Frederick Berriman (1879 – 1945) was a British socialist politician. Born in

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, Hall St Bedminster Berriman became a compositor, and joined the

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, serving as the President of the Bristol Typographical Society from 1913 until 1916. Through this, he was a member of the

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, and from 1920 until 1925 served as its vice-president. Berriman also joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP), and was chair of its Bristol branch from 1912 until 1916. As a

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during

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, he was sentenced to hard labour. After release, he was again chair of the Bristol ILP from 1922 until 1925, when he became its secretary. The ILP was affiliated to the Labour Party, and Berriman became president of the Bristol Borough Labour Party in 1924. Berriman served as the representative of the South West district on the

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of the ILP from 1927 to 1929, after which he was elected to Bristol City Council. He devoted much of his time to the council, on which, unusually, the ILP worked jointly with the Labour Party; in 1937, he was elected as chair of the Labour group. He returned to the ILP National Administrative Council in 1939. In 1944, Berriman resigned his council seat, due to poor health, and he died the following year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berriman, Fred 1879 births 1945 deaths Councillors in Bristol Independent Labour Party councillors Independent Labour Party National Administrative Committee members