Janet Lynda Cheek MBE (née Biggs; born February 1948)[1] is a Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2009 to 2017.
[2] Jan Cheek was born in Stanley, the oldest child of Basil Biggs and Betty Rowlands.
[3] She spent much of her childhood in South Georgia after her father was appointed policeman and handyman for the island.
[3] For her A-Levels she was awarded a government scholarship to a study at a grammar school in Dorset.
[5] She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to the Falkland Islands.