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Barbara Ronson : biography

16 December 1942 –

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.. Links in a chain. accessed 11 January 2009.

Political career

Barbara Ronson was elected as a councillor to Bolton Borough Council in 1986; at first representing the Horwich ward, then through name and slight boundary changes in 2004,. accessed 11 January 2009. she represented the Horwich North East ward.. 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.. 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.. The Bolton Evening News, Friday 2nd May 1997.. The Bolton Evening News, Friday 8th June 2001. During her political career, she has been Mayor of Horwich 1996–1997, Leader of Bolton Council 2004–2006,. The Bolton Evening News, 30th June 2004.. The Bolton Evening News, Friday 5th May 2006. and Mayor of Bolton 2007–2008.. The Bolton Evening News, Thursday 17th May 2007.

Barbara and her husband stood down as town and borough councillors in 2011.. The Bolton News. Thursday, 24th March 2011.

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..