Conservative Party Archive: Whip's Office

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Catalogued in EAD by Emily Tarrant, 2004

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Box 1, 1923-51
Box 2, 1923-46

Whip's Office, 1923-51

Abstract:
Papers of the Conservative Whip's Office, 1923-51.

Shelfmarks: WHIP 1-2

Extent: 12 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

The subjects covered include:- (1930s) electoral reform, General Elections, Party political broadcasts, old age pensions; (1940s) Sir Joseph Ball's proposals for Party re-organisation, food and agriculture, structure of the National Union, trade union vote, Party political broadcasts, National Liberal reflections, civilian clothing, BBC Charter, women and the war effort.

Restrictions on Access

Access to this material requires written permission from The Chief Whip, Whip's Office - Party in Opposition, House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A OAA

Preferred Form of Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Conservative Party Archive [followed by shelfmark, e.g. WHIP 1/1].

Corporate names (NCA Rules)

House of Commons | Conservative Whips' Office (Government)
House of Commons | Conservative Whips' Office (Opposition)

Subjects (LCSH)




Box 1, 1923-51

[WHIP 1/1] [Electoral Reform - EMPTY FILE] [1911-45]
WHIP 1/2 Miscellaneous memoranda
  • WHIP 1/2/1 Ralph Glyn's note on the Chilston Committee on the future of the organization of the Conservative Party, 1929
  • WHIP 1/2/2 Opinions of the Unionist members for and against PR, 1923
  • WHIP 1/2/3 Memorandum on Press Publicity, 1924
  • WHIP 1/2/4 Memorandum on the timing of the GE, 1928
  • WHIP 1/2/5 Parliamentary Candidates and Questionnaires, 1929
  • WHIP 1/2/6 'The Government and Unemployed Boys in Mining Areas', 1929
  • WHIP 1/2/7 'The Government and Church Schools', 1928
  • WHIP 1/2/8 Memorandum from the Northern Group; letter from Harold Macmillan, 1933
  • WHIP 1/2/9 Memorandum on Palestine, n.d.
  • WHIP 1/2/10 Memorandum on Old Age Pensions, 1939
 1923-39
WHIP 1/3 Miscellaneous Papers
  • WHIP 1/3/1 Sir Joseph Ball's proposals for party reorganisation, 1946
  • WHIP 1/3/2 Procedure for summoning a new parliament, 1945
  • WHIP 1/3/3 Memorandum on food and agriculture, 1945
  • WHIP 1/3/4 Conservative Consultative Committee's Policy Sub-committee's third meeting, 1949
  • WHIP 1/3/5 CRD's note on the Ministry of Food's State Trading Activities, 1949
  • WHIP 1/3/6 'Mr Churchill's Message to You', 1950
  • WHIP 1/3/7 The Future Structure of NUA, 1950
  • WHIP 1/3/8 Papers on the Trade Union Vote, 1950
 1945-50
WHIP 1/4 Post-War Policy Committee 1941-5
WHIP 1/5 Conservative Party Political Broadcasts 1947-9
WHIP 1/6 Conservative Party Political Broadcasts 1950-1
WHIP 1/7 Conservative Party Election Broadcasts 1950



Box 2, 1923-46

WHIP 2/1 Conservative-National Liberal Relations 1946
WHIP 2/2 Political Truce 1939-45
WHIP 2/3 Miscellaneous Memorandum
  • WHIP 2/3/1 Continuation of Economic Controls, 1945
  • WHIP 2/3/2 A Motion of Thanks to William Pitt (1802), 1945
  • WHIP 2/3/3 Supply of Civilian Clothing, 1945
  • WHIP 2/3/4 Examination of Bills from a Political Aspect, 1945
  • WHIP 2/3/5 Double Summer Time, 1945
  • WHIP 2/3/6 Establishment of a Secretary of State for Wales, 1943-5
  • WHIP 2/3/7 BBC Charter, 1945
  • WHIP 2/3/8 Chairmanship, National Expenditure Committee, 1941-2
  • WHIP 2/3/9 Tory Reform Committee, 1943
  • WHIP 2/3/10 Women and the War Effort, 1942
 1941-5
WHIP 2/4 Ending of Coalition: Labour Comment on Formation of Coalition n.d.
WHIP 2/5 Party Meetings 1923-40


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