Correspondence and papers concerning the election petition lodged by Christopher Grieve, Communist candidate for Kinross and Western Perthshire at the 1964 General Election, against the Conservative Candidate, Sir Alec Douglas-Home claiming that BBC and ITA broadcasts during the election which featured Douglas-Home should have been included in the latter's election expenses
CCO 20/24/2
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Title
Correspondence and papers concerning the election petition lodged by Christopher Grieve, Communist candidate for Kinross and Western Perthshire at the 1964 General Election, against the Conservative Candidate, Sir Alec Douglas-Home claiming that BBC and ITA broadcasts during the election which featured Douglas-Home should have been included in the latter's election expenses
Shelfmark
CCO 20/24/2
Summary
Correspondents include:-
Blakenham, Lord, Party Chairman
Hobson, Sir John, formerly Attorney-General
Urton, Sir William, General Director, Conservative Central Office
Includes:-
Notes of consultation with HS Keith QC, ND
Notes of meeting concerning the election petition, attended by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Party Chairman Lord Blakenham, Chief Whip Martin Redmayne, General Director Sir William Urton, and the (outgoing Conservative) Attorney-General Sir John Hobson, 09/11/1964
Notes of meeting concerning the election petition, attended by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Party Chairman Lord Blakenham, Chief Whip Martin Redmayne, General Director Sir William Urton, Chief Organisation Officer Rex Bagnall, and CG Maby of Penningtons and Lewis & Lewis Solicitors, 23/11/1964
Date
Nov 1964
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Conservative Party Archive: Conservative Central Office - Party Chairman's Office
Party Policy
Electoral Law and Reform
Correspondence and papers concerning the election petition lodged by Christopher Grieve, Communist candidate for Kinross and Western Perthshire at the 1964 General Election, against the Conservative Candidate, Sir Alec Douglas-Home claiming that BBC and ITA broadcasts during the election which featured Douglas-Home should have been included in the latter's election expenses
