Eric Moonman

Eric Moonman (29 April 1929 – 22 December 2017)[1][2] was a British Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Billericay (1966–70) and Basildon (1974–79).

Moonman was educated at Liverpool and Manchester Universities and became a senior research fellow in the Department of Management Science at Manchester University. He was a councillor on Stepney Borough Council, serving as Council Leader until 1965, and on the London Borough of Tower Hamlets from 1964.

Moonman contested Chigwell in 1964 without success and was elected for Billericay in the 1966 general election, losing the seat four years later. He then was elected for Basildon at the February 1974 election, but again lost his seat at the 1979 general election.

After his second electoral defeat, Moonman pursued an academic career, and became Professor of Management at City University, London and senior fellow, University of Liverpool.

Moonman was chair of Poale Zion (Great Britain) and president of Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland.[3][4]