Bennie Abrahams
Benney Abrahams was a local Labour Party politician in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, as well as Lord Mayor of Newcastle.
Born in Durham, Abrahams was a Labour councillor for the Monkchester ward of Newcastle City Council, and in 1981/2 Lord Mayor of Newcastle. He died in February 1990 at the age of 83.
Abrahams married Marion Shapiro, a concert hall violinist for the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Liverpool in 1939. She also became a Labour councillor in Newcastle. They had one son, David Abrahams,a property developer and political activist.
