Sunday, 2 September 2018
2017 Sir Charles Starmer
Constituency : Cleveland 1923-4
Sir Charles took Cleveland from the Tories at the second attempt in a three-cornered contest.
Charles was originally from Lincolnshire. He moved to the north east as a youngster and joined the staff of the Northern Echo in 1899. By 1908, he had become its manager. He then started taking control of other regional newspapers. He eventually controlled 30 and this group was known as the Westminster Press Group. He helped Graham Greene get started in journalism.He was knighted in 1917. He was a town councillor in Darlington and twice its mayor. In 1918, he stood for the Asquithians at Sedgefield, coming third. In 1922, he stood at Cleveland, moving the Liberals up to second place. He was a Primitive Methodist.
In 1924, Charles fell to third place as the Tories took the seat and stayed there in 1929 despite having over 30% of the vote as Labour captured the seat. He withdrew from the contest in 1931 due to ill health.
In 1928 he joined the executive committee of the National Liberal Federation.
He died in 1933 aged 62
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