Warwick and Leamington Constituency Labour Party

Includes minutes of the Executive Committee and the General Management Committee 1919-29, 1940-74; financial records, 1922-79 (incomplete series); correspondence files, 1946-81; annual reports, 1959-71 (incomplete); other publications, c.1963-74; press-cuttings and photographs, 1978-80. Sub-groups include the reminiscences of local party members, E. V. Crumpton and Reuben Wright, regarding the period 1919-77.

Kenilworth was for many years part of the Warwick and Leamington constituency. For this reason, the minute book of Kenilworth Labour Party, 1933-48, is held in this deposit (MSS.133/6/3/1).

Warwick and Leamington Constituency Labour Party was founded in 1919 as the Warwick and Leamington Divisional Labour Party. Though the constituency has changed in terms of its boundaries, the Warwick and Leamington Constituency Labour Party has continued its existence ever since. Until the mid 1950s, the Warwick and Leamington Constituency Labour Party formed the political section of the Leamington and Warwick Trades Council.

Reference: M. Blunden, 'The Countess of Warwick' (London, 1967).

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

The archives of the Warwick and Leamington Constituency Labour Party were deposited at the Modern Records Centre in 1976 and 1982.

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/WAR

This collection has been weeded for duplicates.

Further deposits are not expected.

Financial records of Kenilworth Labour Party, 1961-75, are also held at the Centre (MSS.167).

A copy of the transcript of the interview with E. V. Crumpton (MSS.133/6/1/3) has been deposited at the Imperial War Museum.