W. C. Steadman

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Life

Born in Poplar, London, Steadman began work at the age of eight, and in 1866 became a barge builder. In 1873, he joined the River Thames Barge Builders Trades Union, becoming its general secretary in 1879 and holding the post until 1908. In 1890, he led a successful eighteen-week strike, raising his profile. In 1892, Steadman was elected as a Progressive Party member of London County Council (LCC), representing Stepney. In the 1892 general election he unsuccessfully stood as the Liberal Party candidate for Mid Kent; he lost again in the 1895 election in Hammersmith.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

He joined the Fabian Society.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Steadman was finally elected as a Lib–Lab Member of Parliament (MP) for Stepney at the March by-election in 1898 which took place because of the death of F. W. Isaacson in February, who had held the seat since 1896.^[1]

This meant that he now represented Stepney both in Parliament and on the London County Council, having been re-elected there in elections in 1895 and 1898. In 1899, he was elected to the Parliamentary Committee (later the General Council) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), and in 1902 he was its President. Steadman lost his seat in Parliament at the 1900 general election to Major William Evans-Gordon.Template:Sfn

He continued to represent Stepney on the LCC, being re-elected there in 1901 and 1904. He went on to chair the first conference of the Labour Representation Committee, but left the organisation when asked to leave the Liberal Party. In 1904, he was elected as the Parliamentary Secretary of the TUC, the post which later became the General Secretary.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1906, Steadman again stood for the Liberal Party, and won Finsbury Central. He lost the seat in the January 1910 general election. In 1911, he announced his intention to stand down from his TUC post, but died, aged 60, before this could take effect.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Election results

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Steadman

1895 General Election: Hammersmith
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy	5,017	60.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Charles Steadman	3,238	39.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,779		Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			12,378	66.7	Script error: No such module "String".
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Stepney in London.

1898 Stepney by-election
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Charles Steadman	2,492	50.2
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Eden Evans-Gordon	2,472	49.8
Majority			20	0.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			6,387	77.7	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1900: Tower Hamlets, Stepney
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Eden Evans-Gordon	2,783	61.8
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Charles Steadman	1,718	38.2
Majority			1,065	23.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			5,878	76.6	Script error: No such module "String".
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Finsbury Central in London

General election 1906: Finsbury, Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Charles Steadman	3,493	55.5
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward Alfred Goulding	2,799	44.5
Majority			694	11.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			8,279	76.0	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election January 1910: Finsbury, Central
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Martin Archer-Shee	3,559	52.8
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Charles Steadman	3,187	47.2
Majority			372	5.6	Script error: No such module "String".
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References

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↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Steadman won by just 20 votes, beating the Conservative candidate William Evans-Gordon who finally gained the seat in 1900.

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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