John Edward "Eddie" Binks (3 May 1887 - 18 July 1963) was a trade unionist and Labour Party politician. Born in Islington, his father died when he was young, and he moved to live with his aunt's family in Walthamstow: by the age of 13 he was working as a weighbridge clerk for the Midland Railway. He subsequently established his own home in Crouch End. In October 1940 the house was destroyed in a German air raid, killing his wife. He subsequently moved to Harold Wood, Romford. He was selected to fill a wartime vacancy as an alderman in the London County Council in July 1941, sitting until 1946.