# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rupert-matthews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:48:21.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rupert-matthews"
name: "Rupert Matthews"
slug: "rupert-matthews"
description: "Rupert Oliver Matthews is a British Reform UK politician serving as the Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner since 2021. He was elected as a Conservative Party candidate, initially in 2021 and then re-elected in 2024, before defecting to Reform UK in August 2025. He previously served as a Conservative Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East Midlands from June 2017 until his term ended on 1 July 2019, and has authored books on the paranormal."
tagline: "British politician (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rupert_Matthews.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             13.53982300884956
  historical:           5.0216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/matthews.rupert/"
    handle:    "matthews.rupert"
sources:
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    title: "روبرت ماثيوز"
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    title: "Rupert Matthews"
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    title: "Rupert Matthews"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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