Linda Perham

Linda Perham (born 29 June 1947) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom.

Perham was a London Borough of Redbridge councillor and Mayor of the Borough prior to the 1997 election. She was Member of Parliament for Ilford North from 1997, defeating Vivian Bendall, until she lost her seat at the 2005 election. By profession, she was a librarian, working latterly at Epping Forest College in Loughton. She was elected an honorary fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in 2002.

She is now Chair of East Living, a subsidiary of East Thames Group (housing and regeneration company); Board Member, Housing and Community Association; Vice Chair, London Voluntary Service Council; Member, Consumer Council for Water Thames; Consumer Director, TrustMark; Trustee, Friends of the Women's Library; Justice of the Peace; Patron of Anxiety Care, Ilford; President of Hainault Community Association; Community Governor, Gearies Infant School, Ilford