Collection GB 0074 ACC/1267 - SOUTHALL LABOUR PARTY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1267

Title

SOUTHALL LABOUR PARTY

Date(s)

  • 1923-1971 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.21 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Until 1945 Southall fell within the Uxbridge parliamentary division. In that year the new parliamentary borough of Southall was formed out of Southall municipal borough and Hayes and Harlington Urban district. Changes in 1948 excluded Hayes and Harlington and brought in the Hanwell North and Hanwell South Wards. After the London local government changes of 1965 Southall municipal borough became part of the London borough of Ealing. This did not affect the constituency which remained unchanged until 1971 when the new Ealing, Southall constituency was created.

Local Labour Parties: It has not been possible to establish exactly when the local Labour movement in the old Uxbridge division took on formal shape. The Southall and Norwood Trades Council and Labour Party were in existence by 1923 and were affiliated to the larger Uxbridge Divisional Labour Party - so much can be seen from the surviving records. In 1945 the Southall Constituency Labour Party was formed after the creation of the new Southall Constituency. Between 1948 and 1958 it was generally known as the Southall and Hanwell constituency.

Local party structure: This consisted basically of a general management committee and an executive committee formed from individual members of the local party and delegates representing affiliated bodies such as trades unions and co-operative societies. Day to day administration was in the hands of a secretary/agent who was at certain periods a paid officer.

The constituency was broken down into wards and committees created for each one, i.e., Hambrough, Waxlow Manor, Dormers Wells, Norwood Green, Hanwell North and Hanwell South.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1267 1923-1971 Collection 1.21 linear metres Southall Constituency Labour Party

Until 1945 Southall fell within the Uxbridge parliamentary division. In that year the new parliamentary borough of Southall was formed out of Southall municipal borough and Hayes and Harlington Urban district. Changes in 1948 excluded Hayes and Harlington and brought in the Hanwell North and Hanwell South Wards. After the London local government changes of 1965 Southall municipal borough became part of the London borough of Ealing. This did not affect the constituency which remained unchanged until 1971 when the new Ealing, Southall constituency was created.

Local Labour Parties: It has not been possible to establish exactly when the local Labour movement in the old Uxbridge division took on formal shape. The Southall and Norwood Trades Council and Labour Party were in existence by 1923 and were affiliated to the larger Uxbridge Divisional Labour Party - so much can be seen from the surviving records. In 1945 the Southall Constituency Labour Party was formed after the creation of the new Southall Constituency. Between 1948 and 1958 it was generally known as the Southall and Hanwell constituency.

Local party structure: This consisted basically of a general management committee and an executive committee formed from individual members of the local party and delegates representing affiliated bodies such as trades unions and co-operative societies. Day to day administration was in the hands of a secretary/agent who was at certain periods a paid officer.

The constituency was broken down into wards and committees created for each one, i.e., Hambrough, Waxlow Manor, Dormers Wells, Norwood Green, Hanwell North and Hanwell South.

Records deposited in November 1978.

Records of the Southall Labour Party, comprising minutes, financial accounts and membership records for the Uxbridge Divisional Labour Party, the Southall and Norwood Trades Council and Labour Party, and the Southall Divisional/Constituency Labour Party.

With the consent of the depositor, extensive weeding has been carried out on the files and certain routine letters and duplicated material have been destroyed. So, unless otherwise stated the files described are weeded ones.

ACC/1267-1: Uxbridge Divisional Labour Party;
ACC/1267-2: Southall and Norwood Trades Council and Labour Party;
ACC/1267-3: Southall Divisional/Constituency Labour Party.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

June to August 2010. Electoral systems Elections Parliamentary elections Leisure Leisure time activities Clubs Political clubs Groups Political groups Government Public administration Local government Local government wards Internal politics Political campaigns Political sociology Political behaviour Political participation Political parties Southall Constituency Labour Party Labour Party Uxbridge Middlesex Hillingdon London England UK Western Europe Europe Norwood Croydon Surrey Southall Ealing

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in November 1978.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Southall Labour Party, comprising minutes, financial accounts and membership records for the Uxbridge Divisional Labour Party, the Southall and Norwood Trades Council and Labour Party, and the Southall Divisional/Constituency Labour Party.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

With the consent of the depositor, extensive weeding has been carried out on the files and certain routine letters and duplicated material have been destroyed. So, unless otherwise stated the files described are weeded ones.

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/1267-1: Uxbridge Divisional Labour Party;
ACC/1267-2: Southall and Norwood Trades Council and Labour Party;
ACC/1267-3: Southall Divisional/Constituency Labour Party.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area