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Born | Kenneth Harry Clarke 2 July 1940 West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College Cambridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spouse | Gillian Edwards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Bilderberg/Steering committee, The Other Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Party | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenneth Clarke is the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.[1]
He is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. He represents the constituents for Radcliffe.[2]
Kenneth Clarke entered Parliament in the June 1970 General election with a majority of 12,974 votes.[3]
Contents
Early Life
After passing his 11+, Clarke attended Nottingham High School, one of Britain's oldest private schools on a free local authority scholarship from 1951.[4]
Affiliations
- European Movement - Vice-President
- The Other Club - Member
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
As at March 2010 Clarke sits on the following All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs): [5]
- All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group[6]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Boxing-Vice-Chair[7]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group for Debt, Aid & Trade[8]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition[9]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement[10]
- Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE) UK All-Party Parliamentary Group[11]
- Group on Guantanamo Bay[12]
- All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group[13]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group for Parkinson's Disease[14]
- All-Party Parliamentary Rowing Group[15]
External Resources
- Kenneth Clarke Conservative Party profile
- Lost leaders: Kenneth Clarke, Henry Smith, News Statesman, 5 March 2010
- Hansard Mr Kenneth Clarke
- The Guardian Kenneth Clarke: Electoral History and Profile
- Public Whip Voting Record — Kenneth Clarke MP, Rushcliffe
- TheyWorkForYou.com Kenneth Clarke
- Westminster Parliamentary Record Ken Clarke MP
Contact Details
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/1993 | 22 April 1993 | 25 April 1993 | Greece Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel Vouliagmeni | The 41st Bilderberg, held in Greece |
Bilderberg/1998 | 14 May 1998 | 17 May 1998 | Scotland Turnberry | The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington |
Bilderberg/1999 | 3 June 1999 | 6 June 1999 | Portugal Sintra | The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants |
Bilderberg/2000 | 1 June 2000 | 4 June 2000 | Belgium Brussels Genval | The 48th Bilderberg, 94 guests |
Bilderberg/2003 | 15 May 2003 | 18 May 2003 | France Versailles | The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France |
Bilderberg/2004 | 3 June 2004 | 6 June 2004 | Italy Stresa | The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests |
Bilderberg/2006 | 8 June 2006 | 11 June 2006 | Canada Ottawa | 54th Bilderberg, held in Canada. 133 guests |
Bilderberg/2007 | 31 May 2007 | 3 June 2007 | Turkey Istanbul | The 55th Bilderberg meeting, held in Turkey |
Bilderberg/2008 | 5 June 2008 | 8 June 2008 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests |
Bilderberg/2012 | 31 May 2012 | 3 June 2012 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 58th Bilderberg, in Chantilly, Virginia. Unusually just 4 years after an earlier Bilderberg meeting there. |
Bilderberg/2013 | 6 June 2013 | 9 June 2013 | Watford UK | The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting. |
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:The Real Reason Theresa May’s Brexit Has Failed | Article | 2 March 2019 | T. J. Coles | So, the choice faced by ordinary British people is between a neoliberal EU supported by millionaires like Kenneth Clarke or an ultra-neoliberal Brexit supported by multimillionaires like Jacob Rees-Mogg. Meanwhile, ordinary working-class people pay the price for these elite games, as usual. |
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References
- ↑ Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
- ↑ They Work for You, They Work For You website, accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ They Work for You, They Work For You website, accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ Chris Holt, THIS SCHOOL, WHICH ONCE TAUGHT DH LAWRENCE, HAS ALSO PRODUCED AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF ECONOMIC THINKERS, LED BY OLD BOYS KENNETH CLARKE AND LABOUR'S RISING STAR ED BALLS, Mail on Sunday, 13 December 1998.
- ↑ Register of All-Party Groups, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ All-Party Parliamentary Group on Boxing, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ All-Party Parliamentary Group for Debt, Aid & Trade, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE) UK All-Party Parliamentary Group, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ Group on Guantanamo Bay, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ All-Party Parliamentary Group for Parkinson's Disease, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ All-Party Parliamentary Rowing Group, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ find your MP, Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010
- ↑ find your MP, Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010