Ann Widdecombe

British politician and media personality (1947-2026) · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Died at 78

Ann Widdecombe is read about 1,535 times a day, in 31 languages.

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2026In memoriamDied8 July 20262019“If I needed any convincing at all that the best thing for Britain was to leave here as soon as possible, it was the way that those elections were conducted yesterday.”In their words4 July 2019Belfast TelegraphRead the whole statement

2018“We are born either male or female, an arrangement of nature which allows us to reproduce as a species.”In their words6 June 2018ExpressRead the whole statement

“If marriage suddenly is no longer between a man and a woman, and it’s between a man and a man or a woman and a woman, then why not between one man and two women? Why not polygamy?”In their words8 January 2018The SunRead the whole statement

2013Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the GreatAward2005Named Member of the 54th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice5 May 2005 to 12 April 20102003“Our consistent experience of laws is they grow legs and they walk and run away.”In their words21 March 2003Quoted in "God & I: Rt. Hon. Ann Widdecombe MP"Read the whole statement

2001Named Member of the 53rd Parliament of the United KingdomOffice7 June 2001 to 11 April 20051999Named Shadow Home SecretaryOffice13 January 1999 to 18 September 20011998Named Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social CareOffice1 June 1998 to 13 January 19991997Named Member of the 52nd Parliament of the United KingdomOffice1 May 1997 to 14 May 20011995Named Minister of State for Prisons and ProbationOffice28 February 1995 to 2 May 19971992Named Member of the 51st Parliament of the United KingdomOffice9 April 1992 to 8 April 19971987Named Member of the 50th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice11 June 1987 to 16 March 19921947Born4 October 1947

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Official portrait c. 1995-1997

Widdecombe in an Any Questions? broadcast in 2016 at the Nexus Methodist Church, Bath

Widdecombe at a book club hosted by Edwina Currie in Clapham, 2010

Widdecombe in 2006

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Ann Widdecombe

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So I may be remembered neither for politics nor for Strictly, but for something else that I can’t even foresee at the moment. And we get one go this side of eternity, one go.
"Ann Widdecombe’s most memorable TV moments - from Strictly ‘human hoover’ dance to Big Brother clash & The Chase blunder Becky Pemberton", Own words

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