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Doug Naysmith

Politician

Doug Naysmith 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	Doug Naysmith · دوج نايسميث				[sources]
Alias	John Douglas Naysmith				[sources]
Birth date	1941-04-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Musselburgh				[sources]
Death date	2023-07-02				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Doug				[sources]
Last name	Naysmith				[sources]
Political association	Labour Co-operative · Labour Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5300773				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · 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) · substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1997-1999)				[sources]
Education	George Heriot's School · University of Edinburgh				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (1941–2023)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-22

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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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

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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