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
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local preacher. He served in the Middle East with the
Royal Army Service Corps
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during
World War II
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. He worked in the shops section of
British Railways
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and served as a councillor on
Derbyshire County Council
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from 1949 and on
Blackwell Rural District Council from 1950.
Lewis contested
Rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby union: 15 players per side
*** American flag rugby
*** Beach rugby
*** Mini rugby
*** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side
*** Rugby tens, 10 players per side
*** Snow rugby
*** Tou ...
in 1945,
Crosby Crosby may refer to:
Places Canada
*Crosby, Ontario, part of the township of Rideau Lakes, Ontario
*Crosby, Ontario, a neighbourhood in the city of Markham, Ontario
England
*Crosby, Cumbria
*Crosby, Lincolnshire
*Crosby, Merseyside
**Crosby (UK P ...
in 1950,
West Derbyshire in 1951,
Northamptonshire South in 1955 and
Darlington
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in 1959. He was
member of parliament for
Carlisle
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Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a settlement called Luguvalium to serve forts along Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain. Due to its pro ...
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
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, 1950, 1955, 1966 & 1983
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1909 births
1990 deaths
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
National Union of Railwaymen-sponsored MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Carlisle
UK MPs 1964–1966
UK MPs 1966–1970
UK MPs 1970–1974
UK MPs 1974
UK MPs 1974–1979
UK MPs 1979–1983
UK MPs 1983–1987
Members of Derbyshire County Council
British Army personnel of World War II
Royal Army Service Corps soldiers
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