Cyril Eric Carr (1926 – 1 November 1981) was a

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. Living in

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, Carr became the senior partner in a legal firm. He was active in the Liberal Party, and was elected to Liverpool City Council in 1962. He focused on building the party's strength in the city, and served as Chairman of the Liberal Party nationally from 1972 for a year. In 1974, the Liberals became the largest party in Liverpool, and Carr served for a year as leader of the council."Obituary: Cyril Carr, Liberal doyen", ''

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'', 2 November 1981 Also in 1974, Carr involved himself in successful negotiations to release the Pentecostal minister

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from prison in Czechoslovakia, where he had been charged with distributing religious literature. In 1975, he proposed the addition of "Social Democrat" to the Liberal Party's name, as he believed that this would appeal to both Labour Party and some

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. Carr died aged 55 in 1981, and is buried in Broadgreen Jewish Cemetery, Liverpool.BillionGraves biodata
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Cyril 1926 births 1981 deaths Chairs of the Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) councillors in Liverpool Politicians from Liverpool Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English Jews Jewish British politicians