Terence Lewis (born 29 December 1935), known as Terry Lewis, is a politician in the

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. He was educated at Mount Carmel School,

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and did his

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in the Royal Army Medical Corps before becoming a Personnel Officer. He was elected as the

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for

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in 1983. He retired at the 2005 general election, being succeeded by Barbara Keeley of Labour. In 2010 Lewis announced his resignation from the Labour Party, saying that it had 'lost its soul'.

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1935 births Living people Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Transport and General Workers' Union-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 Royal Army Medical Corps officers 20th-century British Army personnel {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub