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Christian Wakeford

Politician

Christian Wakeford 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	Christian Wakeford · ক্রিশ্চিয়ান ওয়েকফোর্ড · 克里斯蒂安·威克福德				[sources]
Birth date	1984-11-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Burnley				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Christian				[sources]
Last name	Wakeford				[sources]
Political association	Conservative Party · Labour Party				[sources]
Website	www.christianwakeford.org.uk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q76363097				[sources]
Position	member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019-2022) · member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2022-2024) · member of the 59th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2024-)				[sources]
Education	University of Lancaster				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

British politician

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

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2019-12-12	2022-01-19

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,081

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons270,864

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions508,488

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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