Linda Riordan
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Linda Riordan (b. 31 May 1953) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician. She was elected Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 2005 general election.
Riordan was born in Halifax and graduated from the University of Bradford. She is married.
Riordan, served as a Calderdale councillor for eleven years, representing the Ovenden ward from 1995 to 2006, when she stood down to devote more time to Westminster. She worked as private secretary for the previous Halifax MP Alice Mahon, and was active in the local Co-operative Party as secretary and treasurer. She was nominated as candidate by the Co-op Party but her candidature was at first opposed by the national Labour Party. She was later allowed to stand. She is a member of the leftwing Socialist Campaign Group and has continued in the vein of her predecessor, often rebelling against the party leadership.
[edit] External links
- Linda Riordan official site
- Guardiam Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Linda Riordan MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Linda Riordan MP
- The Public Whip - Linda Riordan MP voting record
- Linda Riordan, Halifax Constituency Labour Website
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