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| name = TSSA
|location_country= [[United Kingdom]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| location_country = [[United Kingdom]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|affiliation = [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]], [[Irish Congress of Trade Unions|ICTU]], [[Scottish Trades Union Congress|STUC]], [[Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions|CSEU]], [[European Transport Workers' Federation|ETF]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/pages/member_unions |title=TULO’s member unions |access-date=2012-03-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311211534/http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/pages/member_unions |archive-date=2012-03-11 }}</ref>
| affiliation = [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]], [[Irish Congress of Trade Unions|ICTU]], [[Scottish Trades Union Congress|STUC]], [[Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions|CSEU]], [[European Transport Workers' Federation|ETF]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/pages/member_unions |title=TULO's member unions |access-date=2012-03-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311211534/http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/pages/member_unions |archive-date=2012-03-11 }}</ref>
| members = {{decrease}} 17,399 (2022)<ref name=AR21/>
|members = 17,856<ref name="assets.publishing.service.gov.uk">{{cite web |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/868169/376T_2018.pdf |title=Form AR21: Transport Salaried Staffs' Association |date=2018 |website=[[GOV.UK]]}}</ref>
|full_name = Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
| full_name = Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
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|image = TSSA logo.png
| image = TSSA logo.png
|founded = 1897
| founded = 1897
|dissolved =
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|merged =
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|headquarters = 2nd Floor, 17 Devonshire Square, [[London]] EC2M 4SQ
| headquarters = 2nd Floor, 17 Devonshire Square, [[London]] EC2M 4SQ
|key_people = [[Mick Carney]], president <br /> [[Manuel Cortes]], general secretary
| key_people = Marios Alexandrou, Interim President <br /> [[Maryam Eslamdoust]], General Secretary
|website = {{URL|http://www.tssa.org.uk/}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.tssa.org.uk/}}
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The '''Transport Salaried Staffs' Association''' ('''TSSA''') is a [[trade union]] for workers in the transport and travel industries in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. Its head office is in [[London]], and it has regional offices in [[Bristol]], [[Derby]], [[Dublin]], [[Manchester]], [[York]] and [[Glasgow]].
The '''Transport Salaried Staffs' Association''' ('''TSSA''') is a [[trade union]] for workers in the transport and travel industries in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. Its head office is in [[London]], and it has regional offices in [[Bristol]], [[Derby]], [[Dublin]], [[York]] and [[Glasgow]].


TSSA has approximately 17,856 members in the UK and Ireland.<ref name="assets.publishing.service.gov.uk"/> While principally a union for people in the [[railway]] industry, the effect of the [[nationalisation]] and subsequent [[privatisation]]s following the [[Second World War]] has meant that it has members working for railway companies, shipping companies, bus companies, travel agencies, airlines, call centres, and IT companies.
TSSA has approximately 18,000 members in the UK and Ireland.<ref name="assets.publishing.service.gov.uk">{{cite web |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1106466/378T_2021.pdf |title=Form AR21: Transport Salaried Staffs' Association |date=26 July 2023 |website=[[GOV.UK]]}}</ref> While principally a union for people in the [[railway]] industry, the effect of the [[nationalisation]] and subsequent [[privatisation]]s following the [[Second World War]] has meant that it has members working for railway companies, shipping companies, bus companies, travel agencies, airlines, call centres, and IT companies.


[[File:TSSA head office sign, Euston.jpg|thumb|right|TSSA's former headquarters]]
==Organisation==
[[File:TSSA head office sign, Euston.jpg|thumb|right|TSSA's former headquarters in London]]
Individual members are allocated to branches. Historically branches were organised geographically and by grade, e.g. ''Liverpool; Dublin No. 1; Crewe No. 4 Technical; Crewe Management Staffs'' (the separate branches for different grades of staff were so that people with grievances against their managers wouldn't find those same managers as members of their branch). In Ireland, branches are still organised on this basis, but in the UK starting in 1998 there was a reorganisation such that members of most branches are employed by a single company e.g. ''Virgin Midlands'' - this was required in the fragmented world of the privatised railway because the private companies would not allow access for non-employees onto their premises.

Branches are in turn allocated to divisions - there are 14 geographical divisions, plus one for London Transport. Each division has a Divisional Council which meets at least twice a year, and members in each division elect a member of the Executive Committee (EC). EC members are elected for a three-year term, subject to a maximum of two consecutive terms of office (but can stand again after 3 years off the committee). The Executive Committee meets approximately ten times a year in London and continuously during the four-day annual conference held each May. The EC is responsible for the efficient running of the union, the employment of staff (of whom there are about 70), the oversight of the union's finances, and the implementation of decisions of Annual Conference.

The Annual Conference is the supreme decision-making body of the union. Each branch may send one delegate to the Conference, unless a branch has more than 200 members, in which case it has two delegates. Each branch can submit two motions and two amendments to motions to the Conference Agenda, and once every five years can submit two amendments to the union's Rule Book.

Organisation in Ireland is slightly different. The whole of Ireland forms one Division. As trade union law in the Republic of Ireland forbids trade unions being run by people not resident on the island of Ireland, the EC and Annual Conference cannot directly control the association's activity in the republic as they do in Britain. Instead, the Irish Divisional Council is constituted as the Irish Committee and chaired by the EC member for Ireland, and it operates in a similar manner to the EC. There is a biennial Irish Conference of delegates from all the Irish branches, to set policy solely relating to Ireland. When Irish branches want the Annual Conference to do something, motions to Annual Conference are normally phrased as 'requests' that the Irish Committee consider doing something rather than as the more normal 'instructions' that the Executive Committee do something.


==History==
==History==
The union was founded in [[Sheffield]] in 1897 as the '''National Association of General Railway Clerks''', although it was a narrow decision to found the union. The railway companies were strongly opposed to trade unions and two earlier attempts to form a clerks' union had failed and, discouraged, the organisers decided by a majority of only one vote to try a third time - this time successfully. In 1899 it was renamed the '''Railway Clerks' Association''' ('''RCA'''), and in 1951 it adopted its current name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/chapter01.htm |title=Birth of the Union |access-date=2007-12-15 |author=Malcolm Wallace |year=1996 |work=Single or Return |publisher=TSSA |archive-date=8 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208070457/http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/chapter01.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The union was founded in [[Sheffield]] in 1897 as the '''National Association of General Railway Clerks''', although it was a narrow decision to found the union. The railway companies were strongly opposed to trade unions and two earlier attempts to form a clerks' union had failed and, discouraged, the organisers decided by a majority of only one vote to try a third time - this time successfully. In 1899 it was renamed the '''Railway Clerks' Association''' ('''RCA'''), and in 1951 it adopted its current name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/chapter01.htm |title=Birth of the Union |access-date=2007-12-15 |author=Malcolm Wallace |year=1996 |work=Single or Return |publisher=TSSA |archive-date=8 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208070457/http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/chapter01.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>


