Linda Perham

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Linda Perham (born 29 June 1947) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom.

Career

Perham was a councillor in the London Borough of Redbridge, representing the ward of Hainault and was mayor of the borough in 1994–95. She was elected the Member of Parliament for Ilford North in 1997, when she defeated her Conservative predecessor Vivian Bendall. During her time in Parliament, she sat on various committees including the Trade and Industry and International Development select committees from 1998.{{Cite web |title=Linda Perham |url=https://beta.parliament.uk/people/xp12Sa2t/associations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720030329/https://beta.parliament.uk/people/xp12Sa2t/associations |archive-date=20 July 2019 |access-date=6 April 2022 |website=UK Parliament}} She lost her seat in the 2005 general election to Conservative Lee Scott. By profession, she was a librarian, working latterly at Epping Forest College in Loughton.{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=100856§ioncode=26|title=Election Antithesis|work=Times Higher Education Supplement|date=9 May 1997|accessdate=10 May 2010|archive-date=5 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905140537/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=100856§ioncode=26|url-status=live}} She was elected an honorary fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in 2003 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA).

After leaving Parliament, she held a number of non-executive director and trustee positions, including with the Consumer Council for Water, East Thames Group, TrustMark, the London Voluntary Service Council, Headway West London, the Friends of the Women's Library, and the European Care Group.

She is now Chair of the Thames Water Trust Fund, Director/Trustee, Vision Redbridge Culture and Leisure, Member of the Court, University of Leicester, President, Hainault Forest Community Association and a Justice of the Peace.

References

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/mpdb/html/228.stm BBC News MP profile]
[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10476/linda_perham/ilford_north They Work For You]
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Category:1947 births

Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies

Category:Councillors in the London Borough of Redbridge

Category:Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies

Category:UK MPs 1997–2001

Category:UK MPs 2001–2005

Category:Alumni of the University of Leicester

Category:Living people