- Linda Arkley
Infobox_Politician
name = Linda Arkley
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birth_place =
residence =North Shields ,Tyne and Wear
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office = Mayor of North Tyneside Council
term_start =2003
term_end =2005
predecessor = Chris Morgan
successor = John Harrison
office2 = Council Member for Preston ward, North Tyneside
term_start2 =2005
term_end2 = present
predecessor2 = Martin Van Der Merwe
successor2 =Incumbent
party = Conservative
constituency2 = Preston ward, North Tyneside
website = [http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/cmsShowCouncillor.shtml?elementName=content%2Fcouncillors&op=&elementValue=Linda+Arkley| Linda Arkley - Councillor]Linda Arkley was the Conservative
mayor ofNorth Tyneside ,England , until her defeat in 2005 by Labour candidate John Harrison. [cite news |title=English elect councils and mayors |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4523819.stm |publisher=BBC news |date=2005-05-07 |accessdate=2007-05-11]She was elected as mayor in a 2003
by-election , following the resignation of Chris Morgan. She had previously been Deputy Leader of the Conservative group on North Tyneside Council. After her defeat, she has continued to campaign on behalf of the Conservative Party and currently represents Preston ward on the council.In October 2006 Arkley and other Conservative councillors paid damages for libel over claims made in an election leaflet that a council employee had been hired for political reasons rather than on merit. cite news |first=Jon |last=Land |title=Damages for council worker in 'political preferment' row |url=http://www.24dash.com/content/news/viewNews.php?navID=2&newsID=11511 |publisher=
24dash.com |date=2006-10-12 |accessdate=2007-02-18]References
External links
* [http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/cmsShowCouncillor.shtml?elementName=content%2Fcouncillors&op=&elementValue=Linda+Arkley Councillor Linda Arkley] page at
North Tyneside Council.
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