Charles Rodway Clarke

Biography

Charles Clarke lost his Norwich South seat in May 2010 to the Liberal Democrats' Simon Wright by 310 votes.

He worked as a researcher and then Chief of Staff to former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock from 1981 to 1992. From 1992 to 1997, before his election as a Member of Parliament, Mr Clarke was chief executive of Quality Public Affairs, a public affairs management consultancy.

He has been MP for Norwich South since 1997. He gained extensive experience of local government in the London Borough of Hackney where he was chair of the housing committee and vice chair of economic development between 1980 and 1986.

Charles became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for School Standards in July 1998. He was appointed Minister of State at the Home Office on 29 July 1999 and became Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair in July 2001.

Secretary of State for Education and Skills since October 2002, Mr Clarke was appointed Home Secretary in December 2004 leaving the Home Office on May 5th 2006. Educated at Highgate School, London , Mr Clarke read mathematics and economics at Kings College Cambridge, graduating BA (Hons). He was President of the National Union of Students from 1975 to 1977.

Born in 1950, Mr Clarke married in 1984. He and his wife Carol have two sons.

Constituency

Norwich South

Constituency Address

Marks Church Hall, Hall Road, Norwich, NR1 3HL

Constituency Tel

01603 764475

Date of Birth

21 September 1950

Email

clarkec@parliament.uk

Party

Labour

Personal Website

http://www.charlesclarke.org.uk/

Westminster Address

Home Office, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London , SW1H 9AT

Westminster Tel

020 7219 1194