Eric Anthony Martlew (born 3 January 1949) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Carlisle from 1987 to 2010.

Martlew worked as a technician and personnel manager at the Nestlé factory in Dalston from 1966 to 1987.

[2] After the 1997 general election, he became Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, David Clark.

He changed roles in 1998, becoming PPS to the Lords Leader and Minister for Women, Baroness Jay of Paddington, until her Cabinet retirement in 2001.

[3] He was made a Freeman of the City of Carlisle in 2016, and was later chair of the Association of Former Members of Parliament.