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Derbyshire Miners' Association
The Derbyshire Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1880 to represent coal miners in northern Derbyshire, as a split from the South Yorkshire Miners' Association. Although it initially aimed to recruit members from across the county, it only developed strength in the north Derbyshire coalfield, and the separate South Derbyshire Amalgamated Miners' Association was founded in 1883. In 1945, the union became the Derbyshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers. This was dissolved in 2015, by which point it had only four members.Trade Union Certification Officer,National Union of Mineworkers (Derbyshire Area) Secretaries :1880: James Haslam :1913: W. E. Harvey :1914: Frank Hall :1928: Harry Hicken :1942: Joseph Lynch :1947: Bert Wynn :1966: Herbert Parkin :1973: Peter Heathfield :1984: Gordon Butler :1996: Austin Fairest Presidents :1880: Richard Bunting :1884: Henry Jarvis :1887: R. P. Carter :1890: William Hallam :1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Parkin
Herbert Edward Parkin (born 1908) was a British trade unionist and politician. Born in Waingroves in Derbyshire, Parkin left school aged fourteen to work at the Hartshay Colliery. This pit closed in 1931, but he found work at New Langley Colliery. There, he opposed the introduction of subcontracting, known as the "butty" system, and as a result became active in the Derbyshire Miners' Association (DMA).J. E. Williams, ''The Derbyshire Miners'', p.885 In 1937, Parkin was elected as checkweighman at New Langley, and also to the local branch committee of the DMA. From 1941, he was the pit's delegate to the DMA council. He also became active in the Labour Party and was elected to Heanor Urban District Council in 1946. In 1948, he became president of his local DMA branch, and from 1951, he was vice-chair of Heanor UDC. Parkin was elected as vice-president of the reconstituted Derbyshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers The Derbyshire Miners' Association was a trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Neal
Harold Neal (3 July 1897 – 24 August 1972) was a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Clay Cross from a 1944 by-election to 1950, and after boundary changes, for Bolsover from 1950 until his retirement in 1970, preceding Dennis Skinner. Neal was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fuel and Power, Philip Noel-Baker Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, (1 November 1889 – 8 October 1982), born Philip John Baker, was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament. He carried the British team flag and won a ..., in 1951. References * External links * 1897 births 1972 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951 National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1935–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry White (UK Politician)
Henry White (5 August 1890 – 4 February 1964) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of North East Derbyshire from 1942 to 1959. White was a miner and served as vice-president of the Derbyshire Mineworkers' Association for four years and as a branch secretary for 18 years. He was a councillor and alderman on Derbyshire County Council for many years and divisional party organiser. He was first elected to Parliament unopposed in a by-election in 1942, following the death of the sitting MP Frank Lee. He died in Chesterfield Chesterfield may refer to: Places Canada * Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan * Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom * Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England ** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ... aged 73. References * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Henry 1890 births 1964 deaths People from North East Derbyshire District L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Ellis
Raymond Joseph Ellis (17 December 1923 – 20 April 1994) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Sheffield, Ellis was MP for North East Derbyshire from 1979 to 1987, when he retired. He died in Sheffield aged 70. References *''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'', Times Newspapers Ltd News Corp UK & Ireland Limited (trading as News UK, formerly News International and NI Group) is a British newspaper publisher, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the American mass media conglomerate News Corp. It is the current publisher of ..., 1983 * External links * 1923 births 1994 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Skinner
Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover for 49 years, from 1970 to 2019. He is a member of the Labour Party. Known for his left-wing views and acerbic wit, Skinner belonged to the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. He was a member of Labour's National Executive Committee, with brief breaks, for thirty years, and was the chairman of the Committee in 1988–89. He was one of the longest serving members of the House of Commons and the longest continuously-serving Labour MP. He is a lifelong Eurosceptic. Early life and career Born in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, Skinner is the third of nine children. His father Edward Skinner was a coal miner who was sacked after the 1926 general strike, and his mother Lucy was a cleaner. In June 1942, at the age of 10, Skinner won a scholarship to attend Tupton Hall Grammar School after passing the eleven-plus a year early. In 1949, he went on to work as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Street
