Paul Clark (British politician)
Paul Clark | |
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Official portrait, 2008 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
| In office 5 October 2008 – 6 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Tom Harris |
| Succeeded by | Norman Baker |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 6 May 2005 – 27 June 2007 | |
| Appointed by | John Prescott |
| Preceded by | David Watts |
| Succeeded by | Norman Lamb |
| Member of Parliament for Gillingham | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | James Couchman |
| Succeeded by | Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) |
| Member of Gillingham Borough Council for Twydall | |
| In office 6 May 1982 – 3 May 1990 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 April 1957 Gillingham, Kent, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Residence(s) | Gillingham, Kent, England |
| Alma mater | |
Paul Gordon Clark (born 29 April 1957) is a British former Labour Party politician and who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gillingham from 1997 to 2010. During his time in government, Clark served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Derry Irvine, Charles Falconer, John Prescott, and Ed Balls, before being promoted in 2008 to the role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport. At the 2010 general election Clark was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate Rehman Chishti in the newly formed constituency of Gillingham and Rainham.
In 2022, Clark pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing indecent images of children. In May 2023, he was sentenced to two years and four months in prison.