Helen Clark (British politician)

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Helen Clark
Member of Parliament
for Peterborough
In office
1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byBrian Mawhinney
Succeeded byStewart Jackson
Personal details
Born
Helen Rosemary Dyche

(1954-12-23) 23 December 1954 (age 69)
Derby, England
Political partyLabour (1992–2005, 2010–present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (2005–2010)
Spouse(s)
Ian Brinton
​
(div. 1999)​

Alan Clark
​
(m. 2001)​
Children2
ResidenceEastfield, Peterborough
Alma materUniversity of Bristol
OccupationTeacher

Helen Rosemary Clark (née Dyche; born 23 December 1954) is an English politician.

Peterborough constituency from 1997 until the 2005 general election, when she lost her seat to Conservative Stewart Jackson. She was elected to Parliament as Helen Brinton in the elections of 1997 and 2001, before taking her married name in the latter year.[1]

Early life

Clark was born in

Rochester Grammar School for Girls
from 1993 until her election in 1997. From 1985 to 1987 she worked as an Examiner, Assessor, Moderator and Team Leader in English Literature for the Northern, Southern, London and Cambridge Examination Boards.

Parliamentary career

Clark had previously stood unsuccessfully as the Labour candidate for

Members of the European Parliament; Jacqueline Foster and David Howarth
.

Whilst in Parliament, Clark had an interest in wildlife issues and was a leading Labour voice in opposition to violent animal rights protests. She was a member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee and Broadcasting Select Committees; completed the NCVO parliamentary scheme with secondments to ASBAH and MIND and founded the All Party Wildlife Group. The Bill committees she sat on included Finance Bill, Water Bill and Countryside & Rights of Way Bill.[3]

Early on in her parliamentary career, Clark was considered loyal to her party leaders,[3] but later opposed the Iraq War.[4][5]

She was defeated for re-election in the

UNISON.[8]

After parliament

In April 2007, Clark was interviewed by

Blair's Babes. She criticised the treatment of newly elected MPs by the Parliamentary Labour Party.[9]

Since 2005 she has worked as Head of Policy & Campaigns for the

NHS. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Assessors
.

Clark was involved in an incident in 2008 when video footage of her complaining to bar staff about their refusal to serve her was posted on

public order offences.[11] Clark was found guilty of using threatening words and behaviour. However, the conviction was quashed upon appeal.[12][13]

Personal life

She married Alan Clark, a political journalist with

Meridian television, in August 2001. Clark has two children from her previous marriage.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b Dod's parliamentary companion
  2. ^ "Seats with Labour candidates from all-female shortlists". The Independent. London. 9 January 1996. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Helen Brinton". The BBC. 10 February 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  4. ^ Womack, Sarah (21 May 2001). "Labour backs MP in domestic fracas". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. ^ Womack, Sarah (5 June 2001). "Neighbours attack MP's 'hypocrisy' over noise". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Ousted MP defects to the Tories". The BBC. 5 August 2005. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  7. ^ "A slap in the face". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 9 May 2005. Archived from the original on 29 June 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  8. ^ "Thrown out of the house". The Guardian. London. 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 25 September 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  9. ^ Cooke, Rachel (22 April 2007). "Blair's babes 10 years on". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  10. ^ Former MP campaigns for specialist nurses Archived 4 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough Today, 3 August 2006.
  11. ^ "Former MP Clark in court over hotel YouTube video". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  12. ^ "Ex-MP guilty of threatening words". The BBC. 19 March 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  13. ^ Coates, Sam (28 November 2009). "Former Labour MP cleared of harassment after bar row". The Times. London. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  14. ^ "Love in the air as city MP weds". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 6 August 2001. Retrieved 11 February 2010.

External links

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