Ann Widdecombe pictured in 2024 Alamy Devon and Cornwall Police The former MP and MEP died aged 78. UK POLICE ARE investigating the death of former MP and British minister Ann Widdecombe. The ex-Conservative Party prisons minister, who was 78, later became a Brexit Party MEP and subsequently a Reform UK spokeswoman. She also found fame outside politics after starring in Strictly Come Dancing. Devon and Cornwall Police are expected to issue an update on her death later this afternoon. A spokesman for the coroner’s office for the county of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay said: “Preliminary inquiries are ongoing.” Widdecombe, who appeared on Talk radio on Wednesday, lived in Haytor, near Newton Abbott in Devon. A statement from her management this morning said: “It is with great sadness that today