Arthur William John Lewis (21 February 1917 - 25 June 1998) was a British politician. He was Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Upton from 1945 to 1950, for West Ham North from 1950 to 1974, and then for Newham North West. In 1983, after 38 years as an MP, he was deselected as Labour candidate and replaced by future minister Tony Banks. Lewis decided to stand as an Independent Labour candidate, and came fourth with 11% of the vote while Banks won. February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Upton is the name of numerous places: United Kingdom Upton, Berkshire Upton, Buckinghamshire Upton, Cambridgeshire Upton, Cheshire Upton, Cornwall Upton, Cumbria Upton, Devon Upton, Dorset Upton, Hampshire Upton, Leicestershire Upton, Lincolnshire Upton, London Upton, Norfolk Upton, Northamptonshire Upton, Nottinghamshire Upton, Oxfordshire Upton, Pembrokeshire Upton, Slough Upton, Somerset Upton, Warwickshire Upton... The Right Honourable Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford (8 April 1943 – 8 January 2006), usually known as Tony Banks, was a British politician and Labour Party member of the House of Lords. ...

Sources: Times Guide to the House of Commons 1983. This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page