Ralph Cleworth

Ralph Cleworth QC (31 October 1896 – 22 October 1975), was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician.

Background

Cleworth was born the son of Rev. William Enoch Cleworth.[1] He was educated at Wheelwright Grammar School for Boys, Dewsbury and Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1928 he married Eleanore Greenwood. They had one son.[2]

Professional career

Cleworth received a Call to the bar in 1924. He worked as a barrister on the North-Eastearn Circuit.[3] He became a Queens Counsel in 1947.[4]

Political career

Cleworth was Liberal candidate for the Leeds West division of Yorkshire at the 1929 General Election. Leeds West was a Labour/Unionist marginal that Labour had won in 1923 and 1924. Cleworth's prospects were not good and he finished a distant third as expected. He did not stand for parliament again.[5]

Electoral record
General Election 1929: Leeds West [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Thomas William Stamford 18,765 41.9
Unionist George William Martin 18,129 40.8
Liberal Ralph Cleworth 7,892 17.6
Majority 636 1.1
Turnout 44,786
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. The Times House of Commons, 1929
  2. ‘CLEWORTH, Ralph’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 14 March 2016
  3. The Times House of Commons, 1929
  4. ‘CLEWORTH, Ralph’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 14 March 2016
  5. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1983, FWS Craig
  6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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