Edward Daly (1926 - 1993) was a long-term Councillor and later Mayor of the London Borough of Newham. Daly was a councillor in Newham for the Labour Party over a eighteen year period, being repeatedly elected into office from 1968 - 1986. He first stood in 1968 for the ward of Newham South and was elected, then again 1971 and 1974 gaining the most votes in the district both times, in the 1978 election and again in 1982. He did not seek re-election in 1986.[1] In 1980-1981, Daly was the Mayor of Newham, which was also the year that West Ham United won the FA Cup.[2]