The union has been involved in at least one [[London Underground strike]], between 6 and 7 September 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.24dash.com/news/local_government/2010-09-06-safety-row-erupts-as-millions-prepare-for-tube-strike-travel-chaos#.U2UMEEPmZhE|title=Government Housing Resources|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503191228/http://www.24dash.com/news/local_government/2010-09-06-safety-row-erupts-as-millions-prepare-for-tube-strike-travel-chaos#.U2UMEEPmZhE|archive-date=3 May 2014|date=3 May 2014}}</ref>
The early years were difficult. The third General Secretary, John Stopford-Challener, shot himself in Paris's [[Bois de Boulogne]] in 1906; it was only after his suicide that it was discovered that he had absconded with the union's money. After this came the era of A.G. Walkden, who as General Secretary for 30 years led the union to the peak of its influence; the head office in London, built in the early 1960s, was named after him. The railway companies refused to recognise the trade unions until after the strike of 1919, but after that time membership rose steadily, to a peak of some 91,500 in the early 1950s. The subsequent closure of uneconomic railway lines, the ''[[Beeching axe]]'', and especially the computerisation of railway offices led to large scale reductions in the eligible membership. Membership was around 75,000 in 1970, 71,000 in 1980, and 39,000 in 1990. There was a rapid loss of around 25% of its membership in the mid to late 1990s because the grades of staff covered by the union were the ones hardest hit when [[British Rail]] was broken up from 1994 onwards; however the Executive Committee adopted a policy of seeking to vigorously recruit additional members particularly in those areas such as travel agencies which had not been the principal focus of the union in the past. This has led to more stable membership figures, including a small increase at the turn of the century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table58.htm |title=RCA/TSSA Branches & Membership |access-date=2007-12-15 |author=Malcolm Wallace |author2=Dave Hillam |orig-year=1996 |year=2003 |work=Single or Return |publisher=TSSA |archive-date=20 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020021618/http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table58.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The union has been involved in at least one [[London Underground strike]], between 6 and 7 September 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.24dash.com/news/local_government/2010-09-06-safety-row-erupts-as-millions-prepare-for-tube-strike-travel-chaos#.U2UMEEPmZhE|title=Government Housing Resources|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503191228/http://www.24dash.com/news/local_government/2010-09-06-safety-row-erupts-as-millions-prepare-for-tube-strike-travel-chaos#.U2UMEEPmZhE|archive-date=6 September 2010|date=3 May 2014}}</ref>

In July 2015, TSSA endorsed [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s [[2015 Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign|campaign]] in the [[2015 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|Labour Party leadership election]].<ref name="tssa">{{cite news|url=https://www.tssa.org.uk/en/whats-new/news/index.cfm/tssa-backs-jeremy-corbyn-for-labour-leader-and-angela-eagle-for-deputy|title=TSSA backs Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader and Angela Eagle for deputy|publisher=Transport Salaried Staffs' Association|date=30 July 2015|access-date=15 July 2017|archive-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112192559/https://www.tssa.org.uk/en/whats-new/news/index.cfm/tssa-backs-jeremy-corbyn-for-labour-leader-and-angela-eagle-for-deputy|url-status=dead}}</ref> TSSA [[National Political Officer]], [[Sam Tarry]] spearheaded [[2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|Corbyn's second leadership campaign]].<ref name=iaindale-20160924>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaindale.com/articles/the-top-100-people-on-the-left-list-2016 |title=The Top 100 People on the Left List 2016 |last=Dale |first=Ian |publisher=Ian Dale |date=24 September 2016 |access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref>

In 2018, preparatory work for the [[HS2]] railway meant that the TSSA had to vacate its head office since the 1960s, at Walkden House in Melton Street, adjacent to London's [[Euston Station]], and moved to a new head office in Devonshire Square, near [[Liverpool Street Station]].


In July 2015, TSSA endorsed [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s [[2015 Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign|campaign]] in the [[2015 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|Labour Party leadership election]].<ref name="tssa">{{cite news|url=https://www.tssa.org.uk/en/whats-new/news/index.cfm/tssa-backs-jeremy-corbyn-for-labour-leader-and-angela-eagle-for-deputy|title=TSSA backs Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader and Angela Eagle for deputy|publisher=Transport Salaried Staffs' Association|date=30 July 2015|access-date=15 July 2017|archive-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112192559/https://www.tssa.org.uk/en/whats-new/news/index.cfm/tssa-backs-jeremy-corbyn-for-labour-leader-and-angela-eagle-for-deputy|url-status=dead}}</ref> TSSA [[National Political Officer]], [[Sam Tarry]] spearheaded [[2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|Corbyn's second leadership campaign]].<ref name=iaindale-20160924>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaindale.com/articles/the-top-100-people-on-the-left-list-2016 |title=The Top 100 People on the Left List 2016 |publisher=Ian Dale |date=24 September 2016 |access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref>
In September 2021, TSSA announced that is talks in starting merging the union with the North American [[International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers|Boilermakers Union]] with the viewpoint of completing the merger by 1 July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TSSA enters a transatlantic merger talks first|url=https://www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-events/tssa-news/tssa-enters-a-transatlantic-merger-talks-first|access-date=2022-02-04|website=TSSA|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-09-24|title=Transport union TSSA in talks over merger with US counterpart|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-58677184|access-date=2022-02-04}}</ref> In January 2022, union representatives voted by 88% to agree to the merger,<ref>{{Cite web|title=TSSA workplace reps vote for merger|url=https://www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-events/tssa-news/tssa-workplace-reps-vote-for-merger|access-date=2022-02-04|website=TSSA|language=en}}</ref> the union would start to ballot members from 8 February 2022.


In September 2021, TSSA announced that it was in talks about merging the union with the North American [[International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers|Boilermakers Union]] with the viewpoint of completing the merger by 1 July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TSSA enters a transatlantic merger talks first|url=https://www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-events/tssa-news/tssa-enters-a-transatlantic-merger-talks-first|access-date=2022-02-04|website=TSSA|date=20 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-09-24|title=Transport union TSSA in talks over merger with US counterpart|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-58677184|access-date=2022-02-04}}</ref> In January 2022, union representatives voted by 88% to agree to the merger,<ref>{{Cite web|title=TSSA workplace reps vote for merger|url=https://www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-events/tssa-news/tssa-workplace-reps-vote-for-merger|access-date=2022-02-04|website=TSSA|date=31 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> however the Boilermakers withdrew from the merger later in the year.
In 2022, the union was granted an injunction on an employee who has accused Manuel Cortes, the general secretary of the TSSA of sexual harassment and of bullying by senior staff members. Cortes claims that he has no memory of the evening due to excessive drinking. The injunction forbids the woman from talking about the alleged harassment and bullying.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-10 |title=Union enforces NDA to stop woman repeating sexual harassment allegation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/10/union-enforces-nda-to-stop-woman-repeating-sexual-harassment-allegation |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>


In early 2022, the union was granted an injunction on an employee who has accused Manuel Cortes, the general secretary of the TSSA of sexual harassment and of bullying by senior staff members. Cortes claimed that he had no memory of the evening due to excessive drinking. The injunction forbade the woman from talking about the alleged harassment and bullying.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-10 |title=Union enforces NDA to stop woman repeating sexual harassment allegation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/10/union-enforces-nda-to-stop-woman-repeating-sexual-harassment-allegation |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Later that year an inquiry was opened into the union, led by [[Helena Kennedy]] KC, to examine allegations of sexual harassment and bullying towards women within the union,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Syal |first1=Rajeev |last2=editor |first2=Rajeev Syal Home affairs |date=2022-09-21 |title=Inquiry launched into alleged sexual harassment by union leader |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/21/tuc-launches-inquiry-into-alleged-sexual-harassment-by-union-leader |access-date=2023-02-08 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> with Manuel Cortes resigning with immediate effect a month later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Retirement of TSSA General Secretary |url=https://www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-events/tssa-news/retirement-of-tssa-general-secretary |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=TSSA |date=26 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The Kennedy inquiry reported in February 2023 that the union had seen a culture of sexual harassment and sexual assault over the course of several years along with coercive behaviour. Kennedy called for several senior leaders of the union to resign and that external auditors should be brought in to examine the union's finances.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Syal |first1=Rajeev |last2=editor |first2=Rajeev Syal Home affairs |date=2023-02-08 |title=Damning report uncovers years of sexual harassment at transport union |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/08/damning-report-uncovers-years-of-sexual-harassment-at-transport-union |access-date=2023-02-08 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> An earlier critical report which concluded that equality, diversity and inclusion objectives were not being met was not made public until February 2023.<ref name=novara-20230222>{{cite news |url=https://novaramedia.com/2023/02/22/trade-union-accused-of-sitting-on-report-into-toxic-culture/ |title=Trade Union Accused of Sitting on Report Into 'Toxic' Culture |last=Smythe |first=Polly |website=Novara Media |date=22 February 2023 |access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=tssa-20220813>{{cite web |url=https://assets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com/81b3452f-5056-01c8-b2c8-1c901bd27e20/8d35025d-cbb2-4f1e-bf39-485fb98a8e63/TSSA%20Equality%20Research%20Report%20Final%20.pdf |title=Equality Policy and Practice in the TSSA |last1=Conley |first1=Hazel |last2=Gasparri |first2=Stefano |website=TSSA |date=13 August 2022 |access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref>
==Election results==
From 1918 until 1992, the union sponsored a large number of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidates, many of whom won election.


In May 2023 TSSA members elected a new President, Melissa Heywood, and Treasurer, Mary Sithole.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-24 |title=TSSA elects Women President and Treasurer in "historic" first. |url=https://www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-events/tssa-news/tssa-elects-women-president-and-treasurer-in-historic-first |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=TSSA |language=en}}</ref> This was the first time TSSA had elected women to both National Officer positions at the same time. Later in 2023 TSSA members elected a new General Secretary, [[Maryam Eslamdoust]], who was the first woman and the first person of colour to hold the post.<ref name="PHI">{{cite web |last1=Rodgers |first1=Sienna |title='A fresh start': TSSA's new general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust |url=https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/a-fresh-start-tssas-new-general-secretary-maryam-eslamdoust |website=Politics Home |access-date=2 December 2023 |date=22 November 2022 |archive-date=1 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201115131/https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/a-fresh-start-tssas-new-general-secretary-maryam-eslamdoust |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MEES"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election !! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! % share !! Position
|-
| rowspan=6 | [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918 general election]] || [[Enfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Enfield]] || {{sortname|William E.|Hill|nolink=1}} || 6,176 || 37.5 || 2<ref name="rca130">{{cite book |last1=Wallace |first1=Malcolm |title=Single or return |date=1996 |publisher=Transport Salaried Staffs' Association |page=130}}</ref>
|-
| [[Manchester Blackley (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Blackley]] || {{sortname|Arnold|Townend}} || 3,659 || 25.0 || 2<ref name="rca130" />
|-
| [[St Pancras South East (UK Parliament constituency)|St Pancras South East]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Romeril}} || 2,189 || 16.9 || 4<ref name="rca130" />
|-
| [[Watford (UK Parliament constituency)|Watford]] || {{sortname|George|Lathan}} || 4,952 || 25.4 || 2<ref name="rca130" />
|-
| [[Wolverhampton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton West]] || {{sortname|Alexander|Walkden}} || 10,158 || 42.2 || 2<ref name="rca130" />
|-
| [[York (UK Parliament constituency)|York]] || {{sortname|Thomas Harry|Gill}} || 4,822 || 18.0 || 3<ref name="rca130" />
|-
| [[1922 Wolverhampton West by-election|1922 by-election]] || [[Wolverhampton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton West]] || {{sortname|Alexander|Walkden}} || 13,799 || 45.1 || 2<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wallace |first1=Malcolm |title=Single or return |date=1996 |publisher=Transport Salaried Staffs' Association |pages=194–195}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922 general election]] || [[Bolton (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolton]] || {{sortname|Samuel|Lomax|Samuel Lomax (politician)}} || 20,559 || 16.1 || 3<ref name="rca162">{{cite book |last1=Wallace |first1=Malcolm |title=Single or return |date=1996 |publisher=Transport Salaried Staffs' Association |pages=162–165}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cirencester and Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Cirencester and Tewkesbury]] || {{sortname|William Robert|Robins}} || 9,195 || 35.8 || 2<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| [[Enfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Enfield]] || {{sortname|George|Lathan}} || 9,820 || 45.6 || 2<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]] || {{sortname|Frank|Anderson|Frank Anderson (politician)}} || 7,698 || 27.1 || 2<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| [[Manchester Blackley (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Blackley]] || {{sortname|Arnold|Townend}} || 5,580 || 26.8 || 3<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| [[St Pancras South East (UK Parliament constituency)|St Pancras South East]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Romeril}} || 5,609 || 30.5 || 2<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| [[Wolverhampton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton West]] || {{sortname|Alexander|Walkden}} || 15,190 || 46.1 || 2<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| [[York (UK Parliament constituency)|York]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Gill|Thomas Gill (Labour politician)}} || 10,106 || 29.6 || 2<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| rowspan=5 | [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923 general election]] || [[Cirencester and Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Cirencester and Tewkesbury]] || {{sortname|William Robert|Robins}} || 7,849 || 33.8 || 2<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]] || {{sortname|Frank|Anderson|Frank Anderson (politician)}} || 5,684 || 20.8 || 3<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| [[St Pancras South East (UK Parliament constituency)|St Pancras South East]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Romeril}} || 7,866 || 41.6 || 1<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| [[Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Park]] || {{sortname|George|Lathan}} || 9,050 || 39.4 || 2<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| [[Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockport]] || {{sortname|Arnold|Townend}} || 16,340 || 18.0 || 5<ref name="rca162" />
|-
| rowspan=7 | [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924 general election]] || [[Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackburn]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Gill|Thomas Gill (Labour politician)}} || 24,317 || 21.8 || 4<ref name="guardian24">{{cite news |title=Labour's candidates |work=Manchester Guardian |date=11 October 1924}}</ref>
|-
| [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]] || {{sortname|George|Mathers|George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers}} || 9,603 || 33.1 || 2<ref name="guardian24" />
|-
| [[Forfarshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Forfarshire]] || {{sortname|Charles|Gallie}} || 3,736 || 22.9 || 3<ref name="guardian24" />
|-
| [[Heywood and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)|Heywood and Radcliffe]] || {{sortname|Alexander|Walkden}} || 15,307 || 44.4 || 2<ref name="guardian24" />
|-
| [[St Pancras South East (UK Parliament constituency)|St Pancras South East]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Romeril}} || 10,463 || 45.5 || 2<ref name="guardian24" />
|-
| [[Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Park]] || {{sortname|George|Lathan}} || 11,576 || 45.2 || 2<ref name="guardian24" />
|-
| [[Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockport]] || {{sortname|Arnold|Townend}} || 21,986 || 24.8 || 3<ref name="guardian24" />
|-
| [[1925 Stockport by-election|1925 by-election]] || [[Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockport]] || {{sortname|Arnold|Townend}} || 20,219 || 36.5 || 1<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wallace |first1=Malcolm |title=Single or return |date=1996 |publisher=Transport Salaried Staffs' Association |page=165}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929 general election]] || [[Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackburn]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Gill|Thomas Gill (Labour politician)}} || 35,723 || 25.0 || 2<ref name="lab29">{{cite journal |title=List of Labour Candidates and Election Results, May 30th, 1929| journal=Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party |date=1929 |pages=24–44}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bristol South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South]] || {{sortname|Alexander|Walkden|Alexander Walkden, 1st Baron Walkden}} || 23,591 || 56.5 || 1<ref name="lab29" />
|-
| [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]] || {{sortname|George|Mathers|George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers}} || 15,795 || 38.6 || 1<ref name="lab29" />
|-
| [[Forfarshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Forfarshire]] || {{sortname|Charles|Gallie}} || 5,257 || 25.0 || 3<ref name="lab29" />
|-
| [[Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney Central]] || {{sortname|Frederick Charles|Watkins}} || 12,462 || 37.3 || 1<ref name="lab29" />
|-
| [[St Pancras South East (UK Parliament constituency)|St Pancras South East]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Romeril}} || 13,173 || 47.9 || 1<ref name="lab29" />
|-
| [[Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Park]] || {{sortname|George|Lathan}} || 20,304 || 51.4 || 1<ref name="lab29" />
|-
| [[Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockport]] || {{sortname|Arnold|Townend}} || 30,955 || 27.4 || 1<ref name="lab29" />
|-
| rowspan=7 | [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931 general election]] || [[Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackburn]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Gill|Thomas Gill (Labour politician)}} || 25,030 || 16.6 || 4<ref name="lab31">{{cite journal |title=List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, October 27, 1931|journal=Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party |date=1931 |pages=11–27}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bristol South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South]] || {{sortname|Alexander|Walkden}} || 17,174 || 39.1 || 2<ref name="lab31" />
|-
| [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]] || {{sortname|George|Mathers|George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers}} || 12,704 || 28.8 || 2<ref name="lab31" />
|-
| [[Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney Central]] || {{sortname|Fred|Watkins|Fred Watkins (politician)}} || 9,295 || 28.5 || 2<ref name="lab31" />
|-
| [[St Pancras South East (UK Parliament constituency)|St Pancras South East]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Romeril}} || 8,684 || 32.1 || 2<ref name="lab31" />
|-
| [[Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Park]] || {{sortname|George|Lathan}} || 15,783 || 37.4 || 2<ref name="lab31" />
|-
| [[Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockport]] || {{sortname|Arnold|Townend}} || 23,350 || 17.0 || 3<ref name="lab31" />
|-
| rowspan=10 | [[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935 general election]] || [[Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)|Ashton-under-Lyne]] || {{sortname|Fred|Simpson|Fred Simpson (politician)}} || 14,140 || 50.2 || 1<ref name="lab35">{{cite journal |title=List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, November 14, 1935 |journal=Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party |date=1935 |pages=8–23}}</ref>
|-
| [[Battersea South (UK Parliament constituency)|Battersea South]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Romeril}} || 15,821 || 42.7 || 2<ref name="lab35" />
|-
| [[Bristol South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South]] || {{sortname|Alexander|Walkden}} || 22,586 || 50.4 || 1<ref name="lab35" />
|-
| [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]] || {{sortname|Arnold|Townend}} || 13,956 || 41.0 || 2<ref name="lab35" />
|-
| [[East Ham North (UK Parliament constituency)|East Ham North]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Burden|Thomas Burden, 1st Baron Burden}} || 14,762 || 49.1 || 2<ref name="lab35" />
|-
| [[Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney Central]] || {{sortname|Fred|Watkins|Fred Watkins (politician)}} || 15,322 || 51.6 || 1<ref name="lab35" />
|-
| [[Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)|Halifax]] || {{sortname|Arthur|Longbottom|Arthur Longbottom (politician)}} || 21,471 || 39.5 || 2<ref name="lab35" />
|-
| [[Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Linlithgowshire]] || {{sortname|George|Mathers|George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers}} || 20,905 || 54.1 || 1<ref name="lab35" />
|-
| [[Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Park]] || {{sortname|George|Lathan}} || 21,153 || 51.5 || 1<ref name="lab35" />
|-
| [[Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency)|Whitehaven]] || {{sortname|Frank|Anderson|Frank Anderson (UK politician)}} || 14,794 || 48.9 || 1<ref name="lab35" />
|-
| [[1936 Clay Cross by-election|1936 by-election]] || [[Clay Cross (UK Parliament constituency)|Clay Cross]] || {{sortname|George|Ridley|George Ridley (Labour politician)}} || 24,290 || 75.1 || 1<ref name="37by">{{cite journal |title=Parliamentary by-elections |journal=Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference |date=1937 |pages=38–45}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=9 | [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]] || [[Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney Central]] || {{sortname|Henry|Hynd}} || 14,810 || 67.2 || 1<ref name="lab45">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 232-248.</ref>
|-
| [[Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington North]] || {{sortname|George|Rogers|George Rogers (British politician)}} || 16,838 || 56.6 || 1<ref name="lab45" />
|-
| [[Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Linlithgowshire]] || {{sortname|George|Mathers|George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers}} || 24,762 || 64.1 || 1<ref name="lab45" />
|-
| [[Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Walton]] || {{sortname|James|Haworth}} || 18,385 || 43.6 || 1<ref name="lab45" />
|-
| [[South East Essex (UK Parliament constituency)|South East Essex]] || {{sortname|Ray|Gunter}} || 25,581 || 53.8 || 1<ref name="lab45" />
|-
| [[Sowerby (UK Parliament constituency)|Sowerby]] || {{sortname|John|Belcher|John Belcher (politician)}} || 17,710 || 50.8 || 1<ref name="lab45" />
|-
| [[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]] || {{sortname|Percy|Morris}} || 18,098 || 58.0 || 1<ref name="lab45" />
|-
| [[Wellingborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Wellingborough]] || {{sortname|George|Lindgren|George Lindgren, Baron Lindgren}} || 22,416 || 57.7 || 1<ref name="lab45" />
|-
| [[Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency)|Whitehaven]] || {{sortname|Frank|Anderson|Frank Anderson (UK politician)}} || 18,568 || 61.1 || 1<ref name="lab45" />
|-
| rowspan=11 | [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950 general election]] || [[Accrington (UK Parliament constituency)|Accrington]] || {{sortname|Henry|Hynd}} || 23,295 || 48.8 || 1<ref name="lab50">{{cite journal |title=List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, February 23rd, 1950 |journal=Report of the Forty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party |date=1950 |pages=179–198}}</ref>
|-
| [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]] || {{sortname|Alex|Hargreaves}} || 19,031 || 46.5 || 1<ref name="lab50" />
|-
| [[Doncaster (UK Parliament constituency)|Doncaster]] || {{sortname|Ray|Gunter}} || 24,449 || 50.9 || 1<ref name="lab50" />
|-
| [[Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington North]] || {{sortname|George|Rogers|George Rogers (British politician)}} || 21,615 || 50.7 || 1<ref name="lab50" />
|-
| [[Lanark (UK Parliament constituency)|Lanark]] || {{sortname|Tom|Steele}} || 19,205 || 49.1 || 2<ref name="lab50" />
|-
| [[Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Walton]] || {{sortname|James|Haworth}} || 21,983 || 41.4 || 2<ref name="lab50" />
|-
| [[Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Pudsey]] || {{sortname|Geoffrey|Collings}} || 18,205 || 41.2 || 2<ref name="lab50" />
|-
| [[Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutland and Stamford]] || {{sortname|Tom|Bradley|Tom Bradley (British politician)}} || 13,712 || 41.3 || 2<ref name="lab50" />
|-
| [[Stoke on Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)|Stoke on Trent North]] || {{sortname|Albert|Davies|Albert Davies (politician)}} || 36,896 || 71.6 || 1<ref name="lab50" />
|-
| [[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]] || {{sortname|Percy|Morris}} || 26,273 || 53.8 || 1<ref name="lab50" />
|-
| [[Wellingborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Wellingborough]] || {{sortname|George|Lindgren|George Lindgren, Baron Lindgren}} || 21,640 || 47.1 || 1<ref name="lab50" />
|-
| [[1950 West Dunbartonshire by-election|1950 by-election]] || [[West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dunbartonshire]] || {{sortname|Tom|Steele}} || 20,367 || 50.4 || 1
|-
| rowspan=11 | [[1951 United Kingdom general election|1951 general election]] || [[Accrington (UK Parliament constituency)|Accrington]] || {{sortname|Henry|Hynd}} || 24,802 || 52.3 || 1<ref name="lab51">{{cite journal |title=List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, 25th October, 1951 |journal=Report of the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Labour Party |date=1951 |pages=184–203}}</ref>
|-
| [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]] || {{sortname|Alex|Hargreaves}} || 19,648 || 46.8 || 1<ref name="lab51" />
|-
| [[Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelmsford]] || {{sortname|James|Haworth}} || 23,775 || 45.0 || 2<ref name="lab51" />
|-
| [[Doncaster (UK Parliament constituency)|Doncaster]] || {{sortname|Ray|Gunter}} || 24,621 || 49.6 || 2<ref name="lab51" />
|-
| [[Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington North]] || {{sortname|George|Rogers|George Rogers (British politician)}} || 22,686 || 53.0 || 1<ref name="lab51" />
|-
| [[Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Pudsey]] || {{sortname|Geoffrey|Collings}} || 20,782 || 46.3 || 2<ref name="lab51" />
|-
| [[Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutland and Stamford]] || {{sortname|Tom|Bradley|Tom Bradley (British politician)}} || 15,127 || 45.9 || 2<ref name="lab51" />
|-
| [[Stoke on Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)|Stoke on Trent North]] || {{sortname|Albert|Davies|Albert Davies (politician)}} || 36,692 || 71.4 || 1<ref name="lab51" />
|-
| [[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]] || {{sortname|Percy|Morris}} || 26,061 || 52.2 || 1<ref name="lab51" />
|-
| [[Wellingborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Wellingborough]] || {{sortname|George|Lindgren|George Lindgren, Baron Lindgren}} || 24,113 || 52.4 || 1<ref name="lab51" />
|-
| [[West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dunbartonshire]] || {{sortname|Tom|Steele}} || 21,799 || 51.3 || 1<ref name="lab51" />
|-
| rowspan=10 | [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955 general election]] || [[Accrington (UK Parliament constituency)|Accrington]] || {{sortname|Henry|Hynd}} || 22,502 || 51.5 || 1<ref name="lab55">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 255–275.</ref>
|-
| [[Bolton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolton West]] || {{sortname|James|Haworth}} || 20,014 || 44.6 || 2<ref name="lab55" />
|-
| [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]] || {{sortname|Alex|Hargreaves}} || 19,701 || 49.5 || 2<ref name="lab55" />
|-
| [[Doncaster (UK Parliament constituency)|Doncaster]] || {{sortname|Ray|Gunter}} || 22,938 || 48.3 || 2<ref name="lab55" />
|-
| [[Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington North]] || {{sortname|George|Rogers|George Rogers (British politician)}} || 20,226 || 53.9 || 1<ref name="lab55" />
|-
| [[Oldham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham East]] || {{sortname|Charles|Mapp}} || 18,805 || 43.2 || 2<ref name="lab55" />
|-
| [[Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutland and Stamford]] || {{sortname|Tom|Bradley|Tom Bradley (British politician)}} || 14,856 || 45.7 || 2<ref name="lab55" />
|-
| [[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]] || {{sortname|Percy|Morris}} || 22,647 || 51.2 || 1<ref name="lab55" />
|-
| [[Wellingborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Wellingborough]] || {{sortname|George|Lindgren|George Lindgren, Baron Lindgren}} || 22,745 || 51.0 || 1<ref name="lab55" />
|-
| [[West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dunbartonshire]] || {{sortname|Tom|Steele}} || 21,854 || 52.3 || 1<ref name="lab55" />
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959 general election]] || [[Accrington (UK Parliament constituency)|Accrington]] || {{sortname|Henry|Hynd}} || 22,242 || 50.7 || 1<ref name="lab59">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 179–201.</ref>
|-
| [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]] || {{sortname|Alex|Hargreaves}} || 19,950 || 47.6 || 2<ref name="lab59" />
|-
| [[Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington North]] || {{sortname|George|Rogers|George Rogers (British politician)}} || 14,925 || 42.8 || 1<ref name="lab59" />
|-
| [[Oldham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham East]] || {{sortname|Charles|Mapp}} || 19,329 || 44.4 || 1<ref name="lab59" />
|-
| [[Preston South (UK Parliament constituency)|Preston South]] || {{sortname|Tom|Bradley|Tom Bradley (British politician)}} || 18,935 || 46.3 || 2<ref name="lab59" />
|-
| [[Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark]] || {{sortname|Ray|Gunter}} || 25,036 || 64.0 || 1<ref name="lab59" />
|-
| [[Wellingborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Wellingborough]] || {{sortname|George|Lindgren|George Lindgren, Baron Lindgren}} || 22,358 || 49.3 || 2<ref name="lab59" />
|-
| [[West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dunbartonshire]] || {{sortname|Tom|Steele}} || 22,105 || 52.5 || 1<ref name="lab59" />
|-
| [[1962 Leicester North East by-election|1962 by-election]] || [[Leicester North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester North East]] || {{sortname|Tom|Bradley|Tom Bradley (British politician)}} || 11,274 || 41.5 || 1
|-
| rowspan=7 | [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964 general election]] || [[Accrington (UK Parliament constituency)|Accrington]] || {{sortname|Henry|Hynd}} || 20,561 || 49.7 || 1<ref name="lab64">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 158–180.</ref>
|-
| [[Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington North]] || {{sortname|George|Rogers|George Rogers (British politician)}} || 15,283 || 49.5 || 1<ref name="lab64" />
|-
| [[Leicester North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester North East]] || {{sortname|Tom|Bradley|Tom Bradley (British politician)}} || 15,494 || 46.4 || 1<ref name="lab64" />
|-
| [[Oldham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham East]] || {{sortname|Charles|Mapp}} || 18,112 || 45.4 || 1<ref name="lab64" />
|-
| [[Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark]] || {{sortname|Ray|Gunter}} || 22,426 || 68.8 || 1<ref name="lab64" />
|-
| [[Wellingborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Wellingborough]] || {{sortname|Harry|Howarth}} || 19,592 || 42.3 || 1<ref name="lab64" />
|-
| [[West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dunbartonshire]] || {{sortname|Tom|Steele}} || 21,079 || 50.8 || 1<ref name="lab64" />
|-
| rowspan=5 | [[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966 general election]] || [[Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington North]] || {{sortname|George|Rogers|George Rogers (British politician)}} || 16,012 || 54.8 || 1<ref name="lab66">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 308–330.</ref>
|-
| [[Leicester North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester North East]] || {{sortname|Tom|Bradley|Tom Bradley (British politician)}} || 17,007 || 54.0 || 1<ref name="lab66" />
|-
| [[Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark]] || {{sortname|Ray|Gunter}} || 21,855 || 73.6 || 1<ref name="lab66" />
|-
| [[Wellingborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Wellingborough]] || {{sortname|Harry|Howarth}} || 24,705 || 52.4 || 1<ref name="lab66" />
|-
| [[West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dunbartonshire]] || {{sortname|Tom|Steele}} || 21,636 || 52.3 || 1<ref name="lab66" />
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970 general election]] || [[Derby South (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby South]] || {{sortname|Walter|Johnson|Walter Johnson (UK politician)}} || 19,407 || 54.4 || 1<ref name="lab70">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 289–312.</ref>
|-
| [[Leeds South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South East]] || {{sortname|Stan|Cohen|Stan Cohen (politician)}} || 10,930 || 62.7 || 1<ref name="lab70" />
|-
| [[Leicester North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester North East]] || {{sortname|Tom|Bradley|Tom Bradley (British politician)}} || 15,016 || 48.8 || 1<ref name="lab70" />
|-
| [[Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark]] || {{sortname|Ray|Gunter}} || 16,834 || 67.3 || 1<ref name="lab70" />
|-
| rowspan=5 | [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|Feb 1974 general election]] || [[Croydon Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Croydon Central]] || {{sortname|Richard|Rosser}} || 20,039 || 38.0 || 2<ref name="labfeb74">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 371–390.</ref>
|-
| [[Derby South (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby South]] || {{sortname|Walter|Johnson|Walter Johnson (UK politician)}} || 26,613 || 47.4 || 1<ref name="labfeb74" />
|-
| [[Hendon South (UK Parliament constituency)|Hendon South]] || {{sortname|Richard|Hadley|nolink=1}} || 11,088 || 27.7 || 3<ref name="labfeb74" />
|-
| [[Leeds South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South East]] || {{sortname|Stan|Cohen|Stan Cohen (politician)}} || 17,827 || 53.1 || 1<ref name="labfeb74" />
|-
| [[Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester East]] || {{sortname|Tom|Bradley|Tom Bradley (British politician)}} || 23,474 || 47.7 || 1<ref name="labfeb74" />
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|Oct 1974 general election]] || [[Derby South (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby South]] || {{sortname|Walter|Johnson|Walter Johnson (UK politician)}} || 26,342 || 51.0 || 1<ref name="laboct74">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 391–411.</ref>
|-
| [[Hendon South (UK Parliament constituency)|Hendon South]] || {{sortname|Richard|Hadley|nolink=1}} || 11,903 || 32.9 || 2<ref name="laboct74" />
|-
| [[Leeds South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South East]] || {{sortname|Stan|Cohen|Stan Cohen (politician)}} || 17,160 || 61.2 || 1<ref name="laboct74" />
|-
| [[Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester East]] || {{sortname|Tom|Bradley|Tom Bradley (British politician)}} || 20,688 || 44.8 || 1<ref name="laboct74" />
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979 general election]] || [[Derby South (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby South]] || {{sortname|Walter|Johnson|Walter Johnson (UK politician)}} || 26,945 || 50.0 || 1<ref name="lab79">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Seventy-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 406–431.</ref>
|-
| [[Leeds South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South East]] || {{sortname|Stan|Cohen|Stan Cohen (politician)}} || 15,921 || 56.3 || 1<ref name="lab79" />
|-
| [[Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester East]] || {{sortname|Tom|Bradley|Tom Bradley (British politician)}} || 23,844 || 46.9 || 1<ref name="lab79" />
|-
| [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]] || [[South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Derbyshire]] || {{sortname|Peter|Kent|nolink=1}} || 17,296 || 29.2 || 2<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wallace |first1=Malcolm |title=Single or return |date=1996 |publisher=Transport Salaried Staffs' Association |pages=445–446}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987 general election]] || [[East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)|East Lothian]] || {{sortname|John Home|Robertson}} || 24,583 || 48.0 || 1<ref name="rca470">{{cite book |last1=Wallace |first1=Malcolm |title=Single or return |date=1996 |publisher=Transport Salaried Staffs' Association |page=470}}</ref>
|-
| [[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]] || {{sortname|Alan|Williams|Alan Williams (Swansea West MP)}} || 22,089 || 48.5 || 1<ref name="rca470" />
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 general election]] || [[East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)|East Lothian]] || {{sortname|John Home|Robertson}} || 25,537 || 46.5 || 1<ref name="rca470" />
|-
| [[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]] || {{sortname|Alan|Williams|Alan Williams (Swansea West MP)}} || 23,238 || 53.0 || 1<ref name="rca470" />
|}


