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File containing press cuttings concerning Bedford local elections. Including: - Cutting entitled 'Highest election poll for years' concerning the 1945 Bedford Municipal Elections. Including pictures of Mr. H.M. Vincent, Mr. C. Wickings-Smith, Miss Daphne Joynson, Councillor A.L. Nicholls, P. Garnet Hall & Mr. R. Turner [6th Nov 1945]. - Cutting entitled 'Conservatives lose one seat to Labour' concerning the 1945 Bedford municipal elections. Including poll results for each Bedford Ward [Nov 1945]. - Cutting with a picture of Betty Matthews and a brief overview of her educational and political career to date [1945?]. - Cutting entitled 'Communist candidate for Bedford, Mrs Betty Matthews to fight at General Election' [9 May 1947]. - Cutting entitled 'Council election spotlight turns on Queen's Park, Labour disclaims understanding with Communists, Mr. Pritchard urges support for Conservative' [31 Oct 1947]. - Cutting concerning the Labour Party only putting 4 candidates forward for the 1947 Bedford Municipal Elections [4 Nov 1947]. - Front page of the Bedford Record and Circular with the title 'Conservatives win six out of seven council seats' concerning the 1947 Bedford Municipal Elections. Including pictures of the six conservative winners (Mr. L.H. Nicholson, Mr. C. Wickings-Smith, Mr. R. Turner, Mr. A. Phillimore, Mr. R.G. Gale, Mr. A.W. Sanders and Mr. R.A.H. Cooper), Mr. George Taylor [voting] and Mr. Richard Turner, poll results for each ward, and a further article entitled 'Mr. P. Pritchard's telegram causes split' concerning Mr. Pritchard's controversial move to support the conservative candidate in the Queen's Park Ward [4 Nov 1947]. - Cuttings from the 'letters to the editor page' of the Bedfordshire Standard. Letters sent from T.C. Skeffington-Lodge, T.W.H. Wood, L. Francis, Margaret Rogers, Walter Bass, H.E. White, E.J. Gascoyne, W. Brown and P. Masters and the topics mentioned include tributes to the retiring mayor J.A. Canvin, Mr. Pritchard's controversial move to support the conservative candidate in the Queen's Park Ward and general condemnation towards the Communist Party [7 Nov 1947]. - Cutting entitled 'Bedford returns six conservatives, Elections overshadowed by Labour Party Split' concerning the controversial 1947 Bedford Municipal Elections [7 Nov 1947]. - Cutting entitled 'Mr. Pritchards position' concerning his controversial move to support the conservatives in the Queens Park Ward election [11 Nov 1947]. - Cutting entitled 'Mr. Pritchard's promise, statement after mayor -making' concerning Mr. Pritchard's decision not to resign from the Labour Party [11 Nov 1947]. - Cutting entitled 'Mr. P.Pritchard remains Labour Chairman, statement after private party meeting'. Including the reasons why Mr. Pritchard decided to support the Conservative candidate in the 1947 Queen's Park Ward elections and his general views towards the Communist Party [14 Nov 1947]. - Cutting of a printed letter from Betty Matthews to the editor concerning Mr. Pritchard's recent support of the Conservative Candidate [21 Nov 1947]. - Cuttings from the 'letters to the editor page' concerning the 1947 Bedford Municipal Elections. Letters from F.P. Tinsley, June D. Brittain and H.M. Vincent [14 Nov 1947]. - Cutting entitled 'Mr. Matthews on Mr. Pritchard' concerning Mr. Matthew's views on the national and local direction of the Labour Party… 'The main reason for the Labour reverse in Bedford in the recent elections was the right wing policy of some National and local leaders of the Labour Party, who saw Communism as a greater threat than Toryism' [18 Nov 1947]. - Cutting entitled 'Undignified Acrobatics' concerning Mr. Pritchard's position as Chairman of the Divisional Labour Party [18 Nov 1947]. - Cutting entitled 'Mrs. Matthews challenges Mr. Pritchard, heated exchanges at Queen's Park Labour Rally' [9 Dec 1947]. - Cutting of a printed letter from Betty Matthews to the editor concerning the need for councillors to fulfil their responsibilities to the electorate [18 Mar 1949]. - Cutting concerning Mr. P. Pritchard's resignation from the Labour Party and his application for membership of the Conservative Party [1954].

1945 - 1954

From: 1945 To: 1954

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Vincent, H.M.,
Wickings-Smith, C.,
Joynson, Daphne,
Nicholls, A.L.,
Nicholls, Alfred Leonard,
Garnet Hall, P.,
Turner, R.,
Pritchard, Philip,
Nicholson, L.H.,
Phillimore, A.,
Gale, R.G.,
Sanders, A.W.,
Cooper, R.A.H.,
Taylor, George,
Skeffington-Lodge, Thomas Cecil,
Wood, T.W.H.,
Francis, L.,
Rogers, Margaret,
Bass, Walter,
White, H.E.,
Gascoyne, E.J.,
Brown, W.,
Masters, P.,
Canvin, J.A.,
Tinsley, F.P.,
Brittain, June D.

Labour Party, Tory, general politics, Bedford Record, editor, Bedfordshire Standard, Mayor, Bedford Queen's Park