| Title |
Elections |
| Reference |
KNNK 3/1 |
| Covering Dates |
1982–1987 |
| Extent and Medium |
9 archive boxes |
|
| Content and context |
Papers on the 1983 General Election, 1984 European elections, local elections and parliamentary by-elections. |
| Churchill/KNNK 3/1 contains: |
|
1
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Election strategy. Includes: report on support for Labour in the run-up to the General Election; notes on by-election strategy and the Arts for Labour campaign; publicity pack for the social strategy campaign.
1 file. |
Nov 1982-Apr 1983 |
|
2
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County Council Elections, 1983: campaign briefing.
1 file. |
May 1983 |
|
3
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General Election, 1983: campaign diary. Includes correspondence on NK's schedule.
1 file. |
May 1983-Jun 1983 |
|
4
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General Election, 1983: post-mortems. Papers analysing Labour's defeat and on rebuilding the Party, with contributors including Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary], Thomas Burlison, Northern Regional Secretary, John Reid [Political Adviser to NK], Patrick Dunleavy and Christopher Husbands.
1 file. |
Jul 1983-Oct 1985 |
|
5
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General Election, 1983: post-mortems. Papers on the media, political parties and the 1983 election, from the Essex Political Communications Conference.
2 files. |
Jan 1984 |
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6
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By-elections. Brief notes on by-elections in Chesterfield [Derbyshire] and Portsmouth South [Hampshire].
1 file. |
Dec 1983-Jun 1984 |
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7
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County Council Elections, 1984: press directory.
1 file. |
May 1984 |
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8
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European Elections, 1984: campaign committee. Includes: text of the election manifesto; transcripts of election broadcasts, voting figures and other papers from the 1979 election; draft strategy paper by Jack Straw; papers from the Common Market Safeguards committee; papers from the Office EEC group; transcript of a World in Action programme on agricultural subsidies; opinion poll on farmers' attitudes to the EEC; projected figures for the election.
1 file. |
Jun 1983-Aug 1983 |
|
9
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European Elections, 1984: strategy papers. Includes: evaluation of the campaign; copy of the campaign handbook; polling presentations from Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) Limited; list of candidates; papers on media strategy; memorandum from Robin Cook [European and community affairs spokesman] on the lack of control and direction in the campaign; papers on organising the later stages of the campaign.
1 file. |
Nov 1983-Jan 1985 |
|
10
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European Elections, 1984: pre-election study. Qualitative study for the European Parliament Socialist Group.
1 file. |
1983 |
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11
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European Elections, 1984: campaign papers and post-mortems. Includes: papers on improving the party's media performance; the EEC Campaign Unit's media training schools; a report by Robin Cook [European and community affairs spokesman and Campaigns Co-ordinator] on strategy; minutes from evaluation meetings; proposals for marketing the 1985 Jobs and Industry campaign; note on the value of private opinion research; draft election address from Joseph Haines, Chief Leader Writer for the Daily Mirror; publicity material; annotated constituency list; letter from [Jonathan] Glyn Mathias, Political Editor for Independent Television News Limited, on whether Labour received fair coverage during the General Election; proposal for a direct mail campaign; draft literature for Labour's Campaign Bus; letter from Larry Adler offering help.
1 file. |
Feb 1984-Jul 1984 |
|
12
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European Elections, 1984: direct mail. Campaign literature, including: London media information pack; draft leaflets and letters to electors; comments from election candidates on the campaign and support they received, including views from Barbara Castle on NK's election address.
1 file. |
Mar 1984-Apr 1984 |
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13
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European Elections, 1984: campaign papers. Includes: copy of a speech by Margaret Thatcher on welfare reform (1975), sent by Frank Dobson; copy of the campaign handbook; lists of speaking engagements for NK; text of NK's speech on the launch of the campaign; campaign briefs and press releases; speech drafts.
1 file. |
May 1983-May 1984 |
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14
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European Elections, 1984: information. Includes: programmes and pamphlets; list of candidates; manifesto of the European Socialist Confederation; Welsh election results; note on the relations between campaigning, policy and research; press information; minutes of campaign group meeting with note on strategy; campaign briefs.
1 file. |
Mar 1984-Jun 1984 |
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15
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European Elections, 1984: general file. Includes: information lists, schedules, diary dates etc; press releases; programmes and running details for rallies; minutes of campaign group meetings, including a media watch; polling presentations from Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) Limited, with a briefing paper on voter opinion; campaign briefings for candidates; texts of speeches by NK; Conference papers.
4 files. |
May 1984-Jun 1984 |
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16
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European Elections, 1984: Labour Weekly. Newspaper articles on the elections.
1 file. |
May 1984-Jun 1984 |
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17
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County Council Elections, 1985: campaign strategy. Local Government campaign group paper.
1 file. |
Oct 1984 |
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18
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County Council Elections, 1985: shire county election pack.
