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Ruth Smeeth, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Ruth Smeeth, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ruth Smeeth · Ruth Smeeth, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent · روث سميث · ラス・スミース · 露絲·史密斯				[sources]
Alias	Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent · Ruth Lauren Smeeth · Smeeth, Ruth · ラス・スミース · 露絲·史密斯				[sources]
Birth date	1979-06-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Edinburgh				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	ruth.smeeth.mp@parliament.uk				[sources]
First name	Lauren · Ruth				[sources]
Last name	Anderson · Smeeth				[sources]
Phone	+442072194844				[sources]
Political association	Labour Party				[sources]
Website	www.ruthsmeeth.org.uk · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q19586268				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2015-2017) · House of Commons (member, 2017-) · Lord-in-waiting (2024-) · member of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2015-2017) · member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2017-2019) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Birmingham				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-19	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

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British politician (born 1979)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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