Ronald Williams (Labour politician)

Ronald Watkins Williams (8 July 1907 –14 March 1958)[1] was a British Labour Party politician.

For other people named Ronald Williams, see Ronald Williams (disambiguation).

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
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
  2. 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.


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