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Clare Short is a former MP for Birmingham, Ladywood.

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Former Independent Labour MP for Birmingham, Ladywood

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

Party was Labour until 20 Oct 2006

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• International Development
• Defence
• Health
• Correspondence
• Members: Correspondence
• Nepal
• Nepal: Helicopters
• Dentistry

Other offices held in the past

• Secretary of State, Department for International Development ( 3 May 1997 to 12 May 2003)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Sever
• Brian Walden
• Doris Fisher
• Wallace Lawler
• Victor Yates
• Geoffrey Lloyd
• Wilfrid Whiteley
• Neville Chamberlain

Future MPs in this constituency

• Shabana Mahmood

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Department: Members: Correspondence 22 Mar 2010

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the letters from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood dated 9 November and 15 December 2009 regarding Melicia Ann Brown (Home Office reference: B1080260).

• Written Answers — Home Department: Detention Centres: Children 8 Mar 2010

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children (a) entered and (b) left immigration detention between April and December 2009; and how many of those who left detention in that period were (i) deported and (ii) released.

• Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances: Pakistan 8 Mar 2010

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the refusal rate was for visitor applications from Islamabad in (a) the latest period for which figures are available and (b) each of the last two years.

More of Clare Short’s recent appearances