Lewis Cohen, Baron Cohen of Brighton

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Lewis Coleman Cohen, Baron Cohen of Brighton (28 March 1897 – 21 October 1966) was a British politician. Cohen was elected as a Labour councillor and Mayor to Brighton Borough Council.Andrew Roth, "Howard Johnson" (Obituary), The Guardian, 26 September 2000, p. 20."New Factors At Brighton", The Times, 17 February 1950, p. 5. On the council he specialised in housing and worked together with Howard Johnson (a Conservative councillor) to support a local housing association.Patrick Cosgrave, "Howard Johnson" (Obituary), The Independent, 22 September 2000, p. 6. Cohen and Johnson also knew each other through business."Howard Johnson" (Obituary), The Times, 15 September 2000, p. 25.

Cohen twice stood unsuccessfully for Parliament, as Labour Party candidate for Brighton in the general election of 1931 and in 1935.{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F.W.S.|title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949|url=https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai|url-access=registration|date=1969|publisher=Political Reference Publications|location=Glasgow|isbn=0-900178-01-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai/page/103 103–4]}}

Cohen was created a life peer on 13 May 1965 taking the title Baron Cohen of Brighton, of Brighton in the County of Sussex.{{London Gazette |issue=43650 |date=14 May 1965 |page=4655}}

He was the founder of the Alliance Building Society and had many building projects which were ahead of their time in Brighton and wider Sussex.{{Cite web|url=https://history.buses.co.uk/history/fleethist/440lc.htm|title=Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company Limited|website=history.buses.co.uk|accessdate=21 June 2023}}

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