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David Simpson

David Simpson 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
7 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration PEP5 sources Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsinferredQ3920002023-04-20 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsinferredevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsinferredevpo-62479dcd-b981-4…2021-07-26 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesinferredQ3920002025-12-09 WikidatainferredQ3920002023-07-18 UK House of Commonsinferredgb-commons-9dfe28fd2…2026-06-10 Politician1 source WikidatainferredrawQ82955Q3920002026-03-16
Name	David Simpson · Simpson, David · דייוויד סימפסון · ديفيد سيمبسون · ডেভিড সিম্পসন				5 sources
10 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration David Simpsoneng5 sources Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ3920002025-12-09 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-62479dcd-b981-4…2021-07-26 WikidataQ3920002023-07-18 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ3920002026-01-15 UK House of Commonsgb-commons-9dfe28fd2…2026-06-10 Simpson, Davideng1 source UK House of Commonsgb-commons-9dfe28fd2…2026-06-10 דייוויד סימפסוןheb1 source WikidataQ3920002024-01-31 ديفيد سيمبسونara1 source WikidataQ3920002024-01-31
Alias	Simpson, David · Thomas David Simpson · ديفيد سيمبسون				2 sources
4 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration Simpson, David1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26 Thomas David Simpsoneng1 source WikidataQ3920002023-07-18 ديفيد سيمبسونara1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-62479dcd-b981-4…2021-07-26
Birth date	1959-02-16				4 sources
8 statements · 4 datasets · sorted by corroboration 1959-02-164 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-62479dcd-b981-4…2021-07-26 Wikidataraw+1959-02-16T00:00:00ZQ3920002025-12-11 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ3920002025-12-09 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ3920002024-10-11 1959-023 sources Wikidataraw+1959-02-00T00:00:00ZQ3920002025-12-11 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ3920002025-12-09 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ3920002026-01-15
Place of birth	Moy				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Moyeng1 source WikidatarawQ3069486Q3920002023-07-18
Gender	male				2 sources
2 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration male2 sources WikidatarawQ6581097Q3920002023-07-18 UK House of CommonspatchrawMgb-commons-9dfe28fd2…2026-06-10
Nationality	not available
Country	United Kingdom · Northern Ireland				2 sources
3 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration United Kingdom2 sources UK House of Commonsgb-commons-9dfe28fd2…2026-06-10 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2019-05-21 Northern Ireland1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-62479dcd-b981-4…2019-05-21
Citizenship	United Kingdom				3 sources
3 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration United Kingdom3 sources Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsrawQ145Q3920002026-01-15 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesrawQ145Q3920002025-12-09 WikidatarawQ145Q3920002024-11-19
Classification	National government (unknown status)				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration National government (unknown status)1 source PEP position annotations by OpenSanctionsinferredQ3920002025-07-01
Email	davidsimpson@upperbanndup.co.uk · simpsond@parliament.uk				1 source
2 statements · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration davidsimpson@upperbanndup.co.uk1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26 simpsond@parliament.uk1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26
First name	David				2 sources
3 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration Davideng2 sources WikidatarawQ18057751Q3920002023-07-18 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-62479dcd-b981-4…2021-07-26 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26
Last name	Simpson				2 sources
3 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration Simpsoneng2 sources MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26 WikidatarawQ2800825Q3920002023-07-18 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-62479dcd-b981-4…2021-07-26
Phone	+442072198533				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration +4420721985331 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsraw020 7219 8533evpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26
Political association	Democratic Unionist Party				2 sources
2 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration Democratic Unionist Partyeng2 sources WikidatarawQ215519Q3920002025-12-20 UK House of Commonsgb-commons-9dfe28fd2…2026-06-10
Website	www.mydup.com · twitter.com				2 sources
5 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration http://www.mydup.com/who-we-are/david-simpson2 sources WikidataQ3920002023-07-18 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-62479dcd-b981-4…2021-07-26 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26 https://twitter.com/DavidSimpsonDUP1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-62479dcd-b981-4…2021-07-26
Wikidata ID	Q392000				4 sources
5 statements · 4 datasets · sorted by corroboration Q3920004 sources WikidataQ3920002023-07-18 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-62479dcd-b981-4…2021-07-26 MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2021-07-26 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ3920002026-01-15 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ3920002025-12-09
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Simpson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)1 source WikidataenwikirawDavid Simpson (Northern Ireland politician)Q3920002026-04-09
Position	House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · House of Commons (member, 2015-2017) · House of Commons (member, 2017-) · Member of the 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly (2003-2007) · 7 more…				2 sources
12 statements · 2 datasets · sorted by corroboration House of Commons (member, 2005-2010)1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2022-04-23 House of Commons (member, 2010-2015)1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2022-04-23 House of Commons (member, 2015-2017)1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2022-04-23 House of Commons (member, 2017-)1 source MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislatorsevpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4…2022-04-23
Education	Belfast Metropolitan College · Killicomaine Junior High School				1 source
2 statements · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Belfast Metropolitan Collegeeng1 source WikidataQ3920002023-07-18 Killicomaine Junior High Schooleng1 source WikidataQ3920002023-07-18
Last change	2026-06-10	Last processed	2026-06-16	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (born 1959)

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2010-05-06	2015-03-30	Details
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly	2007-03-09	-	Details
member of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2015-05-07	2017-05-03	Details
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly	2003-11-26	2007-01-30	Details
Member of Parliament	2005-05-05	2019-11-06	Details
member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2005-05-05	2010-04-12	Details
member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2017-06-08	2019-11-06	Details
Member of the House of Commons	2005-05-05	-	Details
Member of the House of Commons	-	-	Details

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons294,333

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,282

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,774

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UK House of Commons1,682

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

United Kingdom · UK Parliament

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions561,490

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata424,839

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-62479dcd-b981-4a57-8a11-b8f8b17249fb · gb-commons-9dfe28fd26e2e24fc721950abbfc1c9d4ecd5c01 · evpo-f0c81fe4-ea12-4022-b49b-e4f33ccd5dcb

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