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Willie Bain

PEP · Politician

Willie Bain 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	William Bain · Willie Bain · فيلي باين · ويلى باين · 威利·貝恩				[sources]
Alias	William Bain · William Thomas Bain · Willie Bain · 威利·貝恩				[sources]
Birth date	1972-11-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Springburn				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	William · Willie				[sources]
Last name	Bain				[sources]
Political association	Labour Party				[sources]
Website	www.parliament.uk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q260049				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2009-2010) · member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2010-2015)				[sources]
Education	St. Roch's Secondary School · Strathclyde Law School · University of Strathclyde				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-08	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (born 1972)

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,481

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,496

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,544

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,783

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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