JH/POL/PARL/35 - [Conservative Party whips and organisation]

JH/POL/PARL/35

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[Conservative Party whips and organisation]

1954-1974
1990

98 items Mixed

Bell, Ronald Leslie, 1929-
Gilmour, Ian, 1926-
Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986
Home, Alec Douglas-Home,

Whips (politics)

Contains letters from friends and constituents congratulating JH on his appointment as assistant whip in 1959 and as opposition spokesman on education and science in 1965; notices of whip's meetings; press-cuttings relating to the work and role of whips; circulars from whips to MPs stressing the need for their attendance at particular divisions in the House of Commons; a copy of a letter from Ian Gilmour to Ronald Bell urging him not to interfere in fellow Conservative MPs constituencies; and papers and MS notes on party organisation and structure. The agenda of a Parliamentary Conservative Party meeting held on 11/11/63 to discuss Harold Macmillan's retirement and to elect Sir Alec Douglas-Home as new leader is also included.