Linda Riordan (b. 31 May1953) is a BritishLabour and Co-operative politician. She was elected Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 2005 general election. Jump to: navigation, search May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining, as the last day of May. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... This article is about the British political party. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Halifax is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ...
Riordan was born in Halifax and graduated from Bradford University. She is married. The University of Bradford is a university in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. ...
Riordan has served as a Calderdale councillor for nine years. 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. Calderdale is a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. ... Alice Mahon (born September 28, 1937) is an English politician. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Socialist Campaign Group is a left wing grouping of Labour Party Members of Parliament in the UK. The group is generally Eurosceptic. ...
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Linda Riordan official site
Guardiam Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Linda Riordan MP
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