Linda Gilroy
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Linda Gilroy MP |
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Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Gary Streeter |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Colvile |
| Majority | 4,109 (10.8%) |
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Linda Wade Jarvie 19 July 1949 Moffat, Scotland, UK |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse(s) | Bernard Gilroy |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh, University of Strathclyde |
Linda Wade Gilroy (née Jarvie; born 19 July 1949) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Sutton from 1997 until her defeat at the 2010 general election by the Conservative Party candidate, Oliver Colvile.
Born Linda Wade Jarvie and educated privately at the Maynard School in Exeter, Devon and then Stirling High School, before attending the University of Edinburgh where she was awarded a master's degree in history in 1971. She finished her education at the University of Strathclyde where she received a postgraduate diploma in secretarial studies in 1972.
She joined Age Concern Scotland (now Age UK), in 1972, leaving in 1979 as a deputy director to join the Gas Consumer Council as a regional manager for the South West of England, in which capacity she founded the Devon and Cornwall energy efficiency centre, before she left in 1996.
She was elected as the secretary to the Plymouth Drake Constituency Labour Party in 1987-8, and was elected chairwoman of the Cornwall Labour Party for four years from 1990. She unsuccessfully contested Cornwall South East at the 1992 General Election where she finished in third place some 25,029 votes behind the sitting Conservative MP Robert Hicks. She also contested the European Parliament elections in 1994 when she was defeated at Devon East and Plymouth.
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