30 December 2020(2020-12-30) (aged 104) Avenham, Preston, England
Political party
Labour
Spouses
Jesse Scott
(m. 1950; div. 1979)
Elizabeth Wildgoose
(m. 2012)
Children
5, including Charlotte
Education
Barry Grammar School
Alma mater
University of London
Ronald Henry Atkins (13 June 1916 – 30 December 2020) was a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Preston North for two terms: from 1966 until 1970, and from February 1974 until 1979. His career in British politics spanned nearly sixty years, from 1951 to 2010, including several decades as a councillor in local government, and nine as a Member of Parliament.[1]
A member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Atkins took part in the Aldermaston marches, opposed the American war in Vietnam, and was a member of the Tribune group of left-wing Labour MPs. He also supported the campaigns by Tony Benn and Jeremy Corbyn to lead the Labour Party.[2] In the course of his career, Atkins helped bring a polytechnic educational facility to Preston, which later became the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).[3]
From 2018 until his death, he was the oldest living former MP. He also became the longest-lived British MP with a registered date of birth, surviving to the age of 104.[4][5]
^"Atkins, Ronald Henry, (13 June 1916–30 Dec. 2020)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u5935. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^"Former Preston MP and city councillor Ron Atkins dies aged 104". www.lep.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^"Ron Atkins obituary". The Guardian. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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