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Hilary Benn

Hilary Benn 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.

Topics	PEPPolitician	5 sources
6 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration PEP5 sources Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesinferredQ2627422024-09-03 UK House of Commonsinferredgb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-10 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsinferredQ2627422023-04-20 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsinferredevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 WikidatainferredQ2627422023-07-18 Politician1 source WikidatainferredrawQ82955Q2627422026-03-16
Name	Hilary Benn · Benn, Hilary · Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP · Гіларі Бенн · Хиллари Бенн · 9 more…	5 sources
18 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration Hilary Benneng5 sources WikidataQ2627422023-07-18 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ2627422024-09-03 UK House of Commonsgb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-10 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ2627422026-01-15 Benn, Hilaryeng1 source UK House of Commonsgb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-10 Rt Hon Hilary Benn MPeng1 source UK House of Commonsgb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-10 Гіларі Беннukr1 source WikidataQ2627422024-01-31
Alias	Benn, Hilary · Hilarius Benn · Hilary James Benn · Hilary James Wedgwood Benn · Бенн, Хиллари · 5 more…	2 sources
11 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration Benn, Hilary1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 Hilarius Benn1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 Hilary James Benneng1 source WikidataQ2627422024-08-10 Hilary James Wedgwood Benneng1 source WikidataQ2627422023-07-18
Birth date	1953-11-26	4 sources
4 statements · 4 datasets · sorted by corroboration 1953-11-264 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 Wikidataraw+1953-11-26T00:00:00ZQ2627422025-12-11 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ2627422025-12-09 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ2627422024-10-11
Place of birth	Hammersmith	1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Hammersmitheng1 source WikidatarawQ277162Q2627422023-07-18
Gender	male	2 sources
2 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration male2 sources WikidatarawQ6581097Q2627422023-07-18 UK House of CommonspatchrawMgb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-10
Nationality	not available
Country	United Kingdom	2 sources
2 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration United Kingdom2 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2019-05-21 UK House of Commonsgb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-10
Citizenship	United Kingdom	3 sources
3 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration United Kingdom3 sources Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsrawQ145Q2627422026-01-15 WikidatarawQ145Q2627422024-11-19 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesrawQ145Q2627422024-09-28
Classification	National government (current)	1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration National government (current)1 source PEP position annotations by OpenSanctionsinferredQ2627422025-07-01
Email	bennh@parliament.uk · boxj@parliament.uk	2 sources
4 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration bennh@parliament.uk2 sources UK House of Commonsgb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-17 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 boxj@parliament.uk2 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 UK House of Commonsgb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-17
First name	Hilary · James	2 sources
3 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration Hilaryeng2 sources WikidatarawQ18220894Q2627422023-07-18 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 Jameseng1 source WikidatarawQ677191Q2627422023-07-18
Last name	Benn	2 sources
2 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration Benneng2 sources WikidatarawQ21492821Q2627422023-07-18 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26
Phone	+442072195770 · +441132441097	2 sources
3 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration +4420721957702 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsraw020 7219 5770evpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 UK House of Commonsraw020 7219 5770gb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-17 +4411324410971 source UK House of Commonsraw0113 244 1097gb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-17
Political association	Labour · Labour Party	2 sources
2 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration Laboureng1 source UK House of Commonsgb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-10 Labour Partyeng1 source WikidatarawQ9630Q2627422025-12-20
Title	The Right Honourable	2 sources
2 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration The Right Honourableeng2 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 WikidatarawQ1480896Q2627422023-07-18
Website	www.hilarybennmp.com · www.hilarybenn.org · facebook.com · twitter.com	3 sources
5 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration http://www.hilarybennmp.com/2 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 UK House of Commonsgb-commons-b40c20b20…2026-06-17 http://www.hilarybenn.org/1 source WikidataQ2627422023-07-18 https://facebook.com/hilarybenn4leedscentral1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 https://twitter.com/hilarybennmp1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26
Wikidata ID	Q262742	4 sources
4 statements · 4 datasets · sorted by corroboration Q2627424 sources Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ2627422026-01-15 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2021-07-26 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ2627422024-09-03 WikidataQ2627422023-07-18
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org	1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Benn1 source WikidataenwikirawHilary BennQ2627422026-04-09
Position	Deputy Leader of the Opposition (2015-2015) · House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · House of Commons (member, 2015-2017) · House of Commons (member, 2017-) · 17 more…	2 sources
22 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration Deputy Leader of the Opposition (2015-2015)eng1 source WikidatarawQ39055044Q2627422026-07-30 House of Commons (member, 2005-2010)1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2022-04-23 House of Commons (member, 2010-2015)1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2022-04-23 House of Commons (member, 2015-2017)1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-980e3a46-b359-4…2022-04-23
Education	Holland Park School · Norland Place School · University of Sussex · Westminster Under School	1 source
4 statements · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Holland Park Schooleng1 source WikidatarawQ5881040Q2627422023-07-18 Norland Place Schooleng1 source WikidatarawQ7051393Q2627422023-07-18 University of Sussexeng1 source WikidatarawQ1161297Q2627422023-07-18 Westminster Under Schooleng1 source WikidatarawQ7989236Q2627422023-07-18
Source link	democracy.leeds.gov.uk	1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=3461 source WikidataQ2627422023-07-18
Last change	2026-08-11	Last processed	2026-08-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions #

British politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-08-11

Relationships #

Data sources #

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,269

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

UK House of Commons1,691

Current and historical Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom · UK Parliament

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories180,450

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons358,428

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions575,068

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata410,282

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-united-kingdom-hilary-benn-secretary-of-state-for-northern-ireland · evpo-980e3a46-b359-4f22-a34e-c6786e5c4890 · gb-commons-b40c20b202fc90ee33c870db4d1b98d20ad096e1

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Caroline Benn Close Associate	mother	-	-	Details
Sally Christina Clark Close Associate	spouse	1982	-	Details
Melissa Benn Close Associate	sibling	-	-	Details
Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate PEP	sibling	-	-	Details
Viscount Stansgate PEP	father	-	-	Details

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom	1999-06-10	-	Details
member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2010-05-06	2015-03-30	Details
member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2017-06-08	2019-11-06	Details
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom	-	-	Details
Secretary of State for International Development	2003-10-06		Details

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Viscount Stansgate PEP	child	-	-	Details