Lynda Ellen Waltho is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Stourbridge from 2005 to 2010, succeeding Labour MP Debra Shipley, who had stepped down due to ill-health just days before the 2005 election was called.
10 Facts About Lynda Waltho
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Lynda Waltho gained a PGCE from the University of Central England, subsequently working as a teacher in Birmingham, Sandwell and Dudley Local Education Authorities from 1981 to 1994.
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Lynda Waltho was the Agent for the West Midlands Regional Labour Party from 2001 to 2004, and worked as principal advisor to Neena Gill MEP from 2004 to 2005.
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From 2007 until 2010, Lynda Waltho was at the Ministry of Justice, and PPS to the Prisons Minister from 2007 to 2008.
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Lynda Waltho became a member of the Children, Schools and Skills Select Committee.
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In September 2008, Lynda Waltho joined the Government as Assistant Regional Minister for the West Midlands.
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Lynda Waltho served as an important member of several All Party Parliamentary Groups:.
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At the 2010 election, Lynda Waltho lost her seat to the Conservatives, in an election which saw Labour lose power after 13 years in government.
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Lynda Waltho became Head of Public Affairs for the Green Bus Company in 2010, and from 2012 to 2015, was Managing Director of Clearvu Communications.
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Since 2016, Lynda Waltho has been Director of the Midlands Confederation of Passenger Transport.