Sir Lewis Jones (13 February 1884 – 10 December 1968) was a British Liberal National Party politician. A former schoolmaster, Jones took up political work in 1910. He served with the

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during

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, and became secretary of the ministry's priority department. A supporter of the National Government led by former Labour Party leader

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, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West at the 1931 general election, unseating the sitting Labour MP Howel Samuel. Jones was re-elected in

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, (when ''

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'' described his campaign as having been subject to "organised rowdyism") and was

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ed in 1944 for political and public services, but was heavily defeated at the 1945 general election. Jones died in 1968 at his home in

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, aged 84. He had been secretary of the South Wales Siemens Steel Association for 44 years.

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* 1884 births 1968 deaths Knights Bachelor Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Swansea constituencies National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) politicians UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 {{Wales-UK-MP-stub