Arthur William John Lewis (21 February 1917 – 25 June 1998) was a British Labour Party politician.
He was known in Parliament for his partisan rhetoric: Andrew Roth, in The MPs' Chart (1979), described Lewis as a "Champ Cockney nagger" and "Loud hogcaller.
"[1] Although on the left of the party, he had a socially conservative streak, as demonstrated by the fact he was one of just three Labour MPs (the other two were Jack Dunnett and Leslie Spriggs) who supported the return of capital punishment in a parliamentary vote on the matter in 1979.
[3] By this time he was refusing to attend local party meetings or hold "advice surgeries" for his constituents.
Lewis stood as an Independent Labour candidate at the 1983 election, coming fourth with 11% of the vote, behind the winner, Banks.