| Title |
Labour Party Conferences |
| Reference |
KNNK 2/4 |
| Covering Dates |
1980–1994 |
| Extent and Medium |
16 archive boxes |
|
| Content and context |
Includes: texts of NK's Conference speeches; arrangements, timetables for NK and invitations; resolutions; briefings for trades union receptions; records of voting and Conference decisions; printed reports. |
| Further information |
See also recordings of some of NK's Conference speeches at KNNK 26/1. |
| Churchill/KNNK 2/4 contains: |
|
1
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NK speeches to Conference. Transcripts of NK's speeches, with some annotations and notes.
1 file. |
Oct 1980-Oct 1991 |
|
2
|
Labour Party Conference, Brighton. Includes: texts and annotated drafts of NK's acceptance speech, speech as leader and speech to a Tribune rally; issues of Fabian Conference News; draft timetable; press releases.
1 file. |
Sep 1983-Oct 1983 |
|
3
|
Labour Party Conference, Brighton. Includes: arrangements and printed agenda; points for the future from Conference; party newspapers; record of decisions; copy of NK's acceptance speech; record of voting for the leader and deputy leader; women's action committee bulletin.
1 file. |
Oct 1983-Jan 1984 |
|
4
|
Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: schedule, invitations and arrangements. Includes: draft memorandum for a Tribune Group meeting on future aims of the party; letter of congratulation from Jeremy Bray, with an extract from his parliamentary diary on the decision to adopt a non-nuclear defence policy; list of interviews and articles featuring NK; notes and correspondence on arrangements, particularly for NK's office.
1 file. |
Jun 1984-Sep 1984 |
|
5
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool. Includes: list of resolutions; agenda; timetables for NK; seating plans; voting strengths of the unions and various societies; invitations.
1 file. |
Apr 1984-Oct 1984 |
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6
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool. Includes: list of resolutions; report on arrangements; newsletters; timetables for NK; press releases; correspondence on arrangements; text of speeches by NK; requests for interviews; transcript of interview with TVS; correspondence on the Conference appeal; text of an article by NK for the Western Morning News; notes on mistakes at the 1983 Conference and aims for the 1984 Conference.
1 file. |
Jul 1984-Oct 1984 |
|
7
|
Labour Party Conference, Bournemouth: schedule, invitations and arrangements. Includes: a draft letter from NK to Ron Todd [General Secretary, Transport and General Workers' Union, TGWU] on subjects including trying to help the miners; invitations; office information; timetables for NK.
1 file. |
Jul 1985-Sep 1985 |
|
8
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Labour Party Conference, Bournemouth: arrangements. Includes: timetables for Glenys Kinnock; list of NK's media engagements; list of union-sponsored MPs; lists of some trades union receptions.
1 file. |
Sep 1985-Oct 1985 |
|
9
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Labour Party Conference, Bournemouth: receptions. Briefings and timetables for receptions, mainly held by trades unions, also including a survey of company donations to the Conservatives, a Trades Union Co-ordination committee report on company donations, a list of union-sponsored MPs, and an account of an interview given by Arthur Scargill [President, National Union of Mineworkers] on the union's legal problems following the Miners' Strike.
1 file. |
Sep 1985-Oct 1985 |
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10
|
Labour Party Conference, Bournemouth: results. Notes on resolutions passed and records of decisions.
1 file. |
Sep 1985-Oct 1985 |
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11
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Labour Party Conference, Bournemouth: printed reports. Includes: agenda; statements to Conference; National Executive Committee report; Arrangements committee report.
1 file. |
Oct 1985 |
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12
|
Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: schedule, invitations and arrangements. Includes: basic information; timetables for NK; office arrangements; transcript of a BBC Panorama programme on Labour's defence policy.
2 files. |
Jun 1986-Sep 1986 |
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13
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: receptions. Briefings and timetables for receptions, mainly held by trades unions, also including: notes on Labour's nuclear power policy; a record of Conference decisions; the USDAW [Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers] low pay campaign pack; a list of union-sponsored MPs; information paper on quotes to be used against the Conservatives.
