Tony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Hampstead

For other people named Tony Clarke, see Tony Clarke (disambiguation).

For other people named Anthony Clarke, see Anthony Clarke (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable The Lord Clarke of Hampstead CBE
Official portrait, 2017
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 July 1998 Life peerage
Personal details
Born	Anthony James Clarke (1932-04-17) 17 April 1932 (age 92)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour

Anthony James Clarke, Baron Clarke of Hampstead, CBE (called Tony;^[1][2] born 17 April 1932) is an English trade unionist and Labour Party politician.

Union roles

A former telegraph boy and postman, in 1979 Clarke became a full-time official of the Union of Postal Workers, which in 1980 became the Union of Communication Workers (UCW). He edited the UPW journal The Post in 1979, and served as the UCW's Deputy General Secretary from 1981 to 1993.

Labour Party chairmanship

He stood as a Labour Parliamentary candidate for Hampstead in the February and October 1974 general elections, losing both times to Geoffrey Finsberg. Clarke was a member of the Labour Party's National Executive Committee from 1983 to 1993, and served as Chairman of The Labour Party from 1992 to 1993.

House of Lords

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1998 New Year Honours.^[3] He was created a life peer on 29 July 1998, as Baron Clarke of Hampstead, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden.^[4] He chaired the Taskforce established to investigate the causes of the disturbances in Burnley in 2001. After a period of being on leave of absence he returned to the Lords in April 2022.

References

1. "Lord of Hampstead defies fellow Labour peers in House of Lords gay marriage vote", Ham & High, 14 June 2013.
2. Beckford, Martin (19 November 2009). "Lord Clarke of Hampstead admitted 'terrible error' : MPs' expenses". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
3. "No. 54993". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1997. p. 8.
4. "No. 55213". The London Gazette. 3 August 1998. p. 8431.

External links

• Communication Workers Union
• House of Lords
• Hansard

Political offices
Preceded by John Evans	Chair of the Labour Party 1992–1993	Succeeded by David Blunkett
Trade union offices
Preceded by Alan Tuffin	Deputy General Secretary of the Union of Communication Workers 1982–1993	Succeeded by Derek Hodgson
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Warner	Gentlemen Baron Clarke of Hampstead	Followed by The Lord Christopher