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Theo Clarke is a former MP for Stafford.

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Former Conservative MP for Stafford

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Home Office
• Women and Equalities
• Department for Transport
• Ministry of Defence
• Sustainable Development
• Sub-Saharan Africa: Radicalism
• Independent Commission for Aid Impact
• Question
• High Speed 2 Railway Line: Compensation

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill Committee ( 8 May 2024 to 13 May 2024)
• Member, School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024)
• Member, Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) Committee (19 Mar 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill (28 Feb 2024 to 6 Mar 2024)
• Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 3 May 2023 to 23 May 2023)
• Member, Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee ( 2 Mar 2023 to 8 Mar 2023)
• Member, Building Safety Bill Committee ( 9 Sep 2021 to 26 Oct 2021)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls ( 5 Oct 2020 to 27 Nov 2022)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee ( 7 Sep 2020 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (20 May 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (10 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (10 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, International Development Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Jeremy Lefroy
• David Kidney
• Bill Cash
• Hugh Fraser
• Stephen Swingler
• Peter Thorneycroft
• William Ormsby-Gore
• Richard Essex
• Theodore Shaw
• Thomas Salt
• Charles McLaren
• Alexander Macdonald
• Thomas Salt
• Reginald Talbot
• Henry Pochin
• Walter Meller
• Henry Pochin
• Michael Bass
• Walter Meller
• Thomas Sidney
• Thomas Salt
• John Wise
• Ingestre
• John Wise
• Arthur Otway
• Thomas Sidney
• David Urquhart
• Edward Buller
• Swynfen Carnegie
• William Chetwynd
• Robert Farrand
• William Chetwynd
• Francis Goodricke
• Thomas Beaumont
• William Chetwynd
• John Campbell
• Thomas Gisborne
• Rees Gronow
• Thomas Gisborne
• John Campbell
• Thomas Gisborne
• John Campbell
• Thomas Beaumont
• Ralph Benson
• Thomas Beaumont
• Ralph Benson
• Richard Ironmonger
• George Chetwynd
• Benjamin Benyon
• George Chetwynd
• Samuel Homfray
• Benjamin Benyon
• Samuel Homfray
• Thomas Wilson
• Ralph Benson
• Thomas Wilson
• Ralph Benson
• Richard Mansel-Philipps
• Edward Monckton
• Richard Mansel-Philipps
• Richard Sheridan
• Edward Monckton
• Richard Sheridan
• Edward Monckton

Future MPs in this constituency

• Leigh Ingham

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill Committee Committee (1 out of 1)
• School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Building Safety Bill Committee (11 out of 16)
• Agriculture Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Trade Bill Committee (6 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• Business of the House 16 May 2024

  May I first thank both the Leader of the House and the shadow Leader of the House for their kind cross-party support for our landmark report this week into birth trauma? The all-party parliamentary group on birth trauma published a major report called, “Listen to Mums: Ending the Postcode Lottery on Perinatal Care”. This is the first cross-party report by MPs on the issue, and we...

• Prime Minister: Engagements 15 May 2024

  This week, the all-party parliamentary group on birth trauma published our first report, called “Listen to Mums: Ending the Postcode Lottery on Perinatal Care”. This was the first national inquiry by cross-party politicians on the issue. We received more than 1,300 testimonials from the public. I thank the Health Secretary for attending our report launch on Monday. I am delighted that she...

• UK Trade Performance 1 May 2024

  I welcome this statement on the Government’s progress on business and trade. It is fantastic news to hear that the UK has been the fourth biggest exporter in the world. As the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Kenya, I have been meeting British businesses regularly to better understand how the Government can help them to export to that key market. During my most recent visit to Nairobi, I...

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