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Ben Chapman

PEP · 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	not available				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Ben				[sources]
Last name	Chapman				[sources]
Political association	Labour Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4885414				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[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	2026-04-08	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (born 1940)

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

Relationships

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,688

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,669

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,544

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,787

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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