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RepositoryCheshire Record Office
LevelCollection (Fonds)
ReferenceZCR 470
TitleChester Trades Council and Labour Party
Date[1896] - 1971
DescriptionThe records include minutes, 1918-24 and 1954-71; minutes and an account book of Trinity Ward, 1926-64; and J. Ernest Jones' 'My experiences with the Clarion Women's van', (1896)
Extent0.0275m3
LocationHeld offsite - consult staff
Access Conditionsheld offsite -consult staff
Administrative HistoryThe Chester Labour Party was formed following a meeting of the Chester Trades Council at the Oddfellows Hall in Lower Bridge Street in September 1918. Its first candidate, Mr Arthur Mason, stood at the general election of December 1918. Its first member, one Robert Mathewson, was elected to the City Council in 1919.

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