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Michelle Ballantyne

Politician

Michelle Ballantyne 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	Michelle Ballantyne · 米歇爾·巴蘭坦				[sources]
Alias	Michelle Lorraine Ballantyne				[sources]
Birth date	1962-11-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Ashton-under-Lyne				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Scotland				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (past)				[sources]
E-Mail	Michelle.Ballantyne.msp@parliament.scot				[sources]
First name	Michelle				[sources]
Last name	Ballantyne				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q30026790				[sources]
Position	Leader of Reform UK Scotland (2021-) · Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament (2017-2020) · Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament (2020-2021) · Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament (2021-2021) · Scottish Parliament (member, 2016-)				[sources]
Education	Heriot-Watt University				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Scottish politician

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

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,027

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Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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