Martin Bell

Martin Bell OBE
Bell at Hexham book festival in 2009
Member of Parliament for Tatton
In office 1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by	Neil Hamilton
Succeeded by	George Osborne
Personal details
Born	(1938-08-31) 31 August 1938 (age 85) Redisham, Suffolk, England
Political party	Independent
Spouses	Helene Gordoun ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1981)​ Rebecca Sobel ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 1991)​ Fiona Goddard ​ ​ (m. 1998, divorced)​ Merita Zhubi ​ (m. 2020)​
Children	2
Parent	Adrian Bell (father)
Relatives	Anthea Bell (sister) Oliver Kamm (nephew)
Alma mater	King's College, Cambridge
Occupation	War reporter

Martin Bell, OBE (born 31 August 1938) is a British UNICEF (UNICEF UK) Ambassador, a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1997 to 2001. He is sometimes known as "the man in the white suit".^[1]