Which former Home Secretary is MP for Norwich South?
Norwich South (UK Parliament constituency) general election, when the two-seat Norwich constituency was divided into Norwich North and Norwich South. The Labour MP for this seat from 1997 to 2010 was Charles Clarke who served in the cabinet for five years from 2001 to 2006, first as Minister without Portfolio, then as Secretary of State for Education and Skills and latterly as Home Secretary. Norwich South was Labour's safest seat in Norfolk until 2005. Although it was lost to the Conservatives in 1983, it was regained by Labour in 1987 and was the only Labour seat in Norfolk until 1997. In 2005 the Labour majority
Edward Clarke (MP for Norwich) Edward Clarke (MP for Norwich) Edward Clarke (died 1723) was an English politician, son of Rev Samuel Clarke (d.1692) rector of Raynham, Norfolk and Katherine Symonds (d.1686) of Stody, a member of the Norfolk gentry and a descendant of Member of Parliament and English courtier, Sir Anthony Lee by his first wife, Margaret Wyatt. A Whig Alderman and a worsted weaver, Clarke was elected mayor in 1700 and MP for Norwich in 1701 but defeated in the August 1702 and in the November 1703 elections. Clarke was buried in St Andrew's parish in Norwich on 17 November 1723, his will