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John Cryer

Politician

John Cryer 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	John Cryer · جون كرير · জন ক্রিয়ার · 約翰·克萊爾				[sources]
Other name	Cryer, John · John Robert Cryer · Lord Cryer · 約翰·克萊爾				[sources]
Birth date	1964-04-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Darwen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	john.cryer.mp@parliament.uk				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Last name	Cryer				[sources]
Phone	+442072197100				[sources]
Website	www.leytonandwansteadlabour.org.uk · twitter.com · www.johncryermp.co.uk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q291615				[sources]
Position	Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · House of Commons (member, 2015-2017) · House of Commons (member, 2017-) · member of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1997-2001) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Oakbank School, Keighley · University of Hertfordshire				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (born 1964)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2017-06-08	2019-11-06
member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2019-12-12	2024-05-30
Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party	-	-
Member of the House of Commons	2010-05-06	2015-03-30
Member of the House of Commons	2017-06-09	-
member of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2015-05-07	2017-05-03
member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2010-05-06	2015-03-30
Member of the House of Commons	2015-05-08	2017-05-03
member of the House of Lords	2024-08-15	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ann Cryer Politician	child · mother	-	-
Ellie Reeves Politician	spouse	-	-

Data sources

Every Politician58,336

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,163

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,881

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Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,850

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata354,052

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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