John Eric Austin (born 21 August 1944), formerly Austin-Walker, is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Woolwich from 1992 to 1997 and for Erith and Thamesmead from 1997 to 2010. Austin became a councillor for the London Borough of Greenwich in 1970, and was leader of the council from 1982 to 1987, when he became mayor for two years. He stepped down as a councillor in 1994. More information on the Wikipedia page [1].