Education
Lewis studied at Cliff Methodist College and became a Methodist local preacher.
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Ronald Lewis
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Career
He served in the Middle East with the Royal Army Service Corps during World World War 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. 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.
Membership
43rd United Kingdom Parliament. 44th United Kingdom Parliament. 45th United Kingdom Parliament.
46th United Kingdom Parliament.
47th United Kingdom Parliament. 48th United Kingdom Parliament.
49th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was Member of Parliament for Carlisle from 1964 until he retired in 1987.
