Ann Widdecombe | |
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Shadow Home Secretary | |
In office 13 January 1999 – 18 September 2001 | |
Leader | William Hague |
Preceded by | Sir Norman Fowler |
Succeeded by | Oliver Letwin |
Shadow Secretary of State for Health | |
In office 24 May 1998 – 13 January 1999 | |
Leader | William Hague |
Preceded by | John Maples |
Succeeded by | Liam Fox |
Minister of State for Prisons | |
In office 28 February 1995 – 2 May 1997 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Tony Baldry |
Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
Member of Parliament for Maidstone and The Weald Maidstone (1987–1997) | |
In office 11 June 1987 – 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | John Wells |
Succeeded by | Helen Grant |
Personal details | |
Born | Bath, Somerset, England | 4 October 1947
Nationality | British |
Political party | Brexit Party (since 2019) Conservative (until 2019) |
Residence | Haytor, Devon |
Alma mater | University of Birmingham Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
Ann Noreen Widdecombe MEP (born 4 October 1947 in Bath, Somerset, England) is a British former politician. She was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Maidstone and The Weald from 1987 to 2010.