Ted Graham

Thomas Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, (26 March 1925 – 20 March 2020) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Edmonton from 1974 to 1983, and became a life peer in 1983.

Background Thomas Edward Graham was born in Newcastle. During the Second World War he saw active service in the British Army and was seriously injured by enemy fire. He was a councillor on Enfield Borough Council from 1961, joining the new London Borough of Enfield in 1964 and is a former leader of the London Borough of Enfield.

In 1966, Graham contested Enfield West at that year's general election. 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. Graham was President of the Institute of Meat and Patron of the Ancient Order of Foresters and of the Edmonton Constituency Labour Party.

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.

Personal life Graham married Margaret Golding in 1950. The couple had two sons. His wife was diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy, a condition that both their sons would inherit; she died in 2005 and their sons shortly thereafter. He was a supporter of Humanists UK and lived in Loughton, Essex.

He died at a care home in Knebworth on 20 March 2020, six days before his 95th birthday.