Police launch murder investigation over death of Ann Widdecombe

She also found fame outside politics after starring in Strictly Come Dancing.

Police officers were called by the ambulance service to the home of the 78-year-old former Conservative and Reform UK politician on Dartmoor in Devon at about 11:40 BST on Thursday.

The former Tory minister’s death was announced by her management on Friday.

Widdecombe was a Conservative member of parliament between 1987 and 2010, and held several junior ministerial positions in former prime minister John Major’s government.