1. Theodora Roosevelt Clarke was born on 4 August 1985 and is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Stafford from 2019 to 2024.
19 Facts About Theo Clarke
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Theo Clarke is the daughter of Sir Tobias Clarke, 6th Baronet and his second wife Teresa de Chair, a daughter of Somerset de Chair.
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Theo Clarke is the niece of the wife of the former Business Secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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Theo Clarke was privately educated at Downe House School in Newbury, Berkshire.
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Theo Clarke studied art history at Newcastle University and the Courtauld Institute of Art, specialising in Russian Art.
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Theo Clarke worked for the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the British auction house Christie's before founding Russian Art and Culture, an online arts magazine in 2011.
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Theo Clarke was a co-founder of the Association of Women in the Arts, and later founded the Coalition for Global Prosperity.
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In February 2023, Channel 4's Dispatches reported Theo Clarke went on an all expenses paid trip to Russia in 2012 as part of the Conservatives Friends of Russia group, organised by the Russian government of Vladimir Putin.
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Theo Clarke contested the Bristol East seat at the 2015 and 2017 general elections as the Conservative Party candidate but was unsuccessful.
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Theo Clarke was elected as Stafford's MP in the 2019 general election with a majority of 14,377, the largest in the constituency's history.
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Theo Clarke has been a member of the International Development Committee since March 2020 and the Women and Equalities Committee since September 2020.
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On 5 October 2020, Theo Clarke was appointed as the Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Kenya.
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Theo Clarke helped implement the UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement which continued the duty-free access to the UK market for Kenyan businesses after Brexit.
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Theo Clarke resigned this role in July 2022 in protest at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's leadership.
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Theo Clarke endorsed Penny Mordaunt during the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.
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Theo Clarke took maternity leave following the birth of her first child in August 2022.
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In February 2023, Theo Clarke stated she was unable to be re-selected as Conservative candidate for Stafford, further stating she intended to appeal to local members in an attempt to stay on as candidate.
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In March 2023, Theo Clarke was re-adopted as the Conservative candidate for Stafford having won the wider membership vote.
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Theo Clarke married Henry Coram-James, son of John Coram-James and The Countess of Harrowby and stepson of the Earl of Harrowby, on 14 August 2021 at the Church of St Mary, Bibury.