Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers

British trade union

For the South African trade union, see Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers of South Africa.

AUBTW

Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers

Merged into| Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, Painters and Builders
Founded| 1921
Dissolved| 1971
Headquarters| Crescent Lane, Clapham Common
Location|

* United Kingdom

Members| 70,272 (1968)

Key people

| George Hicks (General Secretary), Luke Fawcett (General Secretary)
Affiliations| TUC, ITUC, Labour

The Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (AUBTW) was a British trade union.

## History

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The AUBTW was founded in 1921 when the Operative Society of Masons, Quarrymen and Allied Trades of England and Wales, the Operative Bricklayers' Society and the Manchester Unity of Operative Bricklayers' Society merged. It was joined by the Building and Monumental Workers' Association of Scotland in 1942, the National Builders' Labourers' and Constructional Workers' Society in 1952, the National Society of Street Masons, Paviors and Road Makers in 1966 and the Amalgamated Slaters', Tilers' and Roofing Operatives' Society in 1969.[1]

In 1971, the AUBTW merged with the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers to form the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, Painters and Builders.[1]

## Election results

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The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in several Parliamentary elections.[2][3]

Election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position

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1931 by-election | Woolwich East | George Hicks | 16,200 | 56.7 | 1[4]
1931 general election | Woolwich East | George Hicks | 16,658 | 50.9 | 1[5]
1935 general election | Woolwich East | George Hicks | 17,563 | 58.0 | 1[6]
1945 general election | Woolwich East | George Hicks | 18,983 | 70.4 | 1[7]
1950 general election | Portsmouth South | Leslie Merrion | 17,545 | 36.1 | 2[8]
1951 general election | Southend East | Leslie Merrion | 19,478 | 44.7 | 2[9]
1955 general election | Exeter | Leslie Merrion | 18,759 | 43.7 | 2[10]
1964 general election | Houghton-le-Spring | Thomas Urwin | 32,914 | 74.8 | 1[11]
1966 general election | Houghton-le-Spring | Thomas Urwin | 32,067 | 77.5 | 1[12]
1970 general election | Houghton-le-Spring | Thomas Urwin | 32,888 | 73.4 | 1[13]

## Leadership

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### General Secretaries

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1921: George Hicks
1941: Luke Fawcett
1951: George Lowthian

### Presidents

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1921: George Waddell
1934: Luke Fawcett
1942: Harry Adams
1953: Harry Weaver

## References

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1. ^ a b Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
2. ^ "List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, February 23rd, 1950". Annual Report of the Labour Party. 1950.
3. ^ Webster, Jack (2007). Jack Webster's Aberdeen. Birlinn. p. 200\. ISBN 1841584789.
4. ^ "Parliamentary by-elections". Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference: 16–28\. 1931.16-28&rft.date=1931&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Amalgamated+Union+of+Building+Trade+Workers" class="Z3988">
5. ^ "List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, October 27, 1931". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 11–27\. 1931.11-27&rft.date=1931&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Amalgamated+Union+of+Building+Trade+Workers" class="Z3988">
6. ^ "List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, November 14, 1935". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 8–23\. 1935.8-23&rft.date=1935&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Amalgamated+Union+of+Building+Trade+Workers" class="Z3988">
7. ^ Labour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.232-248
8. ^ "List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, February 23rd, 1950". Report of the Forty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 179–198\. 1950.179-198&rft.date=1950&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Amalgamated+Union+of+Building+Trade+Workers" class="Z3988">
9. ^ "List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, 25th October, 1951". Report of the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 184–203\. 1951.184-203&rft.date=1951&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Amalgamated+Union+of+Building+Trade+Workers" class="Z3988">
10. ^ Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-275
11. ^ Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.158-180
12. ^ Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.308-330
13. ^ Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.289-312

## External links

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* Catalogue of the AUBTW archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

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