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After passing his 11+, Clarke attended [[Nottingham High School]], one of Britain's oldest private schools on a free local authority scholarship from 1951.<ref>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.</ref> | After passing his 11+, Clarke attended [[Nottingham High School]], one of Britain's oldest private schools on a free local authority scholarship from 1951.<ref>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.</ref> | ||
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| + | Clarke is on the Steering Committee of the influential and secretive [[Bilderberg]] Group. In June 2013 Clarke admitted in the [[House of Commons]] that he may have failed fully to declare his role organising the annual Bilderberg meetings of world leaders. According to the Telegraph Clarke: | ||
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| + | :said he was checking his records to see whether he had informed civil servants of his role, as would be expected to avoid potential suggestions of a conflict of interest. Mr Clarke made the disclosure while answering questions over the “private” meeting of 140 of the world’s most powerful executives, politicians, ministers and advisers, which took place at a hotel near Watford last week. | ||
| + | The minister, who has been a member of the Bilderberg Group steering committee for 10 years, attended the annual event, along with David Cameron, George Osborne, Ed Balls and Lord Mandelson. | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[European Movement]] - Vice-President | *[[European Movement]] - Vice-President | ||
*[[The Other Club]] - Member | *[[The Other Club]] - Member | ||
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==All-Party Parliamentary Groups== | ==All-Party Parliamentary Groups== | ||
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Revision as of 04:40, 11 June 2013
Kenneth Clarke was appointed Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet in September 2012.[1]
He was previously Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in the incoming coalition cabinet appointed in 2010.[2]
He is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. He represents the constituents for Radcliffe.[3]
Kenneth Clarke entered Parliament in the June 1970 General election with a majority of 12,974 votes.[4]
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.[5]
Bilderberger
Clarke is on the Steering Committee of the influential and secretive Bilderberg Group. In June 2013 Clarke admitted in the House of Commons that he may have failed fully to declare his role organising the annual Bilderberg meetings of world leaders. According to the Telegraph Clarke:
- said he was checking his records to see whether he had informed civil servants of his role, as would be expected to avoid potential suggestions of a conflict of interest. Mr Clarke made the disclosure while answering questions over the “private” meeting of 140 of the world’s most powerful executives, politicians, ministers and advisers, which took place at a hotel near Watford last week.
The minister, who has been a member of the Bilderberg Group steering committee for 10 years, attended the annual event, along with David Cameron, George Osborne, Ed Balls and Lord Mandelson.
Affiliations
- European Movement - Vice-President
- The Other Club - Member
- Bilderberg
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
As at March 2010 Clarke sits on the following All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs): [6]
- All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group[7]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Boxing-Vice-Chair[8]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group for Debt, Aid & Trade[9]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition[10]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement[11]
- Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE) UK All-Party Parliamentary Group[12]
- Group on Guantanamo Bay[13]
- All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group[14]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group for Parkinson's Disease[15]
- All-Party Parliamentary Rowing Group[16]
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
Notes
- ↑ Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?, guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.
- ↑ 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
