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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
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kenneth Clarke voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 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 a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Bilderberg Conference (10 Jun 2013)
“This is a first occasion for me, as I have never previously answered a question in the House of Commons on behalf of a private organisation for which the Government have no responsibility. I have been a member of the steering committee of Bilderberg for many years now—about 10 years, I think—and by chance this will be my last year, as we have a rule against being on the committee...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Bilderberg Conference (10 Jun 2013)
“The Bilderberg meeting does not make any decisions. It does not have any resolutions. We could not possibly reach decisions, because of the range of opinions represented there. It is purely a Chatham House rules discussion between the people to whom the right hon. Gentleman referred. The shadow Chancellor was there, Peter Mandelson was there, the Prime Minister was there, the Chancellor of...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Bilderberg Conference (10 Jun 2013)
“No, we all attend extremely informally; we are not there in any capacity.”
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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 61.20% 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") 3784 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).