Party Chairman's correspondence with Martin Redmayne, Chief Whip (1959-1964)

Title

Party Chairman's correspondence with Martin Redmayne, Chief Whip (1959-1964)

Shelfmark

CCO 20/1/6

Summary

Correspondents include:-

Allan, Robert MP

Banks, N., Central Office Agent

Blakenham, Viscount, Minister for Labour (1960-1963) and Party Chairman (1963-1965)

Brooke, Henry, Home Secretary (1957-1962)

Bryan, Sir Paul, Vice-Chairman (1961-1965)

Butler, RA., Home Secretary (1957-1962)

Craddock, Sir Beresford, MP

Curran, Charles, MP

Fraser, Michael, Director, Conservative Research Department (1959-1964)

Galloway, J., Central Office Agent

Goldman, Peter

Griffiths, Sir Eldon Wylie, Conservative Research Department

Harrison, Brian, MP

Hobson, Sir John, Attorney General (1962-1964)

Lindsay, Robert Alexander, MP

Lloyd, Selwyn, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1960-1962)

Low, Sir Toby, Deputy Party Chairman (1959-1963)

Macleod, Iain, Party Chairman (1961-1963)

Maudling, Reginald, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1962-1964)

Morrison, Major J., MP

Poole, Oliver, Vice Chairman (1963-1964)

Talbot, John E., MP for Brierley Hill (1959-1967)

Urton, Sir William, General Director, Conservative Central Office (1957-1966)

Subjects include:-

Court case of John Talbot, MP for Brierley Hill, for non-payment of tax on his parliamentary salary, 1964

Public enquiry into proposals for Shropshire County Council, 1964

Proposed pamphlet on Trade Union Law and Practice, 1964

Contact between the Labour Party and the World Bank

Radio Caroline (pirate radio station), 1964

Bury St Edmunds' by-election, 1964

Hove Conservative Association and dissatisfaction with the sitting MP Anthony Marlowe, 1964

Proposal of Godfrey Lagden, MP for Hornchurch, to produce a publicity film visiting his constituents from the Ford Motor Works on holiday in the South of France, 1964

The Steel Industry, Restricted Practices Court and nationalisation

Romford Conservative Association and tensions between the parliamentary candidate and chairman, 1964

Complaint about Julian Critchley, MP for Rochester and Chatham, 1964

Liaison between Conservative Central Office and Aims of Industry, 1963-1964

Financial problems of Geoffrey Wilson, MP for Truro, 1963

Anthony Eden's advice on dealing with the veto to the UK's entry into the Common Market, 1963

The Wrekin Conservative Association's support for Macmillan against the sitting MP William Yates, 1963

Parliamentary Boundary Commission proposals for the Midlands, 1963

Britain's independent nuclear deterrent, 1963

Encouragement for Ministers to increase the amount of contact time with Party workers during official engagements, 1963

Resignation of William Steward, parliamentary candidate and formerly MP for West Woolwich and his candidacy for Central Norfolk, 1963

Complaint that Anthony Fell, MP for Great Yarmouth, urged constituents in Tunbridge Wells to vote against fellow Conservative MP Richard Hornby over the latter's support for the Common Market, 1962

Remarks made by David Eccles, Minister of Education at the Party Conference concerning private preparatory schools, 1962

Criticism of the Board of Trade and the adequacy of legislation to prevent 'dumping' of foreign agricultural produce in the UK, 1961

Lack of acknowledgement from the Prime Minister of Colonel Lancaster's 21 years as MP for South Fylde, 1959

Date

Nov 1959; July 1961-Sep 1964

Language

English

Physical extent

1 file