# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shailesh-vara
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:37:46.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shailesh-vara"
name: "Shailesh Vara"
slug: "shailesh-vara"
description: "Shailesh Lakhman Vara is a British Conservative former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Cambridgeshire from 2005 until 2024. He was the UK's first Hindu MP. He also served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from July to September 2022."
tagline: "British politician (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Shailesh_Vara_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1960-09-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "ShaileshVara"
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    url:       "http://www.shaileshvara.com/"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shailesh Vara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shailesh_Vara"
    title: "Shailesh Vara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shailesh Vara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shailesh Vara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shailesh Vara"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump