LONDON ELECTIONS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/3606
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: LONDON ELECTIONS
Date(s)	: 1906-1907
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Various.

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The general election of 1906 was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906. It was won in a landslide victory by the Liberal Party under Henry Campbell-Bannerman.

The 1907 London County Council elections were won by the Municipal Reform Party, who were allied with the Conservative party.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Election literature and newspaper cuttings from the 1906 General Election, the 1907 London County Council election, and the 1906 borough elections.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

One volume.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Record found in the Search Room of the Greater London Record Office on 31 October 1984. It is labelled "LONDON ELECTIONS" on the spine, but has no other label or identifying marks. It has so far not been possible to discover to which collection it belongs.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The London County Council records held by London Metropolitan Archives include five volumes of L.C.C. election posters 1889-1913 (ref LCC/CL/COUN/2/41-45). J. Allen Baker, the Chairman of the L.C.C. Highways Committee, compiled a volume of newspaper cuttings relating to the Parliamentary elections of 1905 and 1906 and the L.C.C. elections of 1907. This is in the LMA library (ref 18.9 NEW).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
August to October 2010.