英国前保守党议员安·威德康姆于7月8日在德文郡家中遇害身亡，终年78岁[1]。她在哈亚托的住所中头部遭锤击21次[1]。现年28岁的约书亚·克里，来自南约克郡罗瑟勒姆，已于7月20日因谋杀罪被控[1]。
约100名家人、友人和政界人士于7月在德文郡巴克法斯特修道院出席了威德康姆的追悼弥撒[1]。参加者包括影子财政大臣梅尔·斯特莱德、前保守党司法大臣克里斯平·布朗特以及广播员伊恩·戴尔[1]。奈杰尔·法拉奇未出席葬礼[1]。修道院院长大卫·查尔斯沃思在弥撒中致悼词，表示"在震惊、喧闹和有时不当的评论中，我们的回应是为她的灵魂祈祷，感谢她的勇气，在这个修道院教堂举行圣弥撒，安称之为她的避风港"[1]。
威德康姆曾于1987年首次当选为梅德斯通的保守党议员，并在1990年代担任监狱部长[1]。
Former British Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe was killed on July 8 at her home in Haytor, Devon, at the age of 78 [1]. She died after being struck on the head 21 times with a hammer [1]. Joshua Kerry, 28, from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, was charged with murder on July 20 [1].
A funeral service was held in July at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, attended by approximately 100 family members, friends, and political colleagues [1]. The gathering included shadow Chancellor Mel Stride, former Conservative Justice Secretary Crispin Blunt, and broadcaster Iain Dale [1]. Nigel Farage did not attend the service [1].
Rt Rev David Charlesworth, the Abbey's dean, delivered a eulogy in which he stated: "In the shock, noise and sometimes inappropriate commentary, our response has been to pray for her soul, to give thanks for her courage, to hold this Mass in this Abbey church which Ann called her haven" [1]. Widdecombe was first elected as a Conservative MP for Maidstone in 1987 and served as Minister for Prisons during the 1990s [1].