Researching Bob Spink
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2416 people with the Spink surname? In that year Spink was ranked number 1601 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Bob means "Form of ROBERT - Bright fame" and is of German origin.
Records of Bob Spink on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bob Spink and the Spink Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 2702 people with the Spink surname in the UK? Spink is now ranked number 1957 for popularity in the UK. |
Spink Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Spink surname in the USA? Spink is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Bob Spink. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Bob Spink
Bob Spink
Robert Michael Spink (born 1 August 1948, in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire) is a politician and convicted fraudster in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Castle Point in Essex between 1992 and 2010.
Spink was elected as the Conservative Party MP for Castle Point in 1992, lost his seat in 1997, but regained it in 2001. Having resigned the Conservative whip in March 2008, in April 2008 he defected to the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), becoming that party's first MP. In November 2008, he became an independent. Standing as an independent, he lost his seat in the 2010 election to the Conservative candidate, Rebecca Harris.
Spink subsequently rejoined UKIP. In 2017, he was convicted of four counts of electoral fraud, and was given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, in January 2018.
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