UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Kenneth Clarke

Born: 2 July 1940

Baron Clarke of Nottingham - 4 September 2020

Member of Privy Council - 8 February 1984

Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge

Nottingham High School

Barrister

Assistant Government Whip	1 January 1972	1 January 1974	(Reshuffled)
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	1 January 1974	1 March 1974	(Dismissed)
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport	7 May 1979	5 January 1981	(Dismissed)
Under Secretary of State for Transport	1 May 1981	5 March 1982	(Reshuffled)
Minister for Health	5 March 1982	1 September 1985	(Reshuffled)
Minister for Employment	2 September 1985	13 June 1987	(Reshuffled)
Paymaster General	2 September 1985	13 June 1987	(Reshuffled)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	13 June 1987	23 July 1988	(Reshuffled)
Minister for Trade and Industry	13 June 1987	25 July 1988	(Reshuffled)
Secretary of State for Health	25 July 1988	1 November 1990	(Reshuffled)
Secretary of State for Education and Science	2 November 1990	10 April 1992	(Reshuffled)
Secretary of State for the Home Department	10 April 1992	27 May 1993	(Reshuffled)
Chancellor of the Exchequer	27 May 1993	2 May 1997	(Dismissed)
Lord Chancellor	12 May 2010	4 September 2012	(Reshuffled)
Secretary of State for Justice	12 May 2010	4 September 2012	(Reshuffled)
Minister without Portfolio	4 September 2012	14 July 2014	(Resigned)

15 October 1964	Mansfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,021	21.93
31 March 1966	Mansfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,987	22.24
18 June 1970	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,966	51.66
28 February 1974	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,828	55.58
10 October 1974	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,074	54.69
3 May 1979	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,196	62.21
9 June 1983	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,253	61.47
11 June 1987	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,214	58.78
9 April 1992	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,448	54.40
1 May 1997	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,558	44.37
7 June 2001	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,869	47.51
5 May 2005	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,899	49.54
6 May 2010	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,470	51.17
7 May 2015	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,354	51.40
8 June 2017	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,223	51.83
3 September 2019 The Conservative whip was removed from Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke.