    anthony richard clarke (born 6 september 1963, northampton), known as tony clarke, is the green party national spokesperson on international and foreign affairs; previously a british labour party politician, he was member of parliament for northampton south from 1997-2005. clarke was also a director of northampton town football club for 11 years 1999- 2010 and as general manager at the club between 2005 and 2008. he served three terms (12 years) on northampton borough council (2 labour, 1 independent) and one term (4 years) on northamptonshire county council (independent) he also served as a special constable with northamptonshire police between 2003 and 2007. on 11 march 2013, clarke announced that he had joined the green party, and will campaign as an independent green and stand as a green party candidate in the 2013 local elections. he is quoted as saying: "i left the labour party, and then discovered that really it had left me, i have battled on as an independent to try to make a difference for local people and have had some successes, but now it is time to truly give the power back to the people. i have chosen to campaign and as an independent green and proudly display the green party logo on the ballot paper".ex-northampton south mp tony clarke joins the green party northampton chronicle & echo 14 march 2013, accessed 14 march 2013" ==labour councillor and former mp== before becoming an mp, clarke had previously been a social work lecturer and labour councillor on northampton borough council
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