Body stated that the real cause of inflation was too much government spending. In 1975, Bell supported Margaret Thatcher's successful bid to lead the party, having firstly voted for Sir Hugh Fraser against Edward Heath. Death Ronald Bell died of a heart attack in his office in the House of Commons on 27 February 1982. Earlier that day he had taken the chair at an anti-Common Market rally in London. Honours Queen's Counsel, 20 April 1966 Knight Bachelor, 19 February 1980 Publications Bell, Ronald, Crown Proceedings, London, 1948 References Further reading Robert Copping, The Story of the Monday Club - The First Decade (Current Affairs Information Service, Ilford, Essex, April 1972) Robert Copping, The Monday Club - Crisis and After (CAIS, Ilford, Essex, May 1975), pp. 6 and 16 External links 1914 births 1982 deaths 20th-century English lawyers Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies Conservative Party (UK) councillors English barristers Knights Bachelor Members of Gray's Inn Members of Paddington Metropolitan Borough Council Politicians awarded knighthoods Politics of Newport, Wales Presidents of the Oxford University Conservative Association Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 Welsh King's Counsel