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Kenneth Clarke
Conservative MP for Rushcliffe
- Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State, Justice (since 12 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 18 June 1970 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kenneth Clarke voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
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
- Written Answers — Justice: Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats (22 May 2012)
“The Ministry of Justice does not keep a central record of whether an employee has previously been employed by a political party, or held an elected position as a member of a political party. To obtain this information would require an examination of all staff personal records. This would incur a disproportionate cost. All permanent civil servants to the Ministry of Justice are employed on the...”
- Written Answers — Justice: Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats (22 May 2012)
“As part of this Government's Transparency agenda, since 2010 all contracts over the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder.”
- Written Answers — Justice: Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats (22 May 2012)
“The Ministry of Justice does not keep a central record of whether an individual engaged for consultancy or other services has previously been employed by a political party, or held an elected position as a member of a political party. To obtain this information would require an examination of the background of all workers engaged for consultancy of other services. This would incur a...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 63.00% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 3730 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £14,895 (433rd) | £17,565 (450th) | £13,648 (519th) | £10,710 | £10,714 (558th) | £13,755 (499th) | £13,653 (549th) | £10,909 (547th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £8,962 (597th) | £6,866 (627th) | £7,201 (634th) | £5,270 | £8,054 (629th) | £8,921 (639th) | £4,761 (joint 654th with 1 other) | £2,662 (651st) |
| Staffing costs | £92,267 (398th) | £88,112 (309th) | £85,437 (282nd) | £81,103 | £76,624 (110th) | £69,898 (joint 182nd with 10 others) | £67,404 (joint 154th with 7 others) | £52,985 (102nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £2,606 (540th) | £1,226 (574th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,188 (492nd)1 | £4,300 (joint 509th with 1 other)2 | £4,063 (516th)3 | £3,620 | £5,265 (527th) | £5,848 (489th) | £6,287 (472nd) | £4,269 (501st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £376 (288th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,728 (60th) | £1,504 (88th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,479 (322nd) | £807 (311th) | £724 (407th) | £963 | £739 (387th) | £990 (257th) | £909 (377th) | £1,094 (297th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,592 (446th) | £1,715 (460th) | £2,510 | £2,146 (383rd) | £2,170 (378th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,104 (joint 489th with 2 others) | £1,266 (58th) | £339 | £1,796 (joint 459th with 1 other) | £1,796 (joint 451st with 1 other) | £1,457 (joint 560th with 1 other) | £1,457 (joint 486th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £752 (67th) | £429 | £0 | £108 (86th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £128,125 (554th) | £123,076 (581st) | £114,806 (587th) | £104,944 | £105,338 (585th) | £103,486 (575th) | £94,471 (592nd) | £73,752 (562nd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,188 (168th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,300 (177th).