Anne Marie Bates Clarke is an American-born British Labour Party politician who has been the London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden since 2021. She represented

Childs Hill Childs Hill is one of two areas at the south end of the London Borough of Barnet along with Cricklewood which straddles three boroughs. It took its name from Richard le Child, who in 1312 held a customary house and "30 acres" of its area. It is a ...

on Barnet Council from 2018 to 2022, and has represented

Cricklewood Cricklewood is an area of London, England, which spans the boundaries of three London boroughs: Barnet to the east, Brent to the west and Camden to the south-east. The Crown pub, now the Clayton Crown Hotel, is a local landmark and lies north- ...

since 2022. Clarke is a

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Hampstead School Hampstead School is a large comprehensive school in the London Borough of Camden, England. The school building is one of the oldest in the borough. It has about 1,300 students between the ages of 11 and 19 attending the Lower School (Year 7 thro ...

and is an active member of the Cricklewood Town team.

Early and personal life

Clarke is from

Winnetka, Illinois Winnetka () is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located north of downtown Chicago. The population was 12,316 as of 2019. The village is one of the wealthiest places in the nation in terms of household income. It was the second- ...

, a suburb north of

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in the United States. She studied at the

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and was a member of

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. Having moved to

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to study in 1998, she became a

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in 2007. She lives in

with her husband and two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Anne Living people American emigrants to England Councillors in the London Borough of Barnet Labour Members of the London Assembly Labour Party (UK) councillors Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom People from Winnetka, Illinois School governors University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Women councillors in England