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Kenneth Clarke MP
- Conservative MP for Rushcliffe
- Majority: 12,974 votes. — 222nd out of 630 MPs.
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kenneth Clarke voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Chairman, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (since 6 Dec 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Treasury, Transport, Home Department, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Contingency Planning, Political Asylum, Iraq, Nottingham East Midlands Airport, Protective Suits
(based on written questions asked by Kenneth Clarke and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Cafcass: G20 Summit (17 Nov 2008)
“Will the Prime Minister not confess that he went to the summit to obtain cover for the short-term borrowing on which he intends to embark as much for electoral as for economic reasons? Will he not accept that the summit statement stresses debt sustainability, which he noticeably omitted from all his own statements, and that if he goes ahead with adding to the level of debt that will, I hope,...”
- Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Economic Crisis (10 Nov 2008)
“The Minister is obviously about to discuss the global measures that she considers to be the remedy. Does she think that looking at the global economic system will have any effect on the two things that went wrong here? First, an appalling fiscal problem piled up, the scale of which is being debated but which is plainly making us all very cautious about considering how we can afford a fiscal...”
- Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Economic Crisis (10 Nov 2008) has video
“Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, when the proposal was made, it was not intended to be a fiscal stimulus? Indeed, it would not be a fiscal stimulus, because he is describing how revenue would be raised to pay for it. Given that there may be a case for some temporary fiscal stimulus in the not-too-distant future, does not it make more sense to consider a temporary reduction in value added...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (1 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 54% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 comments on this MP's speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 111 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Kenneth Clarke speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 253 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.
| Type | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £13,648 (519th) | £10,710 | £10,714 (558th) | £13,755 (499th) | £13,653 (549th) | £10,909 (547th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £7,201 (634th) | £5,270 | £8,054 (629th) | £8,921 (639th) | £4,761 (joint 654th) | £2,662 (651st) |
| Staffing Allowance | £85,437 (282nd) | £81,103 | £76,624 (110th) | £69,898 (joint 182nd) | £67,404 (joint 154th) | £52,985 (102nd) |
| Members' Travel | £4,063 (516th)* | £3,620 | £5,265 (527th) | £5,848 (489th) | £6,287 (472nd) | £4,269 (501st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £376 (288th) |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £724 (407th) | £963 | £739 (387th) | £990 (257th) | £909 (377th) | £1,094 (297th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,715 (460th) | £2,510 | £2,146 (383rd) | £2,170 (378th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,266 (58th) | £339 | £1,796 (joint 459th) | £1,796 (joint 451st) | £1,457 (joint 560th) | £1,457 (joint 486th) |
| Other Costs | £752 (67th) | £429 | £0 | £108 (86th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £114,806 (587th) | £104,944 | £105,338 (585th) | £103,486 (575th) | £94,471 (592nd) | £73,752 (562nd) |
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- Parliamentary career (From The Guardian)
- Election results for Rushcliffe (From The Guardian)
- Previous candidacies (From The Guardian)
- Contact details (From The Guardian)
- General information (From BBC News)
Nearby constituencies
- Nottingham East (5 miles)
- Nottingham South (6 miles)
- Gedling (6 miles)
- Nottingham North (8 miles)
- Broxtowe (9 miles)
Other offices held in the past
- Chairman of the Democracy Task Force, Conservative Party (16 Dec 2005 to 11 Jan 2007)
- Member, House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee) (to 11 Apr 2005)
- Chairman, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (to 11 Apr 2005)
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