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Jimmy Hood

Politician

Jimmy Hood 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	Jimmy Hood · Джимми Худ · جيمي هود · ジミー・フッド · 吉米·胡德				[sources]
Alias	James Hood · Jim Hood · Джимми Худ · جيمي هود · ジミー・フッド · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1948-05-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Lesmahagow				[sources]
Death date	2017-12-04				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	James · Jimmy				[sources]
Last name	Hood				[sources]
Political association	Labour Party				[sources]
Website	www.jimmyhood.labour.co.uk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q689383				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2010-2015) · member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1987-1992) · member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom (1992-1997) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Nottingham				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-02-14	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

British politician (1948–2017)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

Relationships

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

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,644

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata333,870

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions504,399

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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