Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton
The Lord Graham of Edmonton | |
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Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Lords | |
In office 5 July 1990 – 2 May 1997 | |
Leader | Neil Kinnock John Smith Margaret Beckett (Acting) Tony Blair |
Preceded by | The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede |
Succeeded by | The Lord Strathclyde |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
Preceded by | James Dunn |
Succeeded by | John MacGregor |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 12 September 1983 – 21 March 2020 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Edmonton | |
In office 28 February 1974 – 9 June 1983 | |
Preceded by | Austen Albu |
Succeeded by | Ian Twinn |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Edward Graham 26 March 1925 |
Died | 21 March 2020 | (aged 94)
Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
Thomas Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, PC (26 March 1925 – 21 March 2020) was an English Labour and Co-operative politician.
Career[]
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Graham was educated at the Co-operative College and held several positions in the co-operative movement from 1939, becoming National Secretary for the Co-operative Party.
During the Second World War he saw active service in the British Army and was seriously injured by enemy fire. Graham was a councillor on Enfield Borough Council from 1961, joining the new London Borough of Enfield in 1964 and becoming its leader for ten years.
In 1966, Graham contested Enfield West at that year's general election. He was Member of Parliament for Edmonton from February 1974, serving as a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection from 1974 to 1976, then as a government whip from 1976 to 1979, with the title of Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
He was an opposition spokesman on the environment from 1980 to 1983, when he lost his seat in the House of Commons to Ian Twinn as part of Labour's landslide election defeat of that year.
On 12 September 1983, after losing his seat, Graham was created a life peer as Baron Graham of Edmonton, of Edmonton in Greater London.[1] He was Labour Chief Whip 1990–97. He was chairman of the Co-operative Council, and served as President of the 1987 Co-operative Congress.[2]
Graham was President of the Institute of Meat and Patron of the Ancient Order of Foresters and of the Edmonton Constituency Labour Party.
Political career[]
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On 18 December 1986, Graham was the only Peer in the House of Lords to speak against Lord Halsbury's Local Government Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill, which sought to prohibit the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities. This bill subsequently became law as Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, when it was reintroduced by David Wilshire MP in the Commons.
Personal life[]
Graham was a first cousin of Dr. Miriam Stoppard, Lady Hogg, a physician, and her son, actor Ed Stoppard, Miriam's son, as well as politician Oona King, Lady Hogg's's niece.[3] He was a supporter of Humanists UK and lived in Loughton, Essex.
He died on 21 March 2020, aged 94.[4]
References[]
- ^ "No. 49479". The London Gazette. 15 September 1983. p. 12103.
- ^ Congress Presidents 1869-2002 (PDF), February 2002, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008, retrieved 10 May 2008
- ^ Paul, Geoffrey (21 January 2010). "How is it for you?". thejc.com. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ Fortune, Joe. "Lord Ted Graham of Edmonton: Sharing a Memory". The Co-operative Party. The Co-operative Party. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
Sources[]
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 & 1983
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Graham
- 1925 births
- 2020 deaths
- Alumni of the Co-operative College
- British humanists
- Councillors in the London Borough of Enfield
- Councillors in Greater London
- General Secretaries of the Co-operative Party
- Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies
- Labour Co-operative life peers
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Presidents of Co-operative Congress
- British Army personnel of World War II
- UK MPs 1974
- UK MPs 1974–1979
- UK MPs 1979–1983
- Labour MP for England stubs
- Life peer stubs