Charles Clarke
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The Right Honourable Charles Clarke |
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| Home Secretary | |
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In office 15 December 2004 – 5 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | David Blunkett |
| Succeeded by | John Reid |
| Secretary of State for Education and Skills | |
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In office 24 October 2002 – 15 December 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Estelle Morris |
| Succeeded by | Ruth Kelly |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
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In office 9 June 2001 – 24 October 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Peter Mandelson |
| Succeeded by | John Reid |
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Member of Parliament for Norwich South |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | John Garrett |
| Succeeded by | Simon Wright |
| Majority | 3,653 (8.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Charles Rodway Clarke 21 September 1950 Hammersmith, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Carol Pearson |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Charles Rodway Clarke (born 21 September 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South from 1997 until 2010, and served as Home Secretary from December 2004 until May 2006.
The son of Civil Service Permanent Secretary Sir Richard Clarke, Charles Clarke was born in London. He attended the fee-paying Highgate School where he was Head Boy. He then read Mathematics and Economics at King's College, Cambridge, where he also served as the President of the Cambridge Students' Union. A member of the Broad Left faction, he was President of the National Union of Students from 1975 to 1977. Clarke had joined the Labour Party by then and was active in the Clause Four group. Clarke was the British representative on the Permanent Commission for the World Youth Festival (Cuba) from 1977 to 1978.
He was elected as a local councillor in the London Borough of Hackney, being Chair of its Housing Committee and Vice-Chair of economic development from 1980 to 1986. He worked as a researcher, and later Chief of Staff, for Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock from February 1981 to 1992. His long association with Kinnock and with the general election defeat in 1992 was expected to handicap him in his career. But Clarke bounced back. He spent the mid-1990s away from national politics, working in the private sector – from 1992 to 1997, he was chief executive of Quality Public Affairs, a public affairs management consultancy – and subsequently emerged as a high flyer under the Labour leadership of Tony Blair.
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