26.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-harrington"
name: "Richard Harrington"
slug: "richard-harrington"
description: "Richard Irwin Harrington, Baron Harrington of Watford is a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords and businessman. From 2010 until 2019, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Watford. He was the Minister for Business and Industry from June 2017 to March 2019. Harrington had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019, but on 29 October he was one of ten MPs to have it restored."
tagline: "British Conservative politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Harrington_of_Watford_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-11-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.360549333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Richard4Watford"
    handle:    "Richard4Watford"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RichardHarringtonWatford"
    handle:    "RichardHarringtonWatford"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.richardharrington.org.uk"
sources:
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    title: "ريتشارد هارينجتون"
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    title: "ريتشارد هارينجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harrington%2C_Baron_Harrington_of_Watford"
    title: "Richard Harrington, Baron Harrington of Watford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Harrington, Baron Harrington of Watford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harrington_(homme_politique)"
    title: "Richard Harrington (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harrington%2C_Baron_Harrington_of_Watford"
    title: "Richard Harrington, Baron Harrington of Watford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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