Martin Salter

Martin John Salter (born 19 April 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Reading West from 1997 to 2010. Salter was born to Ray and Naomi Salter on 19 April 1954 and educated at local primary and grammar schools and attended the University of Sussex but did not graduate. Salter worked in various jobs, including working as a lorry driver, scaffolder, builder's labourer, refuse collector and airport cargo handler. Latterly he worked as a coordinator for a centre for the unemployed and for a housing cooperative. Prior to his career as a Labour Party Councillor, Salter was an active member of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). Similarly, Salter has been active within the Union of...