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Official portrait of The Rt Hon. the Lord Clarke of Nottingham CH KC

The Rt Hon. the Lord Clarke of Nottingham CH KC

Conservative Life peer 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.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Ministerial activity

Records on file 41
25 meetings · 9 hospitality · 0 gifts · 7 overseas trips · 2014-01-01 → 2014-06-30

Recent meetings · latest 20 of 25

Date Met with Purpose Source
2014-04-01 — Fiscal Control cabinet-office
2014-04-01 — Roundtable - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Construction cabinet-office
2014-04-01 — Roundtable (and dinner): Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership cabinet-office
2014-04-01 — Energy Security (lunch) cabinet-office
2014-04-01 — Trade/Services Liberalisation/Better Regulation (business lunch) cabinet-office
2014-04-01 — Services Liberalisation/Competition cabinet-office
2014-04-01 — Italy's Economy cabinet-office
2014-04-01 — Trade/Services Liberalisation/Better Regulation (business lunch) cabinet-office
2014-04-01 — Energy/Business Environment cabinet-office
2014-04-01 — Roundtable: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Non-Government Organisations cabinet-office
2014-01-01 — Trade (Health) cabinet-office
2014-01-01 — Trade (Health) cabinet-office
2014-01-01 — Trade (Energy) cabinet-office
2014-01-01 — Trade (Energy) cabinet-office
2014-01-01 — Trade (Energy) cabinet-office
2014-01-01 — Trade (Energy) cabinet-office
2014-01-01 — Trade (Energy) cabinet-office
2014-01-01 — Trade (Energy) cabinet-office
2014-01-01 — Roundtable: TTIP (Professional Services) cabinet-office
2014-01-01 — TTIP cabinet-office

Recent hospitality

Date Host Type Value
2014-04-01 — Reception —
2014-04-01 — Lunch —
2014-04-01 — Lunch —
2014-04-01 — Dinner - 3rd Anniversary reception —
2014-01-01 — Lunch —
2014-01-01 — Dinner —
2014-01-01 — Lunch —
2014-01-01 — Business Lunch —
2014-01-01 — Lunch —

Recent overseas travel

Dates Destination Purpose Total cost
— Poland EU (Single Market, Business Taskforce) —
— Brussels EU (Single Market, Business Taskforce) —
— Rome Trade, Single Market and Better Regulation —
— Glasgow Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership —
— Brazil Trade (Energy and healthcare) —
— Brussels Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) —
— China Trade: Health —
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage: HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.

Constituencies represented

2010-05-06 → 2019-11-06
Rushcliffe
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
Rushcliffe
1983-06-09 → 1997-05-01
Rushcliffe
1974-02-28 → 1983-06-09
Rushcliffe
1970-06-18 → 1974-02-28
Rushcliffe

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
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

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

APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)

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

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

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 MPs 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 Info 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.
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