Eric Clarke | |
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Member of Parliament for Midlothian | |
In office 9 April 1992 –14 May 2001 | |
Preceded by | Alex Eadie |
Succeeded by | David Hamilton |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 April 1933 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Eric Lionel Clarke (born 9 April 1933) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He served as Labour Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2001 general election.
He had been an opposition whip from 1994 to 1997. He served as General Secretary of the Scottish National Union of Mineworkers during the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike and took a proactive role in the care of members' families.
Kenneth Harry Clarke,Baron Clarke of Nottingham,,is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1992 to 1993 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe from 1970 to 2019 and was Father of the House of Commons between 2017 and 2019. The President of the Tory Reform Group since 1997,he is a one-nation conservative who identifies with economically and socially liberal views.
Charles Rodway Clarke is a British Labour Party politician who held various Cabinet positions under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 2001 to 2006,lastly as Home Secretary from December 2004 to May 2006. Clarke was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South from 1997 to 2010.
Sir Thomas Clarke,is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1982 until 2015,representing Coatbridge,Chryston and Bellshill from 2005 until losing his seat to Philip Boswell of the SNP in the May 2015 general election.
Eric Stuart Joyce is a Scottish politician,former military officer and convicted child sex offender. A former member of the Labour Party,he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Falkirk,formerly Falkirk West,from 2000 to 2015.
Eric Anthony Martlew is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Carlisle from 1987 to 2010.
Andrew Guy Tyrie,Baron Tyrie,is a British politician and former chair of the Competition and Markets Authority. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester from 1997 to 2017. Tyrie was previously a special adviser at HM Treasury and chair of the Treasury Select Committee,having taken up the role on 10 June 2010. He was described by Donald Macintyre of The Independent in 2013 as "the most powerful backbencher in the House of Commons",and by The Economist as a liberal conservative.
Sir Robert James MacGillivray Neill is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromley and Chislehurst since a by-election on 29 June 2006,following the death of the previous incumbent Eric Forth. He served as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Communities and Local Government from 14 May 2010 to 4 September 2012. He is the current Chair of Parliament's Justice Select Committee.
Sir Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke was the first President of Trinidad and Tobago and the second and last Governor-General. He was one of the main architects of Trinidad and Tobago's 1962 Independence constitution.
George Clarke,of All Souls,Oxford,was an English architect,print collector and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1702 and 1736.
The Hon. George Michael Chambers ORTT was the second Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. Born in Port of Spain,Chambers joined Deloitte New Zealand in 1956,and was elected to Supervisor representing Wayne Joe and Co. He served as Assistant General Secretary of the PNM before becoming Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Finance in 1966. From there he went on to serve twice as Minister of Finance. Chambers also served as Minister of Public Utilities,Housing,National Security,Education,Planning,Industry/Commerce and Agriculture.
Hugh John Maxwell Dykes,Baron Dykes,is a British politician and member of the House of Lords. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1997,and later defected to the Liberal Democrats.
John Joseph McCartin is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Connacht–Ulster constituency from 1979 to 2004. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He also served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 1973 to 1981.
(Alastair) Brian Clarke Harrison was a British Conservative politician.
A deputy leadership election for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom took place on 2 October 1988 when John Prescott and Eric Heffer challenged Labour's incumbent Deputy Leader Roy Hattersley. Hattersley had served in the position since 1983.
Benjamin Cribb was an Australian businessman and politician. He was an unaligned Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term in 1858–1859 and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1861–1867 and again in 1870–1873.
James Clarke Cribb was a businessman and politician in Queensland,Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Sir Simon Richard Clarke is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served as Secretary of State for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities from September to October 2022 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022.
Margaret Clarke-Kwesie is a former Ghanaian politician and Deputy Minister of Health from 1993 to 2001 under the Rawlings government. In the 1996 General Elections held in Ghana,she won the seat as the Member of Parliament for Ga South Constituency under the flag of the National Democratic Congress with 52.20%.
Brendan Clarke-Smith is a British politician and former teacher. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bassetlaw since 2019,having been elected in the 2019 general election. He served under Liz Truss as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from September and October 2022 and under Boris Johnson as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from July to September 2022.
Michéle Odette Clarke is a South African politician. A member of the Democratic Alliance,Clarke served as a councillor in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality from 2004 until her election to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature as a DA representative in 2014. After serving one term in the provincial legislature,Clarke was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 2019. She currently serves as Shadow Minister of Health after previously serving as Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration and as Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises.