Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Hampstead
Anthony James Clarke, Baron Clarke of Hampstead CBE (born April 17, 1932 ) is a British trade unionist and Labor Party politician .
He was initially a telegram messenger and postman and in 1979 he became a full-time union secretary at the Union of Postal Workers , which renamed itself the Union of Communication Workers (UCW) in 1980 . He was the editor of the union magazine "The Post" and from 1981 to 1983 was the UCW's deputy general secretary.
Clarke was a member of the Labor Party's National Executive Committee from 1983 to 1993 and Chairman of The Labor Party from 1992 to 1993 .
In 1998 he was promoted to Life Peer as Baron Clarke of Hampstead , of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. He chaired the Committee of Inquiry into the Causes of the Burnley Riots in 2001.
In May 2009, he admitted that he had been trading his income to show that he had no income.
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| SURNAME | Clarke, Anthony, Baron Clarke of Hampstead |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clarke, Anthony James, Baron Clarke of Hampstead |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English trade unionist and Labor Party politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1932 |