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John Spellar

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

John Spellar is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	John Spellar · جان اسپلار · جون سپيلار · 約翰·斯佩勒				[sources]
Other name	John Francis Spellar · Lord Spellar · Spellar, John · 約翰·斯佩勒				[sources]
Weak alias	約翰·斯佩拉爾				[sources]
Birth date	1947-08-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Bromley				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	colyerl@parliament.uk · john.spellar.mp@parliament.uk · john.spellar@btconnect.com				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Last name	Spellar				[sources]
Phone	+442072190674				[sources]
Title	The Right Honourable				[sources]
Website	www.johnspellar.org.uk · www.parliament.uk · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q389677				[sources]
Position	Comptroller of the Household (2008-2010) · Deputy of Labor Friends of the Zionist Regime (LFI) at the House of Commons · House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · House of Commons (member, 2015-2017) · 16 more...				[sources]
Education	Dulwich College · St Edmund Hall				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (born 1947)

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the House of Lords	2024-08-12	-

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Data sources

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,874

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,099

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Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata349,569

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,079

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ir-san-c4f4d126e9020af91fc6aeffd960ceaf50498a9d · evpo-486e3536-3c99-41ed-ac0d-bd0210d00dd2

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