Kenneth Clarke

The Right Honourable Kenneth Harry Clarke, QC, MP, (born 2 July 1940) is a leading Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is MP for Rushcliffe, near Nottingham. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 until 1997, and a minister throughout all 18 years of Conservative rule from 1979 to 1997. He has twice contested the leadership of the party (in 1997 and 2001), and is a candidate in the 2005 Conservative Party leadership election.

External links

• Ken's Conservative leadership campaign website
• Tory Leadership blog
• "Conservative Leadership Watch" from the BBC (updated link - 2nd October 2005)
• Conservative Party - Kenneth Clarke official biography
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Kenneth Clarke MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Kenneth Clarke MP
• The Public Whip - Kenneth Clarke MP
• BBC News - Kenneth Clarke 16 October, 2002
• George Monbiot, The Guardian, 23 August 2005, "Smoke and mirrors"