Tony Clarke

Tony was Born in Northampton, and lives in the town with his wife and two children. Leaving school at 15 he began a career which started as roofer. He has also been a tree feller, dry stone waller, training and personnel manager, a social work lecturer, spent 14 yrs working for the County Council, 12 yrs as a member of the Borough Council, 4 years as a County Cllr and 8 yrs as MP for Northampton S. In Parliament he was renowned for his independent views. He was also a Special Constable with Northamptonshire Police and was General Manager and a Director of Northampton Town Football Club for over 10years, A former Independent County and Borough Councillor for Castle Ward Tony is a now a proud member of the Green Party. Tony mixes his local community work with international activity, a former Chair of the Northern Ireland Select Committee, Tony represented the Government, working with parliaments, paramilitaries and suspected terrorists in Northern Ireland, Palestine/Middle East, Albania and South Africa specialising on conflict resolution and election monitoring.