Ronald Watkins Williams (8 July 1907 –14 March 1958) was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected to the

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as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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in a by-election in 1948, following the death in 1947 of sitting Labour MP William Foster. Williams was re-elected in this safe Labour seat at the 1950 general election and returned again at the 1955 general election, but died aged 50 in 1958. At the subsequent by-election in 1958, the seat was held for Labour by Alan Fitch.

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* 1907 births 1958 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Wigan National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub