Martin Linton MP

Martin Linton MP is Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine. Labour Friends of Palestine seek to provide a voice for the people of Palestine within the Labour movement and to the wider public.  They are committed to a two-state solution with viable and secure Palestinian and Israeli states, but believe this can only be achieved once Israel complies with her international obligations.


Martin Linton has served as MP for Battersea, Balham and Wandsworth since 1997.  Martin previously undertook a number of roles in the House. He served as a member of the Home Affairs Committee from July 1997 to May 2001. He has been a Private Parliamentary Secretary (PPS) to Baroness Blackstone, to the Leader of the House, Peter Hain MP, and to Lord Falconer, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice, until May 2007. Martin stood down in May 2007 so that he could speak out on a range of issues affecting his constituency.

Before becoming an MP, Martin Linton was a journalist on the The Guardian (1981-97).

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