| Walter Loveys | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Chichester |
| Term Start3: | 6 November 1958 |
| Term End3: | 7 March 1969 |
| Predecessor3: | Lancelot Joynson-Hicks |
| Successor3: | Christopher Chataway |
| Birth Date: | 2 November 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Westhampnett, England |
| Death Place: | Flansham, England |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Alma Mater: | Lancing College |
| Profession: | Farmer |
Walter Harris Loveys (2 November 1920 - 7 March 1969), sometimes known as Bill Loveys, was a British farmer and Conservative Party politician.
Loveys was born in Westhampnett.[1] He was educated at Lancing College but had no interest in a further academic career, as he had a job waiting for him on the 500acres family farm. He built up a herd of pedigree Aberdeen Angus cattle.[2]
Loveys married Muriel Helen Prior in 1944, and they had three children.[2]
In 1953, Loveys was made Chairman of Chichester Conservative Association, and elected to West Sussex County Council.[2] On the council he chaired the Agricultural Education Committee.[2] When Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, MP for Chichester, inherited a peerage in 1958, Loveys was selected from 71 applicants to fight the byelection to replace him.[2] The selection was somewhat controversial and some members of the Conservative Association were reported to be looking for an independent candidate to support instead, but such a candidate could not be found and Loveys duly won the seat.
In Parliament Loveys was not a prominent member. He was Honorary Secretary of the House of Commons Motor Club, and also had his farming experience acknowledged in the horticulture sub-committee of the Conservative private members' committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.[2] He had already announced his retirement due to health concerns when he died at his home in Flansham on 7 March 1969, aged 48.[3]