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Giles Watling

Politician

Giles Watling 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	Giles Watling · Джиллз Уотлинг · جيليس واتلينج · 賈爾斯·沃特林				[sources]
Alias	Giles Francis Watling · Watling, Giles · Джиллз Уотлинг				[sources]
Birth date	1953-02-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Chingford				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	giles.watling.mp@parliament.uk				[sources]
First name	Giles				[sources]
Last name	Watling				[sources]
Phone	+442072190795				[sources]
Political association	Conservative Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5561727				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2017-) · member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2017-2019) · member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019-2024)				[sources]
Education	Forest School				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British actor and politician (born 1953)

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Jack Watling Close Associate	father	-	-
Deborah Watling Close Associate	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2019-12-12	2024-05-30

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,927

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories371,616

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata354,130

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,448

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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