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Jacqui Lait

Politician

Jacqui Lait 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	Jacqui Lait · چاكوى لايت · জ্যাকি লাইট · ジャッキー・ライト				[sources]
Alias	Jacqueline Anne Harkness Lait · জ্যাকলিন অ্যান হার্কনেস লাইট				[sources]
Birth date	1947-12-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Paisley				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Jacqui				[sources]
Last name	Lait				[sources]
Political association	Conservative Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6121041				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (2001-2003) · member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom (1992-1997) · member of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1997-2001) · member of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom (2001-2005) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Paisley Grammar School · Strathclyde Business School · University of Strathclyde				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Conservative Party MP for Hastings and Rye 1992–1997, for Beckenham since 1997

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2005-05-05	2010-04-12

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,165

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MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,007

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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