Barbara Olwyn Ronson (16 December 1942 – 28 October 2018) was a Liberal Democrat politician from Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.

[2] Barbara Ronson was elected as a Councillor to Bolton Borough Council in 1986; at first representing the Horwich ward and then, through name and slight boundary changes in 2004,[3] the Horwich North East ward.

[4][5] In the 1992, 1997 and 2001 General Elections, she was an unsuccessful candidate in the Bolton West Constituency.

[1][10] Both Barbara and Robert Ronson stood down as town and Borough Councillors in 2011.

[11] Barbara Ronson died in hospital on 28 October 2018, aged 75 years.