Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers

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Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers
Merged into Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Painters
Founded1 January 1921
Dissolved1 July 1970
Headquarters9–11 Macaulay Road, Clapham, London
Location
Members
198,000 (1956)
PublicationWoodworkers' Journal
Affiliations TUC, ITUC

The Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (ASW) was a British trade union representing carpenters, joiners and allied trades. The ASW was formed in 1921 by the amalgamation of two smaller unions. It was itself merged into the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians in 1971. [1]

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History

The ASW was formed in 1921 through the merger of two rival unions: the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners and the General Union of Carpenters and Joiners. [1]

The ASW had 176,000 members by 1945, making it the seventh largest union in Britain. Its membership rose to 198,000 by 1956. [2] In 1965, the National Union of Packing Case Makers (Wood and Tin), Box Makers, Sawyers and Mill Workers merged into the ASW. [3]

On 1 July 1970 the ASW was merged with Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators and the Association of Building Technicians to form the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Painters. [4] One year later the new union was itself merged with Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers to become the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers Painters and Builders (ASWPB). At the end of 1971 the ASWPB was renamed the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT). [4]

Election results

The union sponsored a large number of Labour Party candidates, many of whom won election.

ElectionConstituencyCandidateVotesPercentagePosition
1922 general election Birmingham Yardley Archibald Gossling 11,23441.92 [5]
Chippenham William Robert Roberts1,09805.13 [5]
Stockport James C. H. Robinson16,12615.84 [6]
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 8,75843.31 [5]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 12,52948.52 [5]
Wycombe Samuel Stennett4,40314.13 [5]
1923 general election Birmingham Yardley Archibald Gossling 11,56246.52 [7]
Manchester Hulme Andrew McElwee 8,43330.03 [7]
Nuneaton Thomas Barron 10,43729.13 [7]
Rotherham Fred Lindley 16,98353.91 [8]
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 10,02647.61 [8]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 14,00451.31 [7]
1924 general election Birmingham Yardley Archibald Gossling 14,18446.82 [8]
Manchester Hulme Andrew McElwee 13,07041.22 [8]
Montrose Burghs Thomas Barron 6,91442.82 [8]
Rotherham Fred Lindley 18,86054.61 [8]
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 12,62149.12 [8]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 14,88447.31 [8]
1929 general election Birmingham Yardley Archibald Gossling 23,95648.81 [9]
Glasgow Partick Adam McKinlay 13,11045.51 [9]
Manchester Hulme Andrew McElwee 15,05343.81 [9]
Rotherham Fred Lindley 26,93760.41 [9]
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 16,05054.01 [9]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 20,58352.31 [9]
1931 general election Birmingham Yardley Archibald Gossling 16,64033.82 [10]
Glasgow Partick Adam McKinlay 11,25237.32 [10]
Rotherham Fred Lindley 22,83449.22 [10]
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 14,14445.11 [10]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 15,55039.42 [10]
1935 general election Leeds Central Fred Lindley 13,70143.62 [11]
Liverpool Fairfield Arthur Moody 11,15537.52 [11]
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 17,61361.81 [11]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 19,40245.92 [11]
1945 general election Leeds Central George Porter 13,37057.11 [12]
Liverpool Exchange Bessie Braddock 8,49452.01 [12]
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 17,46065.21 [12]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 26,56672.21 [12]
1950 general election Gateshead East Arthur Moody 15,24945.11 [13]
Leeds Central George Porter 24,03060.81 [13]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 33,96361.11 [13]
1951 general election Gateshead East Arthur Moody 19,52557.71 [14]
Leeds Central George Porter 23,96762.41 [14]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 35,29664.31 [14]
1955 general election Gateshead East Arthur Moody 21,65356.51 [15]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 29,18561.81 [15]
1959 general election Bradford North John Marshall20,17946.92 [16]
Canterbury George Peters15,74633.82 [16]
Gateshead East Arthur Moody 25,31958.91 [16]
1964 general election Ripon Peter O'Grady7,34121.83 [17]
1966 general election Liverpool Walton Eric Heffer 20,59057.31 [18]
1970 general election Liverpool Walton Eric Heffer 21,45253.61 [19]

Leadership

General Secretaries

1921: Alexander Gordon Cameron
1926: Frank Wolstencroft
1948: Jack McDermott
1959: George Smith

Assistant General Secretaries

1921: Frank Wolstencroft
1927: Thomas O. Williams
1947: Jack McDermott
1949: George Smith
1959: W. J. Martin
1962: Les Wood

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  6. ↑ "Obituary: J. C. H. Robinson". Woodworkers', Painters' and Building Workers' Journal. 1946.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Higgenbottam, Samuel (1939). Our Society's History. Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. p. 284.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Woodworkers' six for Parliament". Manchester Guardian. 28 July 1924.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference: 24–44. 1929.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  12. 1 2 3 4 Labour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.232-248
  13. 1 2 3 "List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, February 23rd, 1950". Report of the Conference of the Labour Party: 179–198. 1950.
  14. 1 2 3 Labour Party, Report of the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.184-203
  15. 1 2 Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-275
  16. 1 2 3 Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.179-201
  17. ↑ Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.158-180
  18. ↑ Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.308-330
  19. ↑ Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.289-312
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