Colin Challen (MP) Archive

• CHN/1	Material relating to Colin Challen's issues of interest and activities with the Hull Free Press and other publishing Series
  	1930s-1990s
  	Includes research notes and other reference/research materials, correspondence, copies of publications by other authors. Relates to Challen's works: Civil Defence in Humberside (1981) - Hull Free Press. The Quarrelsome Quill (1984) - Voice In Defence of the Party: the secret state, the conservative party and dirty tricks (1996) - Medium. The Price of Power: Secret Funding of the Tory Party (1998) - Vision. Save as you travel - new directions in mutual ownership (1999) - Victory Press. Labour and pensioners (c.2000)

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• CHN/2	Material relating to Colin Challen's tenure as a local councillor in Kingston upon Hull Subfonds
  	1986-1993
  	Includes material relating to CHN/2/1 Hull North Constituency Labour Party; Hull City Labour Party; Hull District Labour Party CHN/2/2 Hull City Labour Group CHN/2/3 work as a councillor, including Beverley and Avenue Wards CHN/2/4 local elections & campaigns CHN/2/5 environmental issues CHN/2/6 Hull Campaign against the poll tax CHN/2/7 unitary status for Kingston upon Hull CHN/2/8 parliamentary candidacy for Beverley CHN/2/9 trades unions CHN/2/10 election flyers and general publicity

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• CHN/3	Material relating to Colin Challen's role as Regional Organiser for the Labour Party Series
  	1970s-2010s
  	Includes CHN/3/1 election campaign materials CHN/3/2 election cycle papers: West Hull, Leeds, Sheffield CHN/3/3 reports from Labour Cooperative Group; Yorkshire Regional Council Executive Committee; European Labour Party; individual Humberside and Yorkshire MEPs CHN/3/4 Leeds District Labour Party CHN/3/5 photographs of events in Leeds North (campaigning), Elmet (regional events) and York (photos of Staff - 1995) CHN/3/6 papers from Computing for Labour Group CHN/3/7 general work of the regional organiser

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• CHN/4	Records from Challen's time as MP for Morley and Rothwell Series
  	2001-2010
  	Variety of records dating from Challen's time as MP. Includes correspondence on various issues, material related to numerous elections from general to local, information about the Morley and Rothwell constituency and Challen's time there and the wider North Yorkshire County Council .

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• CHN/5	Material relating to Colin Challen's tenure as a local councillor in Scarborough Subfonds
  	1980s-2015
  	Includes material relating to CHN/5/1-3, 6 Scarborough and Whitby Constituency Labour Party and the Scarborough branch, and Challen's parliamentary candidacy in 2015 CHN/5/4 general work as a councillor CHN/5/5 election campaign for Council CHN/5/7 2014 European Parliamentary election CHN/5/8-9 publicity and other promotional material for Labour and opposition parties CHN/5/10 general campaigning notes

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• CHN/6	Leftwing publications collected by Colin Challen Series
  	1910s-2014
  	Includes (mostly incomplete) runs of the following publications CHN/LP/1 Campaigns and Elections Magazine CHN/LP/2 Civic Venom, a Magazine for Deep Greens CHN/LP/3 Class War CHN/LP/4 Democratic News CHN/LP/5 State Research CHN/LP/6 Leeds Labour Active (complete run) CHN/LP/7 The Leveller CHN/LP/8 Red Pepper CHN/LP/9 Labour Crisis CHN/LP/10 Statewatch (complete run) CHN/LP/11 Undercurrents CHN/LP/12 Other non-labour Publications

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• CHN/7	Central Labour Party Documents and Publications Item
  	1975-2014
  	This series includes central publications and nationally available magazines and publications gathered by Challen throughout his career. They relate to selection and election of candidates, the development of policy and campaigning, documents relating to the annual party conference and copies of journals and magazines that he collected during his political career.

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• CHN/8	Material from Yorkshire Constituency Labour Parties: Leeds Holbeck; Leeds NE; Vale of York; Also N Yorks County LP; Item
  	1920-2017
  	This section requires further detailed cataloguing, which will be carried out during 2020. The names of the constituencies, organisations and dates have not been cross-checked This is a temporary summary as at January 2019: Material from Leeds - Holbeck Constituency Labour party 1960s/1970s - 4 boxes North East Leeds Constituency Labour party/other Leeds 1970s-1990s - 6 boxes Leeds City Council -1 box Leeds Morley - 1 box General - 1 box Co-operative Party - 1 box Miscellaneous - 1 box North Yorks County Labour Party Records - 1985-2012 (see boxes 16 and 17 below) Vale of York CLP Accounts - 1994-2001 (see box 18 below) Box 16 - North Yorkshire County Labour Party: - Loose papers, 2005 - Local Government Committee minutes, 2003-2004 - Nominations for 2001 local elections, 2000 - Local Goverment Committee, c 1997-2001 - General Election 1997 financial records - Attendance register, 1985-1996 - Ringbinder labelled "Archive material from 1996", containing letters, minutes and documents, 1996-1998 Box 17 - North Yorkshire County Labour Party: - Local Goverment Committee, 2009-2012 - Thirsk and Malton documents, 2011 - Bundle with material for various local elections, 2013 - Folder with material for various local elections, 2009 - Ringbinder with nomiations for 2005 local elections, 2004 Box 18 - Vale of York Constituency Labour Party - CLP accounts 1994-1997 with campaign fund accounts 1996-1998 - CLP accounts, 1997-2003 - CLP consolidated accounts, 2000 - CLP accounts, 2001 - Material relating to membership and membership systems in the Vale of York, late 1990s

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• CHN/16	North Yorkshire County Labour Party Item
  	1985 - 2013
  	Variety documents from events and meetings including financial records, meeting minutes and attendance records, and promotional material for Labour Party candidates in various elections

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• CHN/17	Vale of York CLP Item
  	1994 - 2002
  	Detailed information about Labour Party National membership scheme and members, and financial records for Vale of York Constituency Labour Party

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