Kenneth Clarke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kenneth Clarke

British Conservative politician

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1940

Place of Birth: West Bridgford, England, United Kingdom

Profession: judge, screenwriter, politician, barrister

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Kenneth Clarke

  • Kenneth Harry Clarke (born 2 July 1940) is a retired British politician who was the Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire from 1970 until 2019.
  • Between 2017 and 2019 he was the Father of the House, and served in the House as a Conservative Member of Parliament from his election in 1970.
  • While he still remains a member of the Conservative Party, the Conservative whip was withdrawn from him on 4 September 2019 because he and 20 other MPs voted with the Opposition on a motion; for the remainder of his time in Parliament he sat as an independent.Clarke, described by the press as a 'Big Beast' of British politics, has served in the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, Education Secretary, Health Secretary and minister without portfolio.
  • He has been the President of the Tory Reform Group since 1997.
  • Clarke identifies with economically and socially liberal views.Clarke contested the Conservative Party leadership three times—in 1997, 2001 and 2005—being defeated each time.
  • Opinion polls indicated he was more popular with the general public than with his party, whose generally Eurosceptic stance did not chime with his pro-European views.
  • He is President of the Conservative Europe Group, Co-President of the pro-EU body British Influence and Vice-President of the European Movement UK.Clarke was one of only five ministers (Tony Newton, Malcolm Rifkind, Patrick Mayhew and Lynda Chalker are the others) to serve throughout the whole 18 years of the Governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, which represents the longest uninterrupted Ministerial service in Britain since Lord Palmerston in the early 19th century.
  • He returned to government in 2010 and his total time as a minister is the fifth-longest in the modern era, having spent over 20 years serving under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher, John Major and David Cameron.

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