Barbara Olwyn Ronson (16 December 1942 – 28 October 2018) was a Liberal Democrat politician from Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.Barbara Olwyn Ronson. Links in a chain. accessed 11 January 2009.
Early life Born as Barbara Olwyn Gettins in Bolton, she was educated at Pikes Lane School, Bolton; Bolton School (Girls Division); Manchester College of Commerce (now Manchester Metropolitan University); and Bolton Institute of Higher Education (now the University of Bolton). In 1964, she married Robert Ronson at Saviour's Church in Bolton.Lancashire BMD - Marriages.
Political career Barbara Ronson was elected as a Councillor to Bolton Borough Council in 1986; at first representing the Horwich ward and then, through name and slight boundary changes in 2004,The Borough of Bolton (Electoral Changes) Order 2004 . accessed 11 January 2009. the Horwich North East ward.Councillors / Officers . Horwich Town Council. accessed 11 January 2009. She was also elected as a Councillor to Horwich Town Council in 1987. Her husband, Robert Ronson, was also a town and Borough Councillor.Robert Ronson. Links in a chain. accessed 11 January 2009.
In the 1992, 1997 and 2001 General Elections, she was an unsuccessful candidate in the Bolton West Constituency.Kelly salutes 'honourable battle', Sackville blames 'internal divisions'. The Bolton Evening News, Friday 2 May 1997.How The West Was Won!. The Bolton Evening News, Friday 8 June 2001. During her political career, she was Mayor of Horwich 1996–1997, Leader of Bolton Council 2004–2006,True grit of town's first woman council leader. The Bolton Evening News, 30 June 2004.'We'll empty bins every week' pledge. The Bolton Evening News, Friday 5 May 2006. and Mayor of Bolton 2007–2008.History as Lib-Dem takes over as Mayor. The Bolton Evening News, Thursday 17 May 2007.
Both Barbara and Robert Ronson stood down as town and Borough Councillors in 2011.Lib-Dem husband and wife act decide to call it a day. The Bolton News. Thursday, 24 March 2011.
Death Barbara Ronson died in hospital on 28 October 2018, aged 75 years. In the same year, her son Mike died on 13 June 2018, aged 51 years, and her husband Robert (Bob) died on 3 December 2018, aged 83 years.
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