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Lynda Chalker (Lynda Bates) was born on 29 April, 1942, is a British politician (born 1942). Discover Lynda Chalker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?
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Lynda Bates |
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Politician |
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81 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
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29 April, 1942 |
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29 April |
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Lynda Chalker Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Lynda Chalker Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lynda Chalker worth at the age of 81 years old? Lynda Chalker’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. She is from . We have estimated Lynda Chalker's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Timeline
Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey,, (Bates; born 29 April 1942) is a retired British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament for Wallasey from 1974 to 1992.
Chalker was educated at Roedean (where she was head girl), Heidelberg University, Queen Mary University of London and the University of Westminster (then known as the Polytechnic of Central London), and worked as a statistician and market researcher, including spells with Shell-Mex and BP and Opinion Research Centre (ORC), before entering Parliament as MP for Wallasey, Merseyside in 1974, succeeding the former Cabinet minister Ernest Marples.
Chalker held a number of government posts, including spells as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Security from 1979 to 1982 and at the Department of Transport from 1982 to 1983.
In 1983 she became Minister of State at Transport, being appointed Minister for Europe in 1986.
However, she was never promoted to a member of Cabinet.
Gillian Shephard argued that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher should have promoted Chalker to Cabinet, saying, "Lynda had a very senior position as a sort of Deputy Foreign Secretary, and she had worked a lot on her own developing policy on Africa and elsewhere. She was a serious player, loyal to a fault and never put her foot in it – a first class woman."
When asked, Chalker said that she believed she was overlooked because Thatcher wanted to be the only woman in Cabinet.
She served as Minister of State for Overseas Development and Africa at the Foreign Office, in the Conservative government from 1989 to 1997.
Chalker was granted a life peerage as Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, of Leigh-on-Sea in the County of Essex in 1992, after losing her seat at the general election of that year.
Chalker is the founder and president of Africa Matters Limited, an independent consultancy providing advice and assistance to companies initiating, developing or growing their activities in Africa.
She is a member of the international advisory board of Lafarge and sits on the board of trustees of the Investment Climate Facility for Africa.
She is a consultant for Uganda's Presidential Investors Roundtable (PIRT) that advises the president Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, on ways to improve Uganda's investment climate and competitiveness.
Chalker is a member of the board of trustees of Sentebale, a charity set-up to reach Lesotho's poorest children, many of whom are victims of extreme poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
She founded the Chalker Foundation, which seeks to support the improvement of healthcare in Africa.
Chalker headed the British delegation which participated in the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development in October 1993.
Chalker is the former president of the Royal Geographical Society.
She joined the board of Unilever as an advisory director in 1998, becoming a non-executive director in 2004.
Chalker is a former chairman of the Medicines for Malaria Venture, a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to reducing the burden of malaria in disease endemic countries.
She is a former non-executive director of Group Five (Pty).
She was awarded the Livingstone Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 2000.
She held the position of non-executive director and chairman of the Corporate Responsibility and Reputation Committee for Unilever, retiring in May 2007, having served three terms of three years.
In June 2014, Chalker was awarded honorary citizenship of Mozambique by President Armando Guebuza for services to that country.
Chalker was shortlisted for the Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Award in 2015 for her work with Africa Matters, and she remains in the directory of the Grassroot Diplomat Who's Who publication.
In 2018, it was announced that Chalker would take over from Nicholas Crane as president of the Royal Geographical Society.
