Charles Stanton
Charles Butt Stanton (7 April 1873 – 6 December 1946) was a British politician. He served as an Independent Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1915 to 1922.
Political career
Stanton began his political career as a miners' leader at Aberdare where he was a prominent ember of the Independent Labour Party. In 1904 he was elected to the Aberdare Urban District Council as a member for the Aberaman Ward. A militant, he was critical of the more moderate approach adopted by the local Labour MP, Keir Hardie, whom he would succeed in 1915 as MP for Merthyr Tydfil,[1] where he stood in a by-election against the Labour Party candidate, James Winstone, and was backed by the British Workers League.[2] He supported the Lloyd George Coalition Government and in 1918 was elected on a National Democratic and Labour Party candidate for the new constituency of Aberdare, but was defeated in 1922 by an official Labour candidate, George Hall.
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ↑ Keohane, N. (2010) The Party of Patriotism: The Conservative Party and the First World War Ashgate. ISBN 0754663248
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Stanton
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Keir Hardie Edgar Rees Jones |
Member of Parliament for Merthyr Tydfil 1915–1918 With: Edgar Rees Jones |
Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Aberdare 1918–1922 |
Succeeded by George Hall |