Lynda Chalker

Baroness Chalker   (politician)
Born	Lynda Bates 29 April 1942
Party	Conservative

Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, is a retired British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament for Wallasey from 1974 to 1992. She served as Minister of State for Overseas Development and Africa at the Foreign Office, in the Conservative government from 1989 to 1997.

Chalker headed the British delegation which participated in the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development in October 1993.

She jointly holds the 20th-century record for continuous government service, along with Kenneth Clarke, Malcolm Rifkind, Tony Newton and Patrick Mayhew, as she held office for the entire duration of the Conservatives' 18 years in power.

Baroness Chalker is the former president of the Royal Geographical Society.

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