Leslie Maurice Lever, Baron Lever, GCSG (29 April 1905 – 26 July 1977) was a British Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick from 1950 to 1970 A member of one of Manchester's most prominent Jewish political families his younger brother Harold Lever sat for the neighbouring Cheetham/Exchange seat, he built his public career on decades of unpaid legal work for the city's poor before entering the commons
He served as Lord Mayor of Manchester (1957–58) and was knighted in 1970 for his philanthropic and public work. He was made a life peer as Baron Lever of Ardwick in the city of Manchester, in 1975.Made a peer five years after retiring from the Commons.
He was knighted by Popes John XXIII and Paul VI, as well as by the Queen in 1970 for his philanthropic work. He died in Manchester in 1977, aged 72.
Early life and education Lever was born on 29 April 1905, the son of Bernard Lever. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School before reading law at Leeds University. His younger sister and three younger brothers all trained as lawyers, and one of them, Harold Lever, went on to become a Labour MP and later Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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