Sir Ralph Frederic Howell (25 May 1923 – 14 February 2008) was a British farmer and Conservative Party politician.
He joined the Conservative Party, and was councillor for Mitford and Launditch Rural District Council from 1961.
He stood for Parliament in North Norfolk at the 1966 general election, but could not displace the incumbent Labour MP, Bert Hazell.
[1] His politics were considered to fall on the right wing of his party, supporting compulsory National Service, reintroduction of the death penalty, tax cuts, reduction of the public sector, stronger controls on immigration rules, and the introduction of identity cards.
In 1996, he introduced the Right to Work Bill, which proposed the state as the employer of last resort for the unemployed.