2 files. |
Sep 1986-Oct 1986 |
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14
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: printed reports. Includes: agenda; resolutions; statements to Conference; National Executive Committee report; ballot results; full Conference report.
2 files. |
Sep 1986-Oct 1986 |
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15
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: schedule, invitations and arrangements. Includes: timetables for NK; some briefings for receptions; resolutions; office information; National Executive Committee statements on the Gulf War and inner cities.
2 files. |
Jun 1987-Oct 1987 |
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16
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: arrangements. Includes: Chair's agenda; rough notes on NK's schedule; publication of NK's statement "Moving Ahead".
1 file. |
Sep 1987-Oct 1987 |
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17
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: receptions. Briefings and timetables for receptions, mainly held by trades unions, also including: European Parliament Socialist Group booklets; papers from various union campaigns.
2 files. |
Sep 1987-Oct 1987 |
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18
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: printed reports. Includes: printed agenda; National Executive Committee report; Conference guide; report of various consultations, including on the party franchise for the selection and reselection of parliamentary candidates; Arrangements committee report; full Conference report.
2 files. |
Sep 1987-Oct 1987 |
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19
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: schedule, invitations and arrangements. Includes: timetables for NK; office information.
2 files. |
Jun 1988-Sep 1988 |
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20
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: agenda and schedule. Includes: timetables for NK, the Chair's agenda, and a copy of the official Conference agenda.
1 file. |
Sep 1988-Oct 1988 |
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21
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: schedules, arrangements etc. Includes: timetables; the Chair's agenda; rough notes for speeches, announcements etc; Conference news; record of decisions; text of NK's speech to Conference; paper on company donations to the Conservatives; list of union-sponsored MPs; list of attendees from other Socialist parties; National Executive Committee election results; union voting strengths; briefing for a meeting with a delegation from the MPLA [Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola].
1 file. |
Sep 1988-Oct 1988 |
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22
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: elections. Ballot papers and results for the election of Leader and Deputy leader, and also the National Executive and Constitutional Committee.
1 file. |
Sep 1988-Oct 1988 |
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23
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: receptions. Briefings and timetables for receptions, mainly held by trades unions, including a briefing for a meeting with Erdal Inonu, leader of the Turkish Social Democratic and Populist Party.
1 file. |
Sep 1988-Oct 1988 |
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24
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: printed reports. Includes: agenda; resolutions; National Executive Committee report; Conference guide; Arrangements committee report; full Conference report; statement on the Poll Tax; report of the consultation on the National Conference of Labour Women; copy of the publications Democratic Socialist Aims and Values, Social Justice and Economic Efficiency; report on party finances and membership.
2 files. |
Sep 1988-Oct 1988 |
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25
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: schedule, invitations and arrangements. Includes: timetables for NK and Glenys Kinnock; arrangements with police; office information.
2 files. |
Sep 1989-Oct 1989 |
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26
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: arrangements. Includes: timetables for NK; the Chair's agenda; text of a speech by NK to a Socialist International meeting; National Executive Committee election results; paper on general party strategy.
1 file. |
Sep 1989-Oct 1989 |
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27
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: resolutions and elections. Includes: briefings; draft composite resolutions, particularly on the Policy Review and constitutional reform; timetables; key results; voting figures for National Executive and National Constitutional committees, 1988-89.
1 file. |
Jul 1989-Feb 1990 |
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28
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: National Executive Committee. Includes: consultative documents on the future of Conference and Conference voting; report on Black and Asian organisation; draft NEC statements on the Poll Tax campaign and transport; timetables; nominations and supporting statements for candidates in the NEC elections; resolutions.
1 file. |
Sep 1989-Oct 1989 |
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29
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: speeches. Rough notes, source material and texts for NK's speeches, particularly on Europe, the union block vote, the economy, the environment and South Africa.
1 file. |
Sep 1989-Oct 1989 |
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30
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: receptions. Briefings and timetables for receptions, mainly held by trades unions, also including text of NK's speech in tribute to Bernt Carlsson and a proposal to create a party database for use in debates.
1 file. |
Sep 1989-Oct 1989 |
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31
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: printed reports. Includes: agendas for Conference and the Trades Union Congress; Conference guide; National Executive Committee report; resolutions.
