Dick Leonard
Dick Leonard | |
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| Member of Parliament for Romford | |
| In office 18 June 1970 – 28 February 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Ron Ledger |
| Succeeded by | Michael Neubert |
| Majority | 2,760 (5.2%) |
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| Born | Richard Lawrence Leonard 12 December 1930 Pinner, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 24 June 2021 (aged 90) London, England |
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Richard Lawrence Leonard (12 December 1930 – 24 June 2021) was a British writer, journalist and Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Romford from 1970 to 1974. He was a pro-European social democrat and had been a supporter of the late Labour foreign secretary Anthony Crosland, who championed Gaitskellism.