The Rt Hon. the Lord Clarke of Nottingham CH KC

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M

Lord Clarke of Nottingham's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Clarke of Nottingham CH KC. His name is Kenneth Harry Clarke, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

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Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Party history

2020-09-04 → present

Conservative current

2019-09-04 → 2019-11-06

Independent

1970-06-18 → 2019-09-04

Conservative

Government posts

2012-09-06 → 2014-07-14

Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

2010-05-12 → 2012-09-06

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

1993-05-27 → 1997-05-01

Chancellor of the Exchequer

1992-04-10 → 1993-05-26

Home Secretary

1990-11-02 → 1992-04-09

Secretary of State for Education and Science

1988-07-25 → 1990-11-01

Secretary of State for Health

1987-06-13 → 1988-07-24

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1987-06-13 → 1988-07-24

Minister of State (Department of Trade and Industry)

1985-09-02 → 1987-06-13

Secretary of State for Employment

1985-09-02 → 1987-06-12

Paymaster General (HM Treasury)

1982-03-05 → 1985-09-01

Minister of State (Department of Health)

1981-05-01 → 1982-03-05

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (Roads and Motoring)

1979-05-07 → 1981-01-05

Parliamentary Secretary (Ministry of Transport)

1974-01-01 → 1974-03-01

Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)

1972-01-01 → 1974-01-01

Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

Opposition posts

2009-07-27 → 2010-05-06

Shadow Secretary of State

2009-01-19 → 2009-07-27

Shadow Secretary of State (Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)

1976-01-01 → 1979-01-01

Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry)

1974-01-01 → 1976-01-01

Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

Committee memberships

2002-06-19 → 2005-05-05

House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee)

2003-01-14 → 2009-11-09

Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) Chair +£12,500/yr

2002-12-02 → 2009-11-09

Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)

2021-01-28 → 2021-11-16

Youth Unemployment Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office

contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Website

http://www.rushcliffeconservatives.com/

APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)

No APPG officerships found for this peer. (Officer matching is by name — if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different form, the join may miss; check /appgs directly.)

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

No written questions tabled in 2026.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter

No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.

Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are members of either House who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

3 bills 2 as lead sponsor 1 as supporter

Bill	Role	Status	Introduced
Justice and Security Act	Supported	Royal Assent	2012-05-28
Defamation Act	Sponsored	Royal Assent	2012-05-10
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012	Sponsored	Royal Assent	2011-06-21

Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.