Paul Clark (politician)

Infobox MP


name =Paul Clark
honorific-suffix = MP
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office = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
term_start = 5 October 2008
term_end =
predecessor = Tom Harris
successor =
primeminister = Gordon Brown
constituency_MP2 = Gillingham
majority2 = 254 (0.6%)
term_start2 = 1 May 1997
term_end2 =
predecessor2 =James Couchman
successor2 = Incumbent
birth_date =Birth date and age|1957|4|29|df=y
birth_place =Gillingham, England
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death_date =
death_place =
office
salary =
party = Labour
alma_mater = Keele University, University of Derby
religion =
spouse =Julie Clark
children =One Daughter, One Son
website =http://www.paulclarkmp.com
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Paul Gordon Clark (born 29 April 1957) is a British Labour politician and MP for the South East constituency of Gillingham. Clark is currently a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Transport.

Early life

Clark was born in Gillingham where he was educated at Featherby Infants and Junior Schools and Gillingham Grammar School. He then studied for a BA Economics and Politics at Keele University in 1980 before completing a Diploma in Management Studies at the University of Derby in 1997.

From 1986 until 1997, he managed the TUC National Education Centre in North London.

Politics

He first won the seat in the 1997 general election, and had previously been involved with the AEEU and the TUC. He was a Gillingham Borough Councillor from 1982 until 1990, Labour Deputy Group Leader from 1983 until 1989 and Labour Group Leader from 1989 until 1990. In the most recent General election, Mr. Clark was returned with a very small majority of just 254 votes [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/264.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Election 2005 Results, Gillingham] .

He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Gillingham and Rainham. In his time in Parliament he has been Assistant Government Whip, HM Treasury, from the 13 June 2003 to the 11 May, 2005 and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the former Deputy Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon John Prescott MP, from the 10 November 2005 to the 27 June 2007. In Gordon Brown's new government, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ed Balls, MP, the new Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families. In October 2008 he was promoted to be a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Transport.

Mr. Clark has an average of 75% attendance in divisions [cite news | url=http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1594 | publisher=The Public Whip | title=Voting Record] since 1997 and has rebelled just 7 times [cite news | url=http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1594 | publisher=The Public Whip | title=Voting Record] against the Labour Government.

Personal life

He married Julie Hendrick in 1980 in Chatham. They have a son (born June 1993) and daughter (born May 1990).

"He should not be confused with Paul John Clark who stood as the Labour candidate in Rayleigh, Essex in 2001. He is also a writer for television."

Political Offices

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References

External links

* [http://www.paulclarkmp.com Paul Clark MP] official site
* [http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Paul%20Clark/ ePolitix - Paul Clark] official site
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-6441,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Paul Clark MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/paul_clark/gillingham TheyWorkForYou.com - Paul Clark MP]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/264.stm BBC Politics page]

Video clips

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hrGiEO9R0A Celebrating 10 years of Labour]