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David Amess

デイヴィッド・エイメス　/　でいゔぃっど・えいめす

Politician from United Kingdom

March 26, 1952 – October 15, 2021　・　Plaistow, United Kingdom

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My Take

Sir David Amess is one of those names I can't think about without a pang. Thirty-eight years in Parliament, serving Basildon and then Southend West, is a staggering run of constituency loyalty, and being knighted in 2015 felt earned. But what stays with me is how it ended: murdered in 2021 while doing the most ordinary, decent thing an MP does, meeting his own constituents. That detail reframes everything. He represents, to me, the quiet backbencher who never chased the spotlight yet gave his whole working life to public service, and whose death exposed how exposed that service can be.

Overview

Sir David Anthony Andrew Amess ( AY-miss; 26 March 1952 – 15 October 2021) was a British politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 38 years, serving Southend West from 1997 until his murder in 2021. He previously served as MP for Basildon from 1983 to 1997.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): David Amess
Name (Japanese): デイヴィッド・エイメス
Reading: でいゔぃっど・えいめす
Born: March 26, 1952 – October 15, 2021
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Dragon
Origin: Plaistow, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Bournemouth University

Awards & achievements

2015 Knight Bachelor

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.davidamess.co.uk/
Xhttps://x.com/amessd_southend
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B9

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