Ronald Lewis (British politician)
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Ronald Howard Lewis (16 July 1909 - 18 June 1990) was a British Labour politician.
Lewis studied at Cliff Methodist College and became a Methodist local preacher. He served in the Middle East with the Royal Army Service Corps during World War II. He worked in the shops section of British Railways and served as a councillor on Derbyshire County Council from 1949 and on Blackwell Rural District Council from 1950.
Lewis contested Rugby in 1945, Crosby in 1950, Derbyshire West in 1951, Northamptonshire South in 1955 and Darlington in 1959. He was Member of Parliament for Carlisle from 1964 until he retired in 1987. In 1983, Carlisle was the most marginal Labour seat in the country - with Lewis finishing just 71 votes ahead of the Conservative candidate.
His successor was Eric Martlew.
[edit] References
- The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1950, 1955, 1966 & 1983
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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