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|name = Thelma Walker
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|honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}
|office = [[Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Colne Valley]]
|office = Member of Parliament<br>for [[Colne Valley]]
|term_start = 8 June 2017
|term_start = 8 June 2017
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|predecessor = [[Jason McCartney (politician)|Jason McCartney]]
|predecessor = Jason McCartney
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|majority = 915 (1.5%)
|majority = 915 (1.5%)
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|04|07|df=y}}
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|party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
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|website = {{url|https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/thelma-walker/4649|Parliament site}}
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'''Thelma Doris Walker'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61961 |date=19 June 2017 |page=11779}}</ref> (born 7 April 1957)<ref>{{cite web |title=Thelma Walker MP |url=http://myparliament.info/Member/4649 | website = myparliament.info |publisher= MyParliament |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref> is a British politician, and the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Colne Valley]] constituency,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/thelma-walker/4649|title=Thelma Walker MP|website=UK Parliament|accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref> who was elected at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 general election]] defeating the incumbent Conservative MP [[Jason McCartney (politician)|Jason McCartney]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mitchell |first=Graham |url=http://www.labourcolnevalley.co.uk/meet_your_candidate |title=Meet Your Candidate Thelma Walker | website = labourcolnevalley.co.uk |publisher= Colne Valley Labour Party |date=10 May 2017 |accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Ballinger |first =Lauren |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/who-thelma-walker-meet-colne-13160253 |title=Who is Thelma Walker? Meet Colne Valley's new Labour MP | work = [[Huddersfield Daily Examiner|Huddersfield Examiner]] |date=9 June 2017 |accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref>
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Walker was educated at [[Marple Hall School|Marple Hall Grammar School]] and [[Manchester Polytechnic]].<ref>[[LinkedIn]]{{better source|date=June 2017}}</ref> She trained as a [[teacher]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labourcolnevalley.co.uk/meet_your_candidate|title=Meet Your Candidate Thelma Walker|publisher=Labour Colne Valley|accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref> and was head of two schools before setting up as an independent consultant.<ref>{{Who's Who | surname = Walker| othernames = Thelma Doris| id = U289483| volume = 2018 | edition = February 2018 online | accessed = 13 February 2018 }}</ref>

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'''Thelma Doris Walker'''[ (born 7 April 1957) is the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Colne Valley]] constituency, who was elected at the 2017 general election defeating the incumbent Conservative MP Jason McCartney.
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Thelma Walker
MP
Member of Parliament
for Colne Valley
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded by Jason McCartney
Majority 915 (1.5%)
Personal details
Born (1957-04-07) 7 April 1957 (age 67)
Website Parliament site


Thelma Doris Walker[ (born 7 April 1957) is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Colne Valley constituency, who was elected at the 2017 general election defeating the incumbent Conservative MP Jason McCartney.