Linda Perham

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

Linda Perham
Member of Parliament
for Ilford North
In office
1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byVivian Bendall
Succeeded byLee Scott
Personal details
Born (1947-06-29) 29 June 1947
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Leicester

Career

Perham was a councillor in the London Borough of Redbridge, representing the ward of Hainault and 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.[1] 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.[2] 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
  1. "Linda Perham". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  2. "Election Antithesis". Times Higher Education Supplement. 9 May 1997. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
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