Ralph Cleworth QC (31 October 1896 – 22 October 1975), was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician.
Background Cleworth was born the son of Rev. William Enoch Cleworth.The Times House of Commons, 1929 He was educated at Wheelwright Grammar School for Boys, Dewsbury and Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1928 he married Eleanore Greenwood. They had one son.‘CLEWORTH, Ralph’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 14 March 2016
Professional career Cleworth received a Call to the bar in 1924. He worked as a barrister on the North-Eastearn Circuit.The Times House of Commons, 1929 He became a Queens Counsel in 1947.‘CLEWORTH, Ralph’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 14 March 2016
Political career In 1927 Cleworth was Liberal candidate for Armley & Wortley in the Leeds County Borough elections. He was in a three-party contest with Labour and Conservative. He came third polling 15% of the vote.1929 Leeds Council directory In 1929 he was Liberal candidate for the Leeds West division of Yorkshire at the UK General Election. Leeds West was a Labour/Unionist marginal that Labour had won in 1923 and 1924. Cleworth's prospects were not good and he finished a distant third as expected. He did not stand for parliament again.British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1983, FWS Craig
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