John Martin Linton (born 11 August 1944) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Battersea from 1997 to 2010.

[citation needed] He served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Baroness Blackstone in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) from 2001 to 2003, and to Peter Hain as Leader of the House of Commons from 2003 to 2005.

[3] Linton opposed plans to build a third runway at Heathrow[4] He signed a number of Early Day Motions supporting tougher action on environmental issues and has promised to reduce his personal carbon emissions by 10% as part of the 10:10 campaign.

The government backed one of Martin's amendments in February 2010[6] which puts the Labour party's commitment to a referendum on the alternative vote system into legislation.

“There are long tentacles of Israel in this country who are funding election campaigns and putting money into the British political system for their own ends...when you make decisions about how you vote and how you advise constituents to vote, you must make them aware of the attempt by Israelis and by pro-Israelis to influence the election.”[12]At the 2010 General Election, he lost his seat to Jane Ellison of the Conservative Party.