High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! (Allen) Clement Edwards (7 June 1869 – 23 June 1938), usually known as Clem, was a Welsh lawyer, journalist , trade union activist and Liberal Party politician. As a barrister specialising in trade union and labour law he was briefed in some of the most important cases of the day concerning the rights of trade unions to engage in industrial and political action. Edwards was always active in the Welsh radical tradition and was strongly opposed to Labour. During the First World War his patriotism grew enormously and he became a founding member of the National Democratic Party (NDP). He was elected one of the NDP’s Members of Parliament in 1918 and served as its chairman in the House of Commons.