Thelma Walker

Thelma Walker
MP
Member of Parliament
for Colne Valley
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded by Jason McCartney
Majority 915 (1.5%)
Personal details
Born (1957-04-07) 7 April 1957
Political party Labour

Thelma Doris Walker[1] (born 7 April 1957)[2] is a British politician, and the Labour Party MP for Colne Valley constituency,[3] who was elected at the 2017 general election defeating the incumbent Conservative MP Jason McCartney.[4][5]

Walker was educated at Marple Hall Grammar School and Manchester Polytechnic.[6] She trained as a teacher[7] and was head of two schools before setting up as an independent consultant.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11779.
  2. ↑ "Thelma Walker MP". myparliament.info. MyParliament. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Thelma Walker MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Mitchell, Graham (10 May 2017). "Meet Your Candidate Thelma Walker". labourcolnevalley.co.uk. Colne Valley Labour Party. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Ballinger, Lauren (9 June 2017). "Who is Thelma Walker? Meet Colne Valley's new Labour MP". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ↑ LinkedIn
  7. ↑ "Meet Your Candidate Thelma Walker". Labour Colne Valley. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Walker, Thelma Doris. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Jason McCartney		 Member of Parliament
for Colne Valley
2017–present		 Incumbent


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