Former British MP and reality TV star Ann Widdecombe found dead; man arrested for murder

A 26-year-old antheral has been arrested connected suspicion of the execution of Ann Widdecombe, a erstwhile British subordinate of Parliament and world TV contestant, constabulary said.

Widdecombe, 78, was recovered dormant Thursday successful her location connected the borderline of Dartmoor National Park successful southwest England. Authorities said she died of superior injuries, Reuters reported.

The sanction of the fishy has not been released.

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Britain's European Parliament subordinate Ann Widdecombe, right, of the Brexit Party, speaks during a statement astatine the European Parliament connected Jan. 14, 2020, successful Strasbourg, eastbound France. Widdecombe was recovered dormant successful her location this week and a 26-year-old antheral has been arrested, authorities said. (Jean-Francois Badias/AP)

"This is truly shocking news, and my thoughts, I deliberation each of our thoughts, volition beryllium with the household and friends of Ann Widdecombe astatine this atrocious time," Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. "Ann was a distinguished person implicit many, galore years with galore achievements, and it’s a huge, immense loss."

Investigators don't judge the sidesplitting was politically motivated, Devon and Cornwall Police Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman said.

"Our execution enquiry is successful its aboriginal stages but moving astatine a important pace," ​Devon and Cornwall Police said successful a statement.

Starmer said the information of lawmakers was "of the utmost importance," and urged radical to emergence supra governmental differences.

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Former British subordinate of Parliament Ann Widdecombe reads a connection extracurricular the Old Bailey successful London aft the sentencing of Ali Harbi Ali successful narration to the execution proceedings of the precocious British lawmaker David Amess. (John Sibley/Reuters)

Widdecombe served successful Parliament, but recovered fame aft leaving bureau arsenic a contestant connected the Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Big Brother world tv shows. She aboriginal joined the Brexit Party and became a spokeswoman for the anti-mass migration Reform UK party.

In a station connected X, erstwhile British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Widdecombe "a heroic Brexiteer and a large talker who could determination Tory audiences to specified ecstasy that she was a precise hard enactment to follow."

Cloud9 Management, which represented Widdecombe for much than a decade, said her beingness was driven by her "strong Christian values and committedness to nationalist service."

"He loved the chopped and thrust of governmental statement and, 16 years aft leaving Parliament, was inactive actively campaigning for Reform UK and offering forthright views connected the blistery topics of the time crossed galore vigor and tv programmes (sic). Ann was a valued patron of galore causes, peculiarly her carnal charities," the institution said successful a societal media post.

Brexit Party subordinate and then-MEP Ann Widdecombe speaks during a Brexit Party quality league successful London connected Aug. 27, 2019. (Henry Nicholls/Reuters)

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In the past decade, 2 serving British members of parliament person ​been murdered.

In the midst of the Brexit run of 2016, Labour lawmaker Jo Cox was changeable and stabbed by a Nazi-obsessed loner. Conservative lawmaker David Amess was fatally stabbed successful 2021 by a antheral inspired by the ‌Islamic State panic group.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.