Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton

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Thomas Edward "Ted" Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton , PC (born March 26, 1925 - March 21, 2020 ) was a British politician ( Labor Party and Co-operative Party ).

life and career

Graham attended the co-operative college and from 1939 had various positions in the co-operative movement. So he was Secretary at the national level (National Secretary) of the Co-operative Party from 1967 to 1974. He was from 1961 councilor in the district council of the Municipal Borough of Enfield and was after the restructuring in the council of the London Borough of Enfield ; he was its chairman (leader) for ten years . From 1961 to 1968 he was Chairman (Chair) of the Housing and Redevelopment Committee .

In 1966 he joined the constituency of Enfield West . From the 1974 general election to the 1983 general election , he was an MP for the Edmonton constituency . He lost his seat in 1983 to Ian Twinn of the Conservative Party .

From 1974 to 1976 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection and a whip to the government from 1976 to 1979 as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury . From 1979 to 1981 Graham Whip was the opposition. From 1980 to 1983 he was the opposition spokesman for the environment.

Membership in the House of Lords

After the election defeat, Graham was appointed life peer as Baron Graham of Edmonton , of Edmonton in Greater London on September 12, 1983 , and thereby became a member of the House of Lords . He gave his inaugural address there on October 26, 1983.

He cited local government, consumer affairs and the environment as topics of political interest. He named Israel and the United States as states of interest . Graham was the opposition spokesman for the environment, Northern Ireland and defense from 1983 to 1990 . During this period he was also an opposition whip. From 1990 to 1995 he was the Opposition Spokesperson for National Heritage (Tourism ). From 1990 to 1997 he was Labor Chief Whip . During the same period he was also Deputy Speaker . Graham was Deputy Chair of Committees from 1997 to 2000 . From 1997 to 2000 he was a member of the Co-operative Party and during the same period Chairman (Chair) of the Labor Peers' Group .

On December 18, 1987, he was the only member of the House of Lords to speak out against the Local Government Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill by John Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury , which was supposed to prevent the support of homosexuality by local authorities. This bill became law as Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 when it was re-introduced in the House of Commons by MP David Wilshire .

From 1990 Graham was a member of the Refreshments Committee .

Further offices and honors

Graham was Chair of the UK Co-operative Council and in 1987 President of the Co-operative Congress . He was President of the Institute of Meat and Patron (Patron) of the Ancient Order of Foresters , as well as the Labor Party in the Edmonton constituency.

He was a Distinguished Supporter for the British Humanist Association . From 1998 Graham was a member of the Privy Council . Graham was President of the Co-operative Group Consumers Organization and Vice Chair of the Association for the Retail Industry . In 1989 he became (Hon MA). He is Honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Butchers . Graham was also a Fellow of the Institute of Management and the Royal Society of Arts .

family

Graham's cousin Oona King, Baroness King of Bow also became Member of Parliament for the Labor Party .

literature

  • Times Guide to the House of Commons , 1966, Times.
  • Times Guide to the House of Commons , 1983, Times, ISBN 978-0-7230-0255-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ House of Commons entry on Leigh Rayment website , accessed November 25, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Graham, Edward, Baron Graham of Edmonton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graham, Thomas Edward, Baron Graham of Edmonton (full name); Graham, Ted
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Politician (Labor Party and Co-operative Party) and Life Peer
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1925
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 2020