==Office holders==
==Office holders==
===General Secretaries===
===General Secretaries===
[[File:Manuel Cortes, 2016 Labour Party Conference.jpg|thumb|Manuel Cortes, General Secretary since 2011, speaking at the 2016 [[Labour Party Conference]]]]
[[File:Peter Pendle.jpg|thumb|Peter Pendle, Joint Interim General Secretary, standing in TSSA Headquarters, 2023.]]
:1897: [[Charles Bassett-Vincent]]<ref name="gensec">{{cite web |url=http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table40.htm |title=General Secretaries of the Association |access-date=2007-12-15 |author=Malcolm Wallace |author2=Dave Hillam |orig-year=1996 |year=2003 |work=Single or Return |publisher=TSSA |archive-date=20 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020021710/http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table40.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
:1897: [[Charles Bassett-Vincent]]<ref name="gensec">{{cite web |url=http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table40.htm |title=General Secretaries of the Association |access-date=2007-12-15 |author=Malcolm Wallace |author2=Dave Hillam |orig-year=1996 |year=2003 |work=Single or Return |publisher=TSSA |archive-date=20 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020021710/http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table40.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
:1898: John Hereford<ref name="gensec" />
:1898: John Hereford<ref name="gensec" />
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:2004: [[Gerry Doherty]]
:2004: [[Gerry Doherty]]
:2011: [[Manuel Cortes]]<ref name=gc-20161202>{{cite news |url=http://chronicle.gi/2016/12/gibraltarian-wins-second-term-at-head-of-uk-transport-union/ |title=Gibraltarian wins second term at head of UK transport union |newspaper=Gibraltar Chronicle |date=2 December 2016 |access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>
:2011: [[Manuel Cortes]]<ref name=gc-20161202>{{cite news |url=http://chronicle.gi/2016/12/gibraltarian-wins-second-term-at-head-of-uk-transport-union/ |title=Gibraltarian wins second term at head of UK transport union |newspaper=Gibraltar Chronicle |date=2 December 2016 |access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>
:2022: Frank Ward (acting)
:2023: Peter Pendle (Interim Joint General Secretary)<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Pendle appointed Interim (joint) General Secretary |url=https://www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-events/tssa-news/peter-pendle-appointed-interim-joint-general-secretary |website=TSSA |date=6 March 2023}}</ref>
:2023: [[Maryam Eslamdoust]]<ref name="MEES">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Alan |title=Transport union elects its first female general secretary |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/transport-union-elects-its-first-female-general-secretary-b1112601.html |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |date=10 October 2023}}</ref>


