Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers

The Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (ASW) was a British trade union representing carpenters, joiners and allied trades. The ASW was formed in 1921 by the amalgamation of two smaller unions. It was itself merged into the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians in 1971.[1]

For the South African union, see Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers of South Africa.

Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers
Merged intoAmalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Painters
Founded1 January 1921
Dissolved1 July 1970
Headquarters9–11 Macaulay Road, Clapham, London
Location
Members
198,000 (1956)
PublicationWoodworkers' Journal
AffiliationsTUC, ITUC

History

The ASW was formed in 1921 through the merger of two rival unions: the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners and the General Union of Carpenters and Joiners.[1]

The ASW had 176,000 members by 1945, making it the seventh largest union in Britain. Its membership rose to 198,000 by 1956.[2] In 1965, the National Union of Packing Case Makers (Wood and Tin), Box Makers, Sawyers and Mill Workers merged into the ASW.[3]

On 1 July 1970 the ASW was merged with Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators and the Association of Building Technicians to form the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Painters.[4] One year later the new union was itself merged with Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers to become the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers Painters and Builders (ASWPB). At the end of 1971 the ASWPB was renamed the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT).[4]

Election results

The union sponsored a large number of Labour Party candidates, many of whom won election.

ElectionConstituencyCandidateVotesPercentagePosition
1922 general electionBirmingham YardleyArchibald Gossling11,23441.92[5]
ChippenhamWilliam Robert Roberts1,09805.13[5]
StockportJames C. H. Robinson16,12615.84[6]
Walthamstow WestValentine McEntee8,75843.31[5]
Willesden WestSamuel Viant12,52948.52[5]
WycombeSamuel Stennett4,40314.13[5]
1923 general electionBirmingham YardleyArchibald Gossling11,56246.52[7]
Manchester HulmeAndrew McElwee8,43330.03[7]
NuneatonThomas Barron10,43729.13[7]
RotherhamFred Lindley16,98353.91[8]
Walthamstow WestValentine McEntee10,02647.61[8]
Willesden WestSamuel Viant14,00451.31[7]
1924 general electionBirmingham YardleyArchibald Gossling14,18446.82[8]
Manchester HulmeAndrew McElwee13,07041.22[8]
Montrose BurghsThomas Barron6,91442.82[8]
RotherhamFred Lindley18,86054.61[8]
Walthamstow WestValentine McEntee12,62149.12[8]
Willesden WestSamuel Viant14,88447.31[8]
1929 general electionBirmingham YardleyArchibald Gossling23,95648.81[9]
Glasgow PartickAdam McKinlay13,11045.51[9]
Manchester HulmeAndrew McElwee15,05343.81[9]
RotherhamFred Lindley26,93760.41[9]
Walthamstow WestValentine McEntee16,05054.01[9]
Willesden WestSamuel Viant20,58352.31[9]
1931 general electionBirmingham YardleyArchibald Gossling16,64033.82[10]
Glasgow PartickAdam McKinlay11,25237.32[10]
RotherhamFred Lindley22,83449.22[10]
Walthamstow WestValentine McEntee14,14445.11[10]
Willesden WestSamuel Viant15,55039.42[10]
1935 general electionLeeds CentralFred Lindley13,70143.62[11]
Liverpool FairfieldArthur Moody11,15537.52[11]
Walthamstow WestValentine McEntee17,61361.81[11]
Willesden WestSamuel Viant19,40245.92[11]
1945 general electionLeeds CentralGeorge Porter13,37057.11[12]
Liverpool ExchangeBessie Braddock8,49452.01[12]
Walthamstow WestValentine McEntee17,46065.21[12]
Willesden WestSamuel Viant26,56672.21[12]
1950 general electionGateshead EastArthur Moody15,24945.11[13]
Leeds CentralGeorge Porter24,03060.81[13]
Willesden WestSamuel Viant33,96361.11[13]
1951 general electionGateshead EastArthur Moody19,52557.71[14]
Leeds CentralGeorge Porter23,96762.41[14]
Willesden WestSamuel Viant35,29664.31[14]
1955 general electionGateshead EastArthur Moody21,65356.51[15]
Willesden WestSamuel Viant29,18561.81[15]
1959 general electionBradford NorthJohn Marshall20,17946.92[16]
CanterburyGeorge Peters15,74633.82[16]
Gateshead EastArthur Moody25,31958.91[16]
1964 general electionRiponPeter O'Grady7,34121.83[17]
1966 general electionLiverpool WaltonEric Heffer20,59057.31[18]
1970 general electionLiverpool WaltonEric Heffer21,45253.61[19]

Leadership

General Secretaries
1921: Alexander Gordon Cameron
1926: Frank Wolstencroft
1948: Jack McDermott
1959: George Smith

Assistant General Secretaries
1921: Frank Wolstencroft
1927: Thomas O. Williams
1947: Jack McDermott
1949: George Smith
1959: W. J. Martin
1962: Les Wood

References
  1. "Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers including the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners". Trade Union Ancestors. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
  2. Marsh, Arthur (1979). Trade Union Handbook: A Guide and Directory to the Structure, Membership, Policy and Personnel of the British Trade Unions. Westmead, Hants.: Gower Press. p. 14. ISBN 0-566-02091-2. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  3. Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria (1987). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 3. Aldershot: Gower Publishing. p. 368. ISBN 0566021625.
  4. "Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers 1915-71". University of Warwick. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
  5. Labour Party, Report of the Twenty-second Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-272. Note that this list is of the sanctioned candidates as of June 1922, and there were some changes between this date and the general election.
  6. "Obituary: J. C. H. Robinson". Woodworkers', Painters' and Building Workers' Journal. 1946.
  7. Higgenbottam, Samuel (1939). Our Society's History. Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. p. 284.
  8. "Woodworkers' six for Parliament". Manchester Guardian. 28 July 1924.
  9. Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference: 24–44. 1929. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. Annual Report of the Labour Party: 11–27. 1931. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. "List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, November 14, 1935". Annual Report of the Labour Party: 8–23. 1935.
  12. Labour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.232-248
  13. "List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, February 23rd, 1950". Report of the Conference of the Labour Party: 179–198. 1950.
  14. Labour Party, Report of the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.184-203
  15. Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-275
  16. Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.179-201
  17. Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.158-180
  18. Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.308-330
  19. Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.289-312
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