Raymond John Carter (17 September 1935 – 2 July 2020)[1] CBE was a Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield from 1970 to 1979.
[3] Carter joined the Labour Party and served as a councillor on Easthampstead Rural District Council from 1963 to 1968.
Carter was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield from 1970 to 1979, and from 1974 to 1976 served on the Western European Union and the Council of Europe.
He was also a member of the Interim Advisory Committee (Teachers' Pay and Conditions) for the Department of Education and Science from 1987 to 1991.
He was also a Trustee of the British Museum (Natural History) from 1986 to 1996, and in 1991, he became a Patron for the Guild of Handicraft Trust.