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Brian Whittle

Politician

Brian Whittle 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	Brian Whittle · بريان وايتل				[sources]
Other name	Brian Ian Whittle				[sources]
Birth date	1964-04-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Ayr				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Scotland				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	Brian.Whittle.msp@parliament.scot				[sources]
First name	Brian				[sources]
Last name	Whittle				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q514743				[sources]
Position	Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament (2016-2021) · Member of the 6th Scottish Parliament (2021-) · Scottish Parliament (member, 2016-)				[sources]
Education	Marr College · University of Glasgow				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British athlete and politician (born 1964)

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

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Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,645

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,111

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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