Lynda Chalker
The Baroness Chalker of Wallasey | |
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 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Minister of State for Overseas Development & Africa | |
| In office 24 July 1989 – 1 May 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | Chris Patten |
| Succeeded by | Clare Short |
| Minister of State for Europe | |
| In office 11 January 1986 – 24 July 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Rifkind |
| Succeeded by | Francis Maude |
| Minister of State for Transport | |
| In office 18 October 1983 – 11 January 1986 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | David Mitchell |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
| In office 5 March 1982 – 18 October 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Clarke |
| Succeeded by | David Mitchell |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security | |
| In office 7 May 1979 – 5 March 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Eric Deakins |
| Succeeded by | Tony Newton |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 24 April 1992 – 3 February 2023 | |
| Member of Parliament for Wallasey | |
| In office 28 February 1974 – 16 March 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest Marples |
| Succeeded by | Angela Eagle |
| President of the Royal Geographical Society | |
| In office 2018–2021 | |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Crane |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Clifford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lynda Bates 29 April 1942 |
| Party | Conservative |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, PC, FRGS (née Bates; born 29 April 1942) 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.
Although she never held a cabinet role, Chalker jointly holds the 20th-century record for continuous government service, along with Kenneth Clarke, Malcolm Rifkind, Tony Newton and Patrick Mayhew, for she held government office for the entire duration of the Conservatives' 18 years in power.
Chalker is the former president of the Royal Geographical Society.