Former Conservative curate turned Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe has died aged 78.
"It is with large sadness that contiguous we denote the decease of The Right Honourable Ann Widdecombe, DSG," a connection from her agents, Cloud 9 Management, said.
"We nonstop our deepest condolences to Ann's household and friends," they added.
Widdecombe's governmental vocation spanned decades, serving arsenic MP for Maidstone successful Kent for 23 years, earlier going connected to articulation Reform UK.
She besides appeared connected the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and was a runner-up connected Celebrity Big Brother successful 2018.
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