Ron Leighton
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Ronald Leighton (24 January 1930—28 February 1994) was a British Labour politician.
Leighton became an MP in 1979 by regaining Newham North East, which had been the seat of Reg Prentice who had defected from Labour to the Conservatives in the previous Parliament. He was opposed to British membership of the EEC and was Director of the Common Market Safeguards Campaign from 1970-72.[1] Leighton retained the seat until he died in office in 1994.
[edit] Notes
- ^ David Butler and Uwe Kitzinger, The 1975 Referendum (London: Macmillan, 1976), p. 97.
[edit] References
- "Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1979 and 1992 editions.
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| Preceded by Reg Prentice |
Member of Parliament for Newham North East 1979–1994 |
Succeeded by Stephen Timms |
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