Barbara Ronson

Barbara Olwyn Ronson (born 16 December 1942) is a retired Liberal Democrat politician from Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. 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. Barbara Ronson was first elected as a councillor to Horwich Town Council in 1987. Afterwards, she was also elected a councillor to Bolton Borough Council; at first representing the Horwich ward, then through name and slight boundary changes, she...