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Bob Blizzard

Politician

Bob Blizzard 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	Bob Blizzard · بوب بليزارد · বব ব্লিজার্ড · 밥 블리저드				[sources]
Alias	Robert John Blizzard · பாப் பிலாஸார்ட் · 로버트 존 블리저드				[sources]
Birth date	1950-05-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Bury St Edmunds				[sources]
Death date	2022-05-05				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Bob				[sources]
Last name	Blizzard				[sources]
Political association	Labour Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4931857				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (2008-2010) · 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]
Education	Culford School · University of Birmingham				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British Labour Party politician (born 1950)

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

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

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,230

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Global · Wikidata · 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 OpenSanctions552,973

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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