Terence Walker


Terence William "Terry" Walker is a British Labour Party politician.
Educated at a grammar school in Bristol, Walker became an accountant, and worked for Courage Limited from 1951 to 1974.
Walker was the Member of Parliament for the then-new constituency of Kingswood from 1974 to 1979, when he lost the seat to the Conservative Jack Aspinwall by just 303 votes. He became a member of Avon County Council in 1981 until its abolition in 1996. From then until his retirement in 2015 he was a member of South Gloucestershire Council, representing Kings Chase ward. He has also since then been Chairman of the Avon Fire Authority.
His daughter in law Julie Walker was formerly also a South Gloucestershire councillor, both representing the same ward.