Constituency : Walthamstow West 1918-22 ( NDP ), 1922
Charles was the son of a boot and shoe manufacturer from Leicester. He became a musician and an organiser for what became the Musicians Union and brought them round to supporting the NDP.. He was a councillor on the L.C.C. In 1918, he stood in Walthamstow West defeating Labour and the former Chelsea MP Emslie Horniman.
Charles's maiden speech called for government regulation of industrial co-operation.
In 1922 Charles came second to Labour , the combined Liberal total well exceeding the Labour vote.
He died in 1926 aged 64.
We are now finished with the by-election winners and defectors of the 1918-22 Parliament.
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