===Presidents===
===Presidents===
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:2005: [[Andy Bain]]
:2005: [[Andy Bain]]
:2011: [[Harriet Yeo]]
:2011: [[Harriet Yeo]]
:2013: [[Mick Carney]]
:2013: Mick Carney
:2023: [https://www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-events/tssa-news/take-a-train-journey-tssa-president-s-challenge-to-rishi-sunak Marios Alexandrou]
:2023: [https://www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-events/tssa-news/tssa-elects-women-president-and-treasurer-in-historic-first Melissa Heywood]


===Treasurers===
===Treasurers===
Until 1906 the General Secretary also controlled the unions' funds. John Stopford-Challener's embezzlement proved that this was an unwise arrangement and the office of National Treasurer was then instituted.
:1906: J. M. Roberts<ref name="treasurers">{{cite web |url=http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table42.htm |title=Treasurers of the Association |access-date=2007-12-15 |author=Malcolm Wallace |author2=Dave Hillam |orig-year=1996 |year=2003 |work=Single or Return |publisher=TSSA |archive-date=20 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020021516/http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table42.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
:1906: J. M. Roberts<ref name="treasurers">{{cite web |url=http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table42.htm |title=Treasurers of the Association |access-date=2007-12-15 |author=Malcolm Wallace |author2=Dave Hillam |orig-year=1996 |year=2003 |work=Single or Return |publisher=TSSA |archive-date=20 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020021516/http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table42.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
:1920: W. E. Williams<ref name="treasurers" />
:1920: W. E. Williams<ref name="treasurers" />
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:2013: Andy Bain
:2013: Andy Bain
:2015: Jason Turvey
:2015: Jason Turvey
:2019: Al Stoten
:2023: Nicola Jukes
:2023: [https://www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-events/tssa-news/tssa-elects-women-president-and-treasurer-in-historic-first Mary Sithole]


