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Ben Chapman

Politician

Ben Chapman 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	Ben Chapman · Бен Чэпман · بين شابمان				[sources]
Alias	James Keith Chapman · Бен Чэпман · بين شابمان				[sources]
Birth date	1940-07-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Kirkby Stephen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Ben				[sources]
Last name	Chapman				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4885414				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom (1997-1997) · member of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1997-2001) · member of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom (2001-2005) · member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2005-2010)				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (born 1940)

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

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories371,721

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,236

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,934

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,152

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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