Ronald Lewis (British politician)

For other people named Ronald Lewis, see Ronald Lewis (disambiguation).

Ronald Howard Lewis (16 July 1909 - 18 June 1990) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

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, West Derbyshire 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.

References

The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1950, 1955, 1966 & 1983
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ronald Lewis

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Donald McIntosh Johnson	Member of Parliament for Carlisle 1964 – 1987	Succeeded by Eric Martlew

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