Ronald Williams (Labour politician)

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

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.

  1. ^ a b 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.