Editing Bill Maynard (section)

==Personal life==
Maynard was born in [[Farnham]], [[Surrey]], whereupon his family moved north to [[Leicestershire]]. He was educated at [[Beauchamp College|Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School]]. Maynard lived in [[Sapcote]], Leicestershire, during the latter part of his life.

Maynard married Muriel Linnett on 5 November 1949, and they had two children. She died in June 1983.<ref name="Where are they now?"/> He was a vegetarian. His son is musician [[Ryder (band)|Martin Maynard Williams]].

Maynard was a supporter of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], but in March 1984 he stood against [[Tony Benn]] in the [[1984 Chesterfield by-election|by-election at Chesterfield]] as an [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] Labour candidate, after objecting to the way that Benn became the official Labour Party candidate in a safe seat. Maynard took fourth place in the by-election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html|title=Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament|last=Boothroyd|first=David|access-date=9 March 2016|website=United Kingdom Election Results|archive-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405203844/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 4 September 1989, Maynard married actress and singer Tonia Bern, the widow of [[Donald Campbell]], at [[Hinckley]] Registry Office. They divorced in 1998. Bern died on 14 June 2021.

In later life, having suffered multiple strokes which resulted in a reduction in his mobility, he used a scooter or wheelchair. He died in hospital on 30 March 2018, not long after falling and breaking his hip.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43596854|title=Heartbeat actor Bill Maynard dies at 89|publisher=BBC News|date=30 March 2018|access-date=30 March 2018}}</ref>