Dundee City Labour Party

• Reference:GB 254 MS 325
• Dates of Creation:1973-1983
• Name of Creator:
  Dundee Labour Party
• Physical Description:
  1 volume

• Scope and Content

  Dundee City Labour Party Riverside & Balgay Wards (2 & 9) minute book

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The Labour Party has a long history in Dundee, which can be dated back to the forming of the Dundee Trades Council in 1888. By the mid 1890s there was an active branch of the Independent Labour Party in Dundee and this eventually became a part of the Labour Party which was formed in 1906. In 1906 Alex Wilkie was elected a Labour MP for Dundee, and was (with the Dundonian George Barnes) one of the first two Labour MPs in Scotland. From then until 2015 at least part of Dundee was always represented by a Labour MP in parliament, with the exception of the period 1931-1945. During the twentieth century local branches of the Labour Party were organised in the city, usually based on the boundaries of the city's council wards.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Note

  The Labour Party has a long history in Dundee, which can be dated back to the forming of the Dundee Trades Council in 1888. By the mid 1890s there was an active branch of the Independent Labour Party in Dundee and this eventually became a part of the Labour Party which was formed in 1906. In 1906 Alex Wilkie was elected a Labour MP for Dundee, and was (with the Dundonian George Barnes) one of the first two Labour MPs in Scotland. From then until 2015 at least part of Dundee was always represented by a Labour MP in parliament, with the exception of the period 1931-1945. During the twentieth century local branches of the Labour Party were organised in the city, usually based on the boundaries of the city's council wards.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Kenneth Baxter, March 2011. Updated April 2016

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Custodial History

  The volume was given to the depositor, Iain Luke, by the secretary of the party when the former was a ward councillor for the area.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 325

• Subjects

  Politics