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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE75,423 voters
AREA119 sq. miles


Rushcliffe is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Kenneth Clarke of the Conservative party.

The Rushcliffe constituency has a total population of 95,322, of which 75,423 are eligible (18+) to vote (79.1%).

Rushcliffe ranks 175th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 343th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Harry Clarke CH QC (born 2 July 1940) is a British Conservative politician who has represented Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire as Member of Parliament since 1970.

Clarke, one of the UK's best-known and popular politicians, was dubbed by the press with the affectionate nickname of "Big Beast". He served in various British Cabinets as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, Education Secretary, Health Secretary and Minister without Portfolio. He has been the President of the Tory Reform Group since 1997.

Clarke contested the Conservative Party leadership three times – in 1997, 2001 and 2005 – being defeated each time. Opinion polls indicated he was more popular with the general public than with his Party, whose generally Euro-sceptic stance did not chime with his pro-European views. Notably, he is President of the Conservative Europe Group, Co-President of the pro-EU body British Influence and Vice-President of the European Movement UK.

Clarke's time as a Cabinet Minister is the fifth-longest in the modern era, having spent over 20 years serving under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher, John Major and David Cameron.

Following his return to Parliament at the 2010 general election, Clarke became joint-second longest-serving MP (with three others). He intends to contest the 2015 General Election

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke

MP DETAILS
AddressKenneth Clarke MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressoffice@rushcliffeconservatives.com
ConstituencyRushcliffe
GenderMale
Date of Birth02/07/1940
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
51.4%
26.3%
5.0%
6.5 %
10.8%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Rushcliffe constituency in 2015 was 75.30%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
David MellenLabourMale01 September 1964 (60)-https://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-mellen/15/21/b04
Kenneth ClarkeConservativeMale02 July 1940 (84)--
Matthew FaithfullUK Independence PartyMale06 January 1976 (48)--
Richard MallenderGreenMale--http://nottingham.greenparty.org.uk/rushcliffe.html
Robert JohnstonLiberal DemocratMale---

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
51.17%
20.73%
21.72%
%
%
2.33%
%
4.06%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Conservative
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 Conservative27,47051.2%
 Green1,2512.3%
 Labour11,12820.7%
 Liberal-Democrat11,65921.7%
 UK-Independence-Party2,1794.1%
TOTALS
Electorate72,955
Votes53,687
Turnout73.6%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeClarke, Kenneth
LabourClayworth, Andrew
Liberal DemocratKhan, Karrar
GreenMallender, Richard
UKIPFaithfull, Matthew
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Rushcliffe constituency in 2010 was 73.6%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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