Hugo Street (1901–?) was an English trade unionist. Born in Church Gresley in Derbyshire, Street worked at the Warsop Main Colliery from an early age. He joined the Nottinghamshire Miners' Association in 1916 and became branch secretary in 1927. In this role, he persuaded other members and management not to form a branch of George Alfred Spencer's rival Nottinghamshire and District Miners' Industrial Union. Despite working in Nottinghamshire, Street lived in Shirebrook in Derbyshire, and was active in the Labour Party there. He served on Shirebrook Parish Council and later Derbyshire County Council, also serving as president of Shirebrook Trades Council. In 1941, Street was elected to the council of the Derbyshire Miners' Association (DMA). He became president of the union in 1943, surprisingly defeating sitting president Samuel Sales. In 1947, he moved to become treasurer of the reconstituted Derbyshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers The Derbyshire Miner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enoch Overton
Enoch Overton (born 1864) was a British trade unionist. Born in Wrockwardine in Shropshire, Overton worked as a coal miner from an early age. He moved to Bolsover as one of the first miners there, as the colliery was opening. He was soon elected as checkweighman, and was a founder member of Bolsover Urban District Council. He also sat on the Board of Guardians, and in 1919 was appointed as a magistrate.J. E. Williams, ''The Derbyshire Miners'', pp.585-588 In 1919, Overton was elected as vice-president of the Derbyshire Miners' Association (DMA). The union nominated him as a Labour Party candidate for both the Clay Cross and North East Derbyshire North East Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. It borders the districts of Chesterfield, Bolsover, Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire. The population ... constituencies at the 1922 general election, but he refused to stand in either se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sewell (trade Unionist)
William Sewell (22 September 1852 – 24 May 1948) was a British trade unionist. Born in Worksop, Sewell moved to Derbyshire at the age of nine and began working at a coal mine in Renishaw. He became active in the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, and subsequently was a leading figure in the split which formed the Derbyshire Miners' Association The Derbyshire Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1880 to represent coal miners in northern Derbyshire, as a split from the South Yorkshire Miners' Association. Although it initially aimed to ... (DMA). He was then working at Holbrook Colliery, and was its first delegate to the DMA. He also served on Eckington Parish Council for many years from 1894, initially as a Liberal-Labour representative, then later for the Labour Party, but only reluctantly, on the insistence of his union.J. E. Williams, ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', vol.I, pp.294-295 Sewell served on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Martin (trade Unionist)
James Martin (6 May 1850 – 1 November 1933) was a British trade unionist. Born in Basford, Nottinghamshire, Martin moved with his family to Staveley in Derbyshire when he was nine, and began working in the Speedwell Colliery, initially as a door-trapper, then later as a driver. In 1864, he joined the Primitive Methodists, and two years later, became a preacher in his spare time, remaining active in the church for the rest of his life.Joyce Bellamy and H. F. Bing, ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'' (vol.I), pp.232-233 Martin attended night school and became an active trade unionist, working with William Brown to try to form a union of Derbyshire miners. Unsuccessful, he instead joined the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, becoming secretary of a Staveley branch. In 1876, Martin was appointed as sub-checkweighman at Fairwell Colliery, then in 1882, checkweighman at Ireland Colliery. When the Derbyshire Miners' Association formed in 1880, he transferred his allegiance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnet Kenyon
Barnet Kenyon (July 1850 – 20 February 1930) was a British colliery worker, trade union official and Lib–Lab, later Liberal, politician. Early career Kenyon was born at South Anston, West Riding of Yorkshire (now South Yorkshire), the son of Henry Kenyon and Ann Hanson. He had no formal education, and went to work in a local stone quarry at the age of seven and a half. At 13, he walked to Conisbrough to work in the newly opened Denaby Main pit. At 16, he went to work at Darfield, where he was injured by a falling pit prop. From there, he went to Old Oaks, Barnsley, when it was reopened after the explosions which had killed 361 men. He moved frequently, working at Ashley Deep, Dukinfield; Ince Colliery, Wigan; and Kiveton Park. From 1876 to 1906 he worked at the Shireoaks Company's Southgate Pit from 1880 as check-weighman, a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners were paid by the weight of coal mined. Private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hallam (trade Unionist)
William Hallam (1856 – 4 July 1902) was a British trade unionist. Early life Hallam was born in 1856 in Coal Aston to Thomas Hallam (1819-1896), a miner, and Anne Armstong (1823-1878). He married Mary Bramley in Chesterfield in 1873 and had four children, three sons, and a daughter. Life Hallam came to prominence when he was elected as the checkweighman at Markham Colliery in Derbyshire in 1883, and subsequently as the colliery's delegate to the new Derbyshire Miners' Association. He was elected as president of the DMA in 1890 and served until 1898, when he was narrowly defeated by Barnet Kenyon. While in office, he wrote ''Miners' Leaders: thirty portraits and biographical sketches'', an important source of information on leading figures in miners' trade unions up to that point.J. E. Williams, ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'' Vol.I, pp.148-149 Hallam contested the presidency against Kenyon each year until his premature death in 1902, but was never successful. Unlike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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