Shelley had become in the years since his death something of a divisive figure so criticism was to be expected.

Under house arrest since the mid-1980s, Montazeri is known to be a divisive figure.

An extremely divisive figure, she did the north east of England more harm than any government, until the current one.

I totally understand that she is a divisive figure, but there have been more than one in our recent political history.

The leaders of two of the three main parties are divisive figures, each for different reasons.

Personally, although not from the left, I believe her to be a divisive figure.

Brownlow remained a divisive figure for decades after his death.

Even within the liberal opposition, she was a controversial and, at times, divisive figure.

Once a divisive figure, the former general is supported in this plan by an overwhelming majority of Israeli citizens.