1 file. |
May 1985 |
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19
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Post 17 May: hit list seats. Annotated list of parliamentary constituencies targeted by Labour, with notes on the selection and reselection of candidates and Labour's position at the end of 1985.
1 file. |
Jun 1985-Jan 1986 |
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20
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Leader's visits to target constituencies. Correspondence with constituency parties inviting NK to visit and also lists of target constituencies. Correspondents include Clive Soley.
1 file. |
Nov 1984-Jun 1986 |
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21
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Direct Mail campaign. Includes: draft by Patricia Hewitt, Press and Broadcasting Secretary, for the direct mail section of the organisation and campaigns handbook, fundraising report on the results of various appeals, draft appeal letters and memoranda on campaign literature by Hewitt and others, with correspondents including: Robin Cook [Campaigns Co-ordinator]; Peter Hain; Chris Smith; Jack Straw.
1 file. |
Nov 1984-Jul 1986 |
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22
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Direct Mail campaign. Includes: brief for pilot project to send letters to voters in target constituencies; notes and memoranda by Patricia Hewitt, Press and Broadcasting Secretary, and others on the use of direct mail during the General Election.
1 file. |
Jun 1986-Dec 1986 |
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23
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Brecon and Radnor by-election, July 1985. Include notes, correspondence, programme for NK's visit to Powys [Wales], press releases and opinion polls on the by-election.
2 files. |
May 1985-Jul 1985 |
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24
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Tyne Bridge by-election, Dec 1985. Includes programme for NK's visit to Newcastle, notes, a presentation from Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) Limited, a campaign check-list and press-cuttings.
1 file. |
Oct 1985-Dec 1985 |
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25
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Fulham by-election, Apr 1986. Print out of results from an opinion poll conducted by Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) Limited in Fulham, London.
1 file. |
Jan 1986-Feb 1986 |
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26
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Fulham by-election, Apr 1986. Includes: minutes from campaign meetings; briefs on campaign strategy; presentations from Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) Limited and IFF Research Limited; campaign literature, press releases and press-cuttings; notes on a direct mail campaign.
1 file. |
Jan 1986-Apr 1986 |
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27
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Fulham by-election, Apr 1986. Includes: draft election address for [Wyvill] Nick Raynsford; campaign literature; campaign brief; tables from an opinion poll conducted by Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) Limited; notes on the poll by Patricia Hewitt, Press and Broadcasting Secretary; brief for interviews.
1 file. |
Feb 1986-Apr 1986 |
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28
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Fulham by-election, Apr 1986. Correspondence and papers on celebrity endorsement of the campaign, from Arts for Labour and Red Wedge. Correspondents include: Philip Gould; John Mortimer; Arnold Wesker; Melvyn Bragg; Glenda Jackson; Pete Townshend; Dame Peggy Ashcroft; Victoria Wood; Diana Quick.
1 file. |
Mar 1986-Jul 1986 |
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29
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County Council Elections, 1986: campaign pack.
1 file. |
May 1986 |
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30
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By-elections. General planning papers, reports, press releases, campaign literature, opinion polls, cuttings etc on by-elections in Tyne Bridge [Newcastle], West Derbyshire, Fulham [London], Knowsley North [Lancashire] and Greenwich.
1 file. |
Apr 1986-Nov 1986 |
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31
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By-election research. Includes: minutes from planning meetings; strategy notes; debriefs from Fulham [London] and West Derbyshire; suggested poll questions; polling sheets from Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) Limited.
1 file. |
Jun 1986-Jul 1986 |
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32
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Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election, July 1986. Includes correspondence, reports, briefs, campaign literature, strategy papers and notes from meetings on the Newcastle [Staffordshire] campaign.
1 file. |
Jun 1986-Jul 1986 |
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33
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Knowsley North by-election, Nov 1986. Includes correspondence, reports, briefs, campaign literature, strategy papers, a presentation and polling sheets from Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) Limited and notes from meetings on the Knowsley (Merseyside) campaign.
1 file. |
Aug 1986-Oct 1986 |
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34
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Target seats. List of NK's visits to target constituencies, 1983-86, and list of target seats.
1 file. |
Dec 1986 |
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35
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Greenwich by-election, Feb 1987. File kept by Patricia Hewitt, Press and Broadcasting Secretary, including correspondence, briefs, particularly on housing, schedule and text of NK's speeches from his visit to Greenwich [London], campaign literature, polling figures and notes of campaign meetings.
1 file. |
Dec 1986-Feb 1987 |
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36
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Greenwich by-election, Feb 1987: research. Campaign literature, draft letter from the direct mail campaign, constituency profile and a presentation and polling sheets from Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) Limited.
1 file. |
Jan 1987-Feb 1987 |
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37
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County Council Elections, 1987: summary of results.
1 file. |
May 1987 |
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38
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Southfields (Wandsworth) by-election, Nov 1987. Includes polling figures for Wandsworth [London], minutes and notes from campaign meetings and draft campaign literature.
1 file. |
Oct 1987-Nov 1987 |
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