Linda June Riordan is an English Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament for Halifax from the 2005 general election until standing down in 2015.
11 Facts About Linda Riordan
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Linda Riordan served as a Calderdale councillor for eleven years, representing the Ovenden ward from 1995 to 2006, when she stood down to devote herself full-time to her role as an MP.
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Linda Riordan worked as private secretary for her predecessor as Halifax's Labour MP Alice Mahon between 2001 and 2005, and was active in the local Co-operative Party as secretary and treasurer.
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Linda Riordan was chosen as the Labour candidate from an all-women shortlist but her candidacy was at first opposed by the Party's ruling National Executive Committee owing to concerns about selection process.
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Linda Riordan was elected in 2005 and returned to Parliament with a reduced majority in 2010.
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Linda Riordan served on various select committees including the Justice Committee, the Procedure Committee, the Environmental Audit Select Committee, the European Scrutiny Committee and the all-Party Crossrail Committee.
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Linda Riordan was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to Ed Miliband in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements In February 2015 she announced that she would be standing down at the general election in May, citing ill health.
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The repayment came about after Linda Riordan had used House of Commons stationery for party political purposes.
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Days after the report, Linda Riordan put the flat on the market, having previously tried to sell the flat in 2010.
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Linda Riordan pledged to ensure that any profit she gained from the sale would be paid back to the taxpayer.
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Linda Riordan was married to Alan Riordan from 1979 until his death in April 2007, aged 65, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.