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The Derbyshire Miners' Association was a

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in the

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. The union was founded in 1880 to represent

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s in northern

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...

, 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.

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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 Herbert William Wynn (12 September 1901 – 22 February 1966) was an English trade unionist and politician. Wynn left school at the age of thirteen to work at the Moorgreen Colliery. He was a prominent activist during the 1926 UK General ...

:1966:

Herbert Parkin Herbert Edward Parkin (14 August 1908 – 1998) 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 L ...

:1973:

Peter Heathfield Peter Heathfield (2 March 1929 – 4 May 2010)Geoffrey Goodmanbr>Obituary: Peter Heathfield ''The Guardian'' (website), 4 May 2010Paul HastObituary, ''Morning Star'', 4 May 2010 was a British trade unionist who was general secretary of the Nati ...

:1984: Gordon Butler :1996: Austin Fairest

Presidents

:1880: Richard Bunting :1884: Henry Jarvis :1887: R. P. Carter :1890: William Hallam :1898: Barnet Kenyon :1906: James Martin :1918: William Sewell :1924: Enoch Overton :1939: Samuel Sales :1943:

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 i ...

:1946: Samuel Greenough : :1952:

:1966:

Dennis Skinner Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover (UK Parliament constituency), Bolsover for 49 years, from 1970 to 2019. A m ...

:1970: :1972:

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 ...

:1979: C. Hawley :1980s: Alan Gascoyne

Vice-Presidents

:1903: Frederick Bonsall :1904: James Martin :1906: Frederick Bonsall :1906: Frank Hall :1907: William Sewell :1918: John Samuel Spencer :1918: Enoch Overton :1924: Samuel Sales :1939: Henry White :1942:

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 19 ...

:1944: Samuel Greenough :1946: Michael Kane :1947: J. Boam :1951: H. E. Parkin :1952: J. Patilla :1954: F. Peacock :1950s:

Tom Swain Thomas Henry Swain (29 October 1911 – 2 March 1979) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament for the constituency of North East Derbyshire from 1959 until he died in office 20 years later. Born in Burton upon Trent ...

:1959: Stanley Mellors : :1980s: Peter Elliott

Treasurers

:1880:

William Edwin Harvey William Edwin Harvey (5 September 1852 – 28 April 1914), known as W. E. Harvey, was a British Lib-Lab Member of Parliament. Born in Hasland, Derbyshire, Harvey worked in a coal mine from the age of ten. He joined the South Yorkshire Mi ...

:1882: Joseph Windle :1887: Henry Jarvis :1907: Frank Hall :1914: Frank Lee :1918: John Samuel Spencer :1920: Harry Hicken :1928: Oliver Walter Wright :1938: Joseph Lynch :1942: Joseph Kitts :1943:

:1947:

:1966: Herbert Dilks

References

{{National Union of Mineworkers (UK) Mining trade unions National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain) Politics of Derbyshire 1880 establishments in England Mining in Derbyshire Trade unions established in 1880 Trade unions based in Derbyshire

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Presidents

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