Typographical Association

Former trade union of the United Kingdom

Typographical AssociationPredecessor| National Typographical Association

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Merged into| National Graphical Association
Founded| 1848
Dissolved| 1964
Headquarters| Beechwood, Oak Drive, Fallowfield, Manchester
Location|

* United Kingdom and Ireland

Members

| 38,277 (1939)[1]
Publication| Typographical Circular
Affiliations| TUC, ITUC, P&KTF, IGF, Labour

The Typographical Association (TA) was a trade union representing typographers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

## History[edit]

The National Typographical Association collapsed in 1848, and delegates from across Yorkshire and Lancashire met at Angel Street in Sheffield to found the Provincial Typographical Association, intended to recreate the former Northern Typographical Union and to focus on paying benefits to members on strike. The union grew gradually from 481 members at the end of 1849 to 5,300 in 1877. In that year, it merged with a related relief association and dropped "Provincial" from its title.[citation needed]

Based in Manchester, the union focussed on demanding members serve a seven-year apprenticeship. In 1894, it began admitting women. In the 1910s, the Association established a branch in London, but the Trades Union Congress instituted arbitration which restricted it from a fifteen-mile radius of central London, the rival London Society of Compositors having rights to organise in the city.[citation needed]

By 1946, membership had reached 13,958.[2] In 1964, the Association merged with the London Typographical Society to create the National Graphical Association.[citation needed]

## Election results[edit]

The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in several Parliamentary elections, many of whom won election.

Election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position

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1906 general election | Norwich | George Henry Roberts | 11,059 | 37.5 | 1
1910 Jan general election | Norwich | George Henry Roberts | 11,159 | 28.7 | 2
1910 Dec general election | Norwich | George Henry Roberts | 10,003 | 35.8 | 2
1917 by-election | Norwich | George Henry Roberts | unopposed | N/A | 1
1918 general election | West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts | 11,572 | 54.0 | 1
1922 general election | Buckingham | Owen Connellan | 7,343 | 26.3 | 2
West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts | 14,210 | 50.6 | 1
1923 general election | West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts | 12,910 | 44.8 | 1
1924 general election | West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts | 15,384 | 51.6 | 1
1929 general election | West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts | 19,621 | 52.1 | 1[3]
1931 general election | West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts | 17,204 | 44.4 | 2[4]
1935 general election | Blackburn | George Henry Walker | 34,423 | 23.8 | 4[5]
West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts | 19,113 | 51.3 | 1[5]
1945 general election | Bristol South | William Wilkins | 24,929 | 58.8 | 1[6]
Rossendale | George Henry Walker | 15,741 | 43.6 | 1[6]
1950 general election | Bristol South | William Wilkins | 23,456 | 59.9 | 1[7]
Woodford | Seymour Hills | 18,740 | 30.0 | 2[7]
1951 general election | Bristol South | William Wilkins | 24,444 | 63.3 | 1[8]
1955 general election | Bristol South | William Wilkins | 24,954 | 64.1 | 1[9]
1959 general election | Bristol South | William Wilkins | 27,010 | 60.8 | 1[10]

In both the 1910 elections, Roberts was elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

## Leadership[edit]

### General Secretaries[edit]

1849: Josephus Speak
1865: Henry Roberts
1869: Henry Slatter
1897: Richard Hackett
1900: A. W. Jones
1900: Herbert Skinner
1934: John Fletcher
1942: Harry Riding
1955: F. C. Blackburn
1957: John Bonfield

### General Presidents[edit]

1852: William Dronfield
1855:
1886: Owen Connellan
1888: Daniel Bird
1889:
1891: Richard Hackett
1892:
1893: Richard Hackett
1897:
1899: O. Waddington
1902: H. Matthewman
1908: John H. Boothman
1913: Jimmy French
1934: Hugh Inglis
1949: F. C. Blackburn
1955: John Bonfield
1957: Fred Simmons

## References[edit]

* Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions
* Albert Edward Musson, The Typographical Association: Origins and History Up to 1949

Specific

1. ^ Musson, A. E. (1954). The Typographical Association. London: Oxford University Press. p. 351.
2. ^ Labour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, p.78
3. ^ "List of Labour Candidates and Election Results, May 30th, 1929". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 24–44. 1929.
4. ^ "List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, October 27, 1931". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 11–27. 1931.
5. ^ a b "List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, November 14, 1935". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 8–23. 1935.
6. ^ a b Labour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.232-248
7. ^ a b "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.
8. ^ "List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, 25th October, 1951". Report of the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 184–203. 1951.
9. ^ Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-275
10. ^ Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.179-201

## External links[edit]

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

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