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Kenneth Clarke
Conservative MP for Rushcliffe
- Entered Parliament on 18 June 1970 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kenneth Clarke voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. 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
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. 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 against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever 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
- Business without Debate — Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill: Schedule 2 — Consequential provision (7 Mar 2013)
“I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I commend the Bill in its present form to the House. The first point to reflect on, in considering the Bill in its entirety, is the debt we owe to our security and intelligence services. Unfortunately, we face unprecedented threats at different times from various enemies, both at home and abroad. It is extremely important that we have...”
- Business without Debate — Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill: Clause 1 — The Intelligence and Security Committee (7 Mar 2013)
“My hon. Friend is confident that if someone starts campaigning and positioning himself or herself for this job, but then suddenly stops campaigning because the Prime Minister puts an end to it, it will all remain secret and no one will accuse the Prime Minister of political bias—whereas actually they will, and everybody will realise that something about the candidate has caused the...”
- Business without Debate — Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill: Clause 1 — The Intelligence and Security Committee (7 Mar 2013)
“Before dealing with Government amendment 58, which provides the Government with the necessary powers to make a financial contribution to the Committee, I will add a few words to the interesting and lively debate that we have had on the election of the Chair. I will not repeat every argument. My hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Steve Baker) put the case robustly and had some pretty strong...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well 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 61.73% 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") 3782 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).