Widdecombe’s political career spanned decades – she served as MP for Maidstone in Kent for 23 years and labored as a House Workplace and employment minister in John Main’s authorities between 1994 and 1997.
Following information of the police investigation, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer mentioned it was “surprising information” and his ideas have been with Widdecombe’s household “at this terrible time”.
He mentioned he had spoken to the Speaker of the Home of Commons Lindsay Hoyle, Conservative chief Kemi Badenoch, Farage, in addition to the prime minister’s probably successor Andy Burnham, “to induce everyone to return collectively”.
Badenoch mentioned she was “shocked” and “actually struggled to search out the phrases”. She added: “My coronary heart is breaking for her household.”
Burnham despatched his condolences to Widdecombe’s household, saying: “Ann gave a lifetime of public service.”
House Secretary Shabana Mahmood urged the general public “to keep away from hypothesis and permit the police investigation to progress”.
In a publish on X, she mentioned the circumstances of Widdecombe’s loss of life have been “extraordinarily distressing”, including that her “ideas are with Ann’s household and family members”.
