Reference number
  • BEX
Date
  • 1947-1949
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Newsletters, 1947-1949.
Extent
  • 1 file
Admin history
  • Bexley Division comprised the following wards in 1947: Christchurch, Brampton, Falconwood, Danson, St. Michael's, St. Mary's. The Labour Party took control of Bexley Borough Council in 1945 but lost power to the Conservatives in May 1949. The MP for Bexley in this period was a Labour member, Earnest Ashley Bramall, who was elected in a by-election of July 1946. He contributed regular reports to the newsletter, which was first published by the Bexley Divisional Labour Party in February 1947.
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • The Centre also holds the papers of other local branches of the Labour Party. For further details see Selly Oak Constituency Labour Party (MSS.1), Exeter Labour Party (MSS.93), West Midlands Region of the Labour Party (MSS.6), Coventry North Constituency Labour Party (MSS.7), Rugby Constituency Labour Party (MSS.10), East Midlands Region of the Labour Party (MSS.9), Coventry East Divisional Labour Party (MSS.85), Bexley Divisional Labour Party (MSS.94), and Warwick and Leamington Labour Party (MSS.133). The archives of the national Labour Party are held at the Labour History Archive and Study Centre in Manchester.
Language/scripts of material
  • English