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Neil O'Brien

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Neil O'Brien is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Neil O'Brien · О’Брайен, Нил · نيل أوبراين · 尼尔·奥布莱恩				[sources]
Alias	Neil John O'Brien · O'Brien, Neil · 奥布莱恩 · 尼尔·奥布莱恩 · 尼爾·奧布萊恩				[sources]
Birth date	1978-11-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Huddersfield				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	neil.obrien.mp@parliament.uk				[sources]
First name	Neil				[sources]
Last name	O'Brien				[sources]
Phone	+442072191802				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com · www.neilobrien.org.uk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6989101				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2017-) · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, The Union and Constitution (2021-2022) · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health (2022-2023) · member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2017-2019) · member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019-2024) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Christ Church · Greenhead College · St. Xavier's Collegiate School				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-24	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

MP

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-03-08

British politician (born 1978)

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
China	Ministry of Foreign Affairs		2021-03-26	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the House of Commons	2017-06-09	-
member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2017-06-08

Data sources

China Sanctions Research218

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

China · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,105

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,009

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,628

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata357,123

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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