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Michael Meacher

Politician

Michael Meacher 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	Michael Meacher · Майкл Мичер · مايكل مايتشير · مايكل ميجر · মাইকেল মেচার · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Michael Hugh Meacher · Мичер, Майкл · マイケル・ミーチャー · 邁克爾·米徹				[sources]
Weak alias	迈克尔·米彻 · 邁克爾·馬奇				[sources]
Birth date	1939-11-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Hemel Hempstead				[sources]
Death date	2015-10-20 · 2015-10-21				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Michael				[sources]
Last name	Meacher				[sources]
Political association	Labour Party				[sources]
Title	The Right Honourable				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q583993				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · House of Commons (member, 2015-2015) · Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom · Minister of State for Trade (1976-1979) · 21 more...				[sources]
Education	Berkhamsted School · London School of Economics and Political Science · New College				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-02-03	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

British politician (1939-2015)

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Molly Meacher Politician	spouse	-	1987

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the House of Commons	-	-
Member of the House of Commons	2005-05-05	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,649

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata333,863

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions472,667

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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