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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 3, 2019 17:11:14 GMT
National secretary of the Clarion Fellowship apparently. Interesting to see a local candidate of the National Democratic Party. I wonder where he went afterwards....? The National Democratic Party had “one or two” [1] candidates in the 1919 Sheffield municipal elections, but none were elected. It was an interesting year politically, there was a wave of strikes as “The land fit for heroes” was not providing some with either a home or a job. The Sheffield Trades and Labour Council announced they were going to stand a Labour candidate in every ward in the city. This resulted in an arrangement between the Conservative and Liberals in which they agreed not to stand candidates against each other. In July 1919 a branch of the Middle Class Union was formed in Sheffield, although it didn’t stand any candidates in the 1919 elections Con Lib Lab Discharged Soldiers
Before 32 27 5 0
Gain/(Loss) (2) (4) 6
Gain/(Loss) (2) (1) 3
After 28 22 11 3
As you can see a number of seats changed hands in 1919, but unfortunately I don’t know which wards. Not a single Liberal candidate was elected, although I don’t know how many candidates they had. There were 16 wards in Sheffield in 1919 and 14 of those were contested that year [2], and 9 of those changed hands. Among those seeking re-election who were defeated were three former Lord Mayors. [1] Hawson, Herbert Keeble, Sheffield: The Growth of a City, 1893-1926 (1968) [2] Hampton, William, Democracy and Community: A Study of Politics in Sheffield (1970) I somehow forgot that party representation by ward is listed in Sheffield municipal politics: 1893-1926. So we do know which party won which ward, although 8 Labour gains are listed here which doesn't agree with the 6 in my previous post. The National Democratic Party gained a seat in 1920, and it was in Sharrow ward. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 23, 2019 23:56:27 GMT
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Post by David Ashforth on Aug 12, 2019 19:57:38 GMT
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Post by J.G.Harston on Aug 12, 2019 20:20:21 GMT
Wow, they put effort into their leaflets then - at least into the quantity. I'm still halfway through writing an A4. ! |
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Post by David Ashforth on Aug 12, 2019 20:35:25 GMT
Wow, they put effort into their leaflets then - at least into the quantity. I'm still halfway through writing an A4. ! Hopfully you'll get a thank you card for your A4.   |
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Post by David Ashforth on Jan 23, 2020 19:24:29 GMT
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Post by David Ashforth on Jan 29, 2020 12:53:15 GMT
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Post by ColinJ on Jan 29, 2020 20:51:20 GMT
Intrigued by the above, I also found this, an image on a tweet from the LSE Library:  |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 17, 2020 22:17:18 GMT
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 17, 2020 22:18:48 GMT
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Post by David Ashforth on Mar 1, 2020 20:29:04 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 16, 2020 17:38:11 GMT
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Post by neilm on May 2, 2020 18:51:09 GMT
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Post by johnloony on May 5, 2020 17:22:07 GMT
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Post by David Ashforth on Jun 2, 2020 16:06:48 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Dec 8, 2020 15:36:51 GMT
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 20:36:48 GMT
A. Hague, Communist Party candidate for St Philips ward, Sheffield, 1932. ( link and link).   |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 20:41:04 GMT
George Henry Fletcher (1879 - 1958), Communist Party candidate for Sheffield Attercliffe, 1929 ( link)  |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 20:52:36 GMT
Alex Laing, Labour candidate for Walkley ward, Sheffield, 1928. ( link)  |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 20:55:29 GMT
J. A. Longden, Labour candidate for Neepsend ward, Sheffield, 1928 ( link).  |
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