The Liberal Party

Title

The Liberal Party

Shelfmark

CCO 20/2/1

Summary

Correspondents include:-

Bagnall, CFR (Rex), Deputy Chief Organisation Officer, Conservative Central Office

Bonham Carter, Lady Violet, Liberal Parliamentary Candidate, Colne Valley

Butler, RA, MP for Saffron Walden

Churchill, Sir Winston, Party Leader

Davies, Clement, Leader of the Liberal Party

Goodwin, Harold, Secretary, Economic Research Council

Greville, R, Personal Assistant to Party Chairman Lord Woolton

Gridley, Sir Arnold B, MP for Stockport South

Macmillan, Harold, MP for Bromley

Piersenne, Sir Stephen, General Director, Conservative Central Office

Rhys-Williams, Lady Juliet

Viscount Simon, John

Spooner, WH, President, New South Wales Division, The Liberal Party of Australia

Watson, TB, Chief Organisation Officer, Conservative Central Office

Woolton, Lord, Party Chairman

Subjects include:-

Possible creation of a 'Union Party' to incorporate Conservatives and Liberals, Oct 1946

Conservative Party leaflet appealing to the Liberal vote, 'A message to Liberals from Lord Woolton', cNov 1949

Survey of Liberal opinion, 1950

Party Chairman Lord Woolton's appeal for the formation of an Anti-Socialist Front, 1950

Discussions concerning possible Conservative-Liberal electoral pacts between Clement Davies and Winston Churchill, c1950-1951

Conservative support for candidature of Lady Violet Bonham Carter in Colne Valley

Survey of Liberal opinion, 1951

Negotiations between Party Chairman Lord Woolton, Chief Whip Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, and Lord Grantchester, Joint Honorary Treasurer of the Liberal Party Organisation, concerning the possibility of a Conservative-Liberal electoral pact, 1954

Includes:-

Liberal Party leaflet, 'Join the Liberal Fight', ND [c1945/6]

Paper, 'The Liberal Vote', Sir Stephen Piersenne, General Director, 15/03/1950

Shadow Cabinet sub-committee meeting to discuss 'Questions arising between Conservatives and Liberals':

Notes of preliminary meeting, 05/04/1950

Minutes of first formal meeting, 21/04/1950

'Summary of meeting, April 21st, 1950', Harold Macmillan

Paper, 'Questions arising between Conservatives and Liberals', Sir Stephen Piersenne, General Director, 15/05/1950 [being minutes of the second meeting of the Shadow Cabinet sub-committee formed for this purpose]

Also includes:-

Draft notes for speech by Lord Woolton on the subject of electoral collaboration with the Liberal, Harold Macmillan, ND [24/04/1950]

Pamphlet containing speech made by Lord Woolton at the Central Council meeting of 29/04/1950, published under the title, 'An Anti-Socialist Front'

Area Office reports on the state of the local Liberal Party and the viability of joint electoral arrangements, ND [1950]:

London Area: Hugh Linstead, Chairman

Northern Area: Mary Graham, Chairman

North West Area: Eric Errington, Chairman

Yorkshire Area: Thomas Dugdale, Chairman

East Midlands Area: Charles Waterhouse, Chairman

West Midlands Area: Martin Lindsay, Chairman

Eastern Area: John G Howard, Chairman

Home Counties North Area: Eric Edwards, Chairman

South Eastern Area: Alfred C Bossom, Chairman

Wessex Area: HW Lake, Chairman

Western Area: AM Williams, Chairman

Wales and Monmouthshire Area: RG Llewellyn, Chairman

Also includes:-

Statement issued by Party Chairman Lord Woolton concerning negotiations with the Liberals prior to the 1955 General Election, 16/06/1954

Date

Oct 1946-Jun 1954

Language

English

Physical extent

1 file