Ronald Williams (Labour politician)
Ronald Watkins Williams (8 July 1907 –14 March 1958)[1] was a British Labour Party politician.
He was elected to the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wigan in a by-election in 1948,[2] 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.[1] At the subsequent by-election in 1958, the seat was held for Labour by Alan Fitch.
References[]
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [First published 1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 276. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ronald Williams
Categories:
- 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
- Labour MP for England stubs