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David Wilshire

Politician

David Wilshire 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	David Wilshire · ديڤيد ويلشير · デイヴィッド・ウィルシャー				[sources]
Other name	デイヴィッド・ウィルシャー				[sources]
Weak alias	Wilshire · デヴィッド・ウィルシャー · デービッド・ウィルシャー				[sources]
Birth date	1943-09-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Bristol				[sources]
Death date	2023-10-31				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	David				[sources]
Last name	Wilshire				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q337544				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2005-2010) · member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1987-1992) · member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom (1992-1997) · member of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1997-2001) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Fitzwilliam College (-1965) · Kingswood School				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-17	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (1943-2023)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-12-01

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the House of Commons	2005-05-05	2010-04-12
member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,361

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,410

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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