Robert Howarth

Robert Lever Howarth (born 31 July 1927) is a British politician from Bolton who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton East from 1964 to 1970. Howarth went to Bolton County Grammar School and then to Bolton Technical College where he trained as a draughtsman. He joined the Amalgamated Engineering Union in 1943 and the Labour Party in 1945; in 1946 he became a member of the trade union Draughtsmen and Allied Technicians Union (DATA). Popular within the local party, Howarth was elected President of Bolton Labour Party. He was made a School and Technical College Governor in 1955 and served on Bolton Town Council from 1958 to 1960, being Vice-Chairman of the Housing Committee. He was the Labour candidate in the Bolton East byelection...