==References==
==References==
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* {{cite web|title=2021 Annual Return |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1106466/378T_2021.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240715033800/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1106466/378T_2021.pdf|archive-date=15 July 2024 |url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|title=2022 Annual Return |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6548b0dd9c370900131467b1/TSSA_2022.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240728194657/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6548b0dd9c370900131467b1/TSSA_2022.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2024 |url-status=live}}
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==External links==
==External links==

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TSSA
Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
Founded1897
Headquarters2nd Floor, 17 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4SQ
Location
MembersDecrease 17,399 (2022)[1]
Key people
Marios Alexandrou, Interim President
Maryam Eslamdoust, General Secretary
AffiliationsTUC, ICTU, STUC, CSEU, ETF, Labour Party[2]
Websitewww.tssa.org.uk

The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) is a trade union for workers in the transport and travel industries in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its head office is in London, and it has regional offices in Bristol, Derby, Dublin, York and Glasgow.

TSSA has approximately 18,000 members in the UK and Ireland.[3] While principally a union for people in the railway industry, the effect of the nationalisation and subsequent privatisations following the Second World War has meant that it has members working for railway companies, shipping companies, bus companies, travel agencies, airlines, call centres, and IT companies.

TSSA's former headquarters

History

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The union was founded in Sheffield in 1897 as the National Association of General Railway Clerks, although it was a narrow decision to found the union. The railway companies were strongly opposed to trade unions and two earlier attempts to form a clerks' union had failed and, discouraged, the organisers decided by a majority of only one vote to try a third time - this time successfully. In 1899 it was renamed the Railway Clerks' Association (RCA), and in 1951 it adopted its current name.[4]

The union has been involved in at least one London Underground strike, between 6 and 7 September 2010.[5]

In July 2015, TSSA endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election.[6] TSSA National Political Officer, Sam Tarry spearheaded Corbyn's second leadership campaign.[7]

In September 2021, TSSA announced that it was in talks about merging the union with the North American Boilermakers Union with the viewpoint of completing the merger by 1 July 2022.[8][9] In January 2022, union representatives voted by 88% to agree to the merger,[10] however the Boilermakers withdrew from the merger later in the year.

In early 2022, the union was granted an injunction on an employee who has accused Manuel Cortes, the general secretary of the TSSA of sexual harassment and of bullying by senior staff members. Cortes claimed that he had no memory of the evening due to excessive drinking. The injunction forbade the woman from talking about the alleged harassment and bullying.[11] Later that year an inquiry was opened into the union, led by Helena Kennedy KC, to examine allegations of sexual harassment and bullying towards women within the union,[12] with Manuel Cortes resigning with immediate effect a month later.[13] The Kennedy inquiry reported in February 2023 that the union had seen a culture of sexual harassment and sexual assault over the course of several years along with coercive behaviour. Kennedy called for several senior leaders of the union to resign and that external auditors should be brought in to examine the union's finances.[14] An earlier critical report which concluded that equality, diversity and inclusion objectives were not being met was not made public until February 2023.[15][16]

In May 2023 TSSA members elected a new President, Melissa Heywood, and Treasurer, Mary Sithole.[17] This was the first time TSSA had elected women to both National Officer positions at the same time. Later in 2023 TSSA members elected a new General Secretary, Maryam Eslamdoust, who was the first woman and the first person of colour to hold the post.[18][19]

Office holders

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General Secretaries

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Peter Pendle, Joint Interim General Secretary, standing in TSSA Headquarters, 2023.
1897: Charles Bassett-Vincent[20]
1898: John Hereford[20]
1898: F. Parrish (acting)[20]
1899: John Stopford Challener[20]
1906: William J. West (acting)[20]
1906: Alexander Walkden[20]
1936: William Stott[20]
1940: Charles Gallie[20]
1947: Fred Bostock[20]
1948: Percy Heady (acting)[20]
1949: George Thorneycroft[20]
1953: Bill Webber[20]
1963: John Bothwell[20]
1968: Percy Coldrick[20]
1973: David Mackenzie[20]
1977: Tom Bradley (acting)[20]
1977: Tom Jenkins[20]
1982: Bert Lyons[20]
1989: Richard Rosser[20]
2004: Gerry Doherty
2011: Manuel Cortes[21]
2022: Frank Ward (acting)
2023: Peter Pendle (Interim Joint General Secretary)[22]
2023: Maryam Eslamdoust[19]

Presidents

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1897: J. Batty Langley[23]
1899: W. D. Leaver[23]
1900: Fortescue Flannery[23]
1906: William J. West[23]
1908: George Lathan[23]
1912: Herbert Romeril[23]
1916: W. E. Williams[23]
1919: Harry Gill[23]
1932: Fred Simpson[23]
1937: Frederick Watkins[23]
1943: Percy Morris[23]
1953: James Haworth[23]
1956: Ray Gunter[23]
1964: Tom Bradley[23]
1977: Walter Johnson[23]
1981: Jim Mills[23]
1987: Geoff Henman[23]
1993: Brenda Hanks [23]
1997: David Horton[23]
2001: David Porter[23]
2005: Andy Bain
2011: Harriet Yeo
2013: Mick Carney
2023: Marios Alexandrou
2023: Melissa Heywood

Treasurers

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1906: J. M. Roberts[24]
1920: W. E. Williams[24]
1927: Arnold Ernest Townend[24]
1934: Frederick Watkins MP[24]
1937: Percy Morris[24]
1943: James Haworth MP[24]
1953: Ray J. Gunter MP[24]
1956: Lord Lindgren[24]
1961: Tom G. Bradley MP[24]
1965: Walter Johnson MP[24]
1977: Jock Newall (acting)[24]
1977: Jim Mills[24]
1981: Stanley Cohen MP[24]
1984: Geoff Henman[24]
1987: Brenda Hanks[24]
1993: Peter Holloway (acting)[24]
1993: David Horton[24]
1997: David Porter[24]
2001: Annie Breen[24]
2004: Amarjit Singh (acting)[24]
2004: Andy Bain[24]
2005: Harriet Yeo[24]
2011: Mick Carney
2013: Andy Bain
2015: Jason Turvey
2019: Al Stoten
2023: Nicola Jukes
2023: Mary Sithole

References

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  1. ^ "Transport Salaried Staff's Association: annual returns". gov.uk.
  2. ^ "TULO's member unions". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Form AR21: Transport Salaried Staffs' Association" (PDF). GOV.UK. 26 July 2023.
  4. ^ Malcolm Wallace (1996). "Birth of the Union". Single or Return. TSSA. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
  5. ