Bernie Grant

Bernie Grant (17 February 1944 – 8 April 2000) was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament for Tottenham, London, from 1987 until his death in 2000. Born in Georgetown, British Guiana, Grant moved to the United Kingdom in 1963. He attended Tottenham Technical College and pursued a degree in Mining Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, although he did not graduate. Grant was involved in various political organizations, including the Socialist Labour League and the Workers Revolutionary Party. He became a trade union official and served as a Labour councillor in the London Borough of Haringey from 1978. Grant gained prominence for leading the rate-capping rebellion in 1984 against the Conservative government's policies.