Biography:
Joan Walley was re-elected MP for Stoke-on-Trent North in May 2010 with a majority of 8,235 votes.
She was born in Stoke in 1949, went to Biddulph Grammar School and took a degree in social administration at Hull University, followed by a diploma at Swansea. She worked with recovering alcoholics, and in the planning department of councils in Swansea and London.
Joan was elected Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North at the 1987 general election. She soon became shadow spokesperson for Environmental Protection and Development and then for Transport, a post that she held for the five years between 1990 and 1995. Prior to the election to parliament, she was a member of Lambeth Council.
Representing a former mining area, she has been active in getting compensation claims out to miners. She takes a particular interest in citizenship, grass roots football and is a member of the All Party Football Group.
Her other interests have seen her recognised as honorary president of Cobridge Air Training Corps and honorary member of Fegg Hayes working men’s club.
Constituency: Stoke-on-Trent North
Constituency Address: Unit 5
Burslem Enterprise Centre
Moorland Road
Burslem
STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 1JN
Constituency Tel: 01782 577900
Date of Birth: 23 January 1949
Party: Labour
Personal Website: http://www.joanwalleymp.org.uk/
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