Kenneth Clarke
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Kenneth Harry Clarke, Baron Clarke of Nottingham is a British politician who served in two of the Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1992 to 1993 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993
Official portrait, 2017
Clarke as Lord Chancellor, 2011
Rt Hon. Kenneth Clarke MP in 2012
Clarke sitting on the backbenches alongside Theresa May, Sir Alan Duncan and Liam Fox, 19 October 2019
The Father of the House is a title that is bestowed on the male member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom who has the longest continuous service. If two or more members have the same length
Kenneth Clarke
…of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe from 1970 to 2019, serving as Father of the House of Commons between 2017 and 2019. Clarke served in the Cabinets of Margaret Thatcher and John Major as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1987 to 1988…
Official portrait of Rt Hon Sir Edward Leigh MP
Sir Peter Bottomley presiding over the chamber in 2019