John Sever

Eric John Sever (born 1 April 1943) is a former Labour Party politician in England.

Sever was elected Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood at a by-election in 1977. He served until 1983, having been deselected in 1981 as prospective Labour candidate in favour of Albert Bore.^[1] Sever instead stood in Meriden, a safe seat for the Conservative Party, where he lost by 15,018 votes.^{[citation needed]}