Charles Edwin Sumner (1867 – 8 December 1925) was a British politician and trade unionist, who served on London County Council.
[1][2][3] From the 1890s, Sumner was active in the Social Democratic Federation, and he was elected to Poplar Metropolitan Borough Council in 1900, also winning a place on the Board of Guardians.
[1][2][4] By 1921, Sumner was the most senior Labour councillor in Poplar, and he was elected as the borough's mayor.
That year saw the Poplar Rates Rebellion, in which the councillors refused to pass on precepts to London-wide authorities, in protest at the very limited redistribution of wealth from richer to poorer areas of London.
Sumner spoke in support of the council at the Trades Union Congress, and on his return to London became was the last councillor arrested.