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Richard Shepherd

Politician

Richard Shepherd 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	Richard Shepherd · Ричард Шеперд · ריצ'רד שפרד · ريتشارد شيبرد · রিচার্ড শেফার্ড · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd · Sir Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd · Ричард Шеперд · ריצ'רד שפרד · ريتشارد شيبرد				[sources]
Weak alias	理查德·设菲尔德 · 理查德谢泼德				[sources]
Birth date	1942-12-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Aberdeen				[sources]
Death date	2022-02-19				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Richard				[sources]
Last name	Shepherd				[sources]
Title	Sir				[sources]
Website	www.richardshepherd.org.uk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q392533				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · member of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1979-1983) · member of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1983-1987) · member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1987-1992) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Johns Hopkins University · London School of Economics and Political Science · Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (1942-2022)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2010-05-06	2015-03-30
Member of the House of Commons

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,139

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata335,609

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,576

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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