Charles Williams (UK politician)

For other people named Charles Williams, see Charles Williams (disambiguation).

Charles Williams PC (21 April 1886 – 28 Oct 1955) was a Conservative Party politician in England. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for constituencies in Devon from 1918 to 1922, and from 1924 to 1955.

He was elected to the House of Commons on his first attempt, as a Coalition Conservative candidate for the Tavistock constituency at the 1918 general election, defeating his Liberal Party opponent with a majority of 13% of the votes.^[1] However, at the 1922 general election, the Liberal took the seat on a swing of over 10%.

At the 1923 election, he stood in Torquay, where he lost narrowly to the Liberal candidate.^[2] He won the seat at the 1924 general election,^[2] and represented Torquay until in Parliament until his death at the aged of 69, a few months after being returned for the ninth time at the 1955 election.^[3]

References

1. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 330. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 332. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
3. ^ "UK General Election results May 1955". Richard Kimber's political science resources. http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge55/i20.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Williams

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir John Ward Spear	Member of Parliament for Tavistock 1918–1922	Succeeded by Maxwell Ruthven Thornton
Preceded by Piers Gilchrist Thompson	Member of Parliament for Torquay 1924–1955	Succeeded by Sir Frederic Bennett

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Name	Williams, Charles
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Date of birth	21 April 1886
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Date of death	1955
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