[1] She jointly holds the 20th-century record for continuous government service, along with Kenneth Clarke, Malcolm Rifkind, Tony Newton and Patrick Mayhew, as she held office for the entire duration of the Conservatives' 18 years in power.

Gillian Shephard argued that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher should have promoted Chalker to Cabinet, saying, "Lynda had a very senior position as a sort of Deputy Foreign Secretary, and she had worked a lot on her own developing policy on Africa and elsewhere.

[5] Chalker is a member of the board of trustees of Sentebale, a charity set-up to reach Lesotho's poorest children, many of whom are victims of extreme poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

She held the position of non-executive director and chairman of the Corporate Responsibility and Reputation Committee for Unilever, retiring in May 2007, having served three terms of three years.

[6] In June 2014, Chalker was awarded honorary citizenship of Mozambique by President Armando Guebuza for services to that country.