17 Facts About Charles Stanton

Charles Butt Stanton was a British politician, who served as a Member of Parliament from 1915 to 1922.

Charles Stanton entered Parliament by winning one of the two seats for Merthyr Tydfil at a by-election on 25 November 1915 caused by the death of Labour Party founder, Keir Hardie.

Charles Stanton was charged and convicted of possessing a firearm without a licence and sentenced to six months imprisonment.

Charles Stanton began his political career as a miners' agent at Aberdare where he was a member of the Independent Labour Party.

At the December 1910 general election, Charles Stanton unsuccessfully fought the East Glamorganshire seat as a Labour candidate.

In May 1910, Charles Stanton was selected as the Labour candidate for the seat by a trade union delegates meeting and, by July 1910, he was described as the "accepted Labour candidate for East Glamorgan".

However, Charles Stanton was not universally popular among the leadership of the South Wales Miners Federation and the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, in part because of his militant position on industrial disputes.

At the general election in December 1910, Clement Edwards comfortably won the seat, the Conservative candidate took second place, while Charles Stanton finished third: Edwards 9,088; Gaskell 5,603; Charles Stanton 4,675.

Charles Stanton had been a County Councillor in neighbouring Monmouthshire since 1906, and was a former chairman of the Urban District Councils of both Risca and Abersychan.

Charles Stanton announced that he would stand against Winstone on a patriotic, win-the-war platform.

Charles Stanton's campaign focused its attack on the Independent Labour Party.

Charles Stanton won the vacant seat with a majority of over 4,000 votes in a low poll.

Charles Stanton supported the Lloyd George Coalition Government throughout the war.

Charles Stanton fought the "Coupon" general election of December 1918 for the Aberdare Division, as a National Democratic and Labour Party candidate, with the support of the Coalition National Government "coupon".

Charles Stanton comfortably defeated the Labour candidate, Thomas Evan Nicholas.

Charles Stanton again fought the Aberdare division at the general election of November 1922, this time as a Lloyd George National Liberal candidate.

Charles Stanton was defeated by the Labour candidate, George Hall.