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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

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, as a split from the

South Yorkshire Miners' Association The South Yorkshire Miners' Association (SYMA) was an early British trade union representing coal miners in the southern West Riding of Yorkshire and northern Derbyshire. The union was founded in 1858 at the White Bear Inn in Barnsley in respo ...

. 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 James Haslam (1 April 1842 – 31 July 1913) was a British politician, representing Chesterfield as an MP from 1906 to 1913 Before entering Parliament in 1906, Haslam had been a founder memberW. E. Harvey :1914: Frank Hall :1928:

Harry Hicken Henry Hicken (2 April 1882 – 20 September 1964) was an English trade unionist. Born in North Wingfield in Derbyshire, Jarvis left school at the age of twelve to work at Pilsley Colliery, then moved to Parkhouse Colliery and Williamthorpe ...

: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 St ...

:1966:

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 Collie ...

: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 Nation ...

:1984: Gordon Butler :1996: Austin Fairest

Presidents

:1880: Richard Bunting :1884: Henry Jarvis :1887: R. P. Carter :1890: William Hallam :1898:

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 ...

:1906: James Martin :1918: William Sewell :1924:

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 electe ...

: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 in ...

: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 (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 wi ...

: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 T ...

: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:

: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 197 ...

:1944: Samuel Greenough :1946: Michael Kane :1947: J. Boam :1951: H. E. Parkin :1952: J. Patilla :1954: F. Peacock :1950s: Tom Swain :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 people, British Liberal-Labour (UK), Lib-Lab Member of Parliament (UK), Member of Parliament. Born in Hasland, Derbyshire, Harvey worked in a coa ...

:1882: Joseph Windle :1887: Henry Jarvis :1907: Frank Hall :1914: Frank Lee :1918: John Samuel Spencer :1920:

: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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