1 file. |
Sep 1989-Oct 1989 |
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32
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: schedule, invitations and arrangements. Includes: timetables for NK; arrangements for Baroness Castle's 80th birthday dinner; poster for an Arts for Labour event; office information.
2 files. |
Sep 1990-Oct 1990 |
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33
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: arrangements. Includes: the Chair's agenda; report of the Conference Arrangements committee.
1 file. |
Sep 1990-Oct 1990 |
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34
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: draft composites. Draft composite resolutions on subjects including: economic policy; the environment, agriculture and global warming; housing and homelessness; the National Health Service; community care; transport; local taxation; education; pensions and social security; constitutional reform; law and criminal justice; local government; defence; overseas aid; the steel industry in Scotland; representation of women; funding for political parties; new governments of Eastern and Central Europe; South Africa. Also includes: a paper on proposed speakers; draft National Executive Committee statement on Iraq and the Gulf Crisis; arguments for and against incorporating the European Court of Human Rights; notes of union voting.
2 files. |
Sep 1990-Oct 1990 |
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35
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: printed reports. Includes: agenda; guides; record of decisions; resolutions; National Executive Committee report and statements on democracy and policy-making, the selection of parliamentary candidates, representation of women and fair rates.
1 file. |
Sep 1990-Oct 1990 |
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36
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: invitations.
1 file. |
Jun 1991-Sep 1991 |
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37
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: visits and photocalls.
1 file. |
May 1991-Sep 1991 |
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38
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: police arrangements.
1 file. |
Jan 1991-Oct 1991 |
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39
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: resolutions and elections. Includes: timetables for resolutions and composite resolutions; Chair's agenda; list of proposed speakers; voting figures; annotated draft composite on defence industry diversification; memoranda on Labour's position in Birmingham and the West Midlands; briefing notes from Roger Godsiff on the trade union vote in Conference elections; text of an article by Tom Burlison, Deputy General Secretary of the GMB union, on the new system for the reselection of parliamentary candidates.
1 file. |
Sep 1991-Oct 1991 |
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40
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: draft composites. Draft composite resolutions on subjects including: the selection of parliamentary candidates; black members; disciplinary action; industrial policy; economic management; the coal industry; the telecommunications industry; education; employment law and workers' rights; a trade union dispute with Pergamon Press; social security; the European Community; union membership in Northern Ireland; constitutional reform; law and criminal justice; funding of political parties; local government; transport; the National Health Service; environmental policy; housing; rural affairs; arts and leisure; the Middle East; overseas aid; defence industry diversification; assistance to Central and Eastern Europe; Central America; Northern Ireland; text of an article by Tom Burlison, Deputy General Secretary of the GMB union, on the new system for the reselection of parliamentary candidates.
1 file. |
Sep 1991-Oct 1991 |
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41
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Labour Party Conference, Brighton: printed reports. Includes: party rule book; agenda; Conference Arrangements committee report; song sheets and Welsh Night song book.
1 file. |
Sep 1991-Oct 1991 |
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42
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: printed reports. Includes: record of decisions; Conference Arrangements committee report; National Executive Committee report.
1 file. |
Sep 1992 |
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43
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: invitations. Also includes lists of press interviews, proposed speakers at the conference and notes on Clause IV.
1 file. |
Jun 1994-Sep 1994 |
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44
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: notes. Includes: timetable for NK; rough speech notes and annotated notes for a debate on foreign affairs; paper by Alan Lovell for NK's MacMillan lecture on the political, social and economic challenges of the late twentieth century.
1 file. |
Aug 1994-Oct 1994 |
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45
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Labour Party Conference, Blackpool: printed reports. Includes: statements to the 1993 Conference; report of the Policy Commission on the environment; policy statements on education, industry and the economy; Foreign and Commonwealth Office press summary on foreign affairs, October-November 1994; pre-Trades Union Congress issue of Tribune, 1973.
1 file. |
1973–1994 |
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46
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Labour Party Conferences: printed ballot results and agendas.
1 file. |
1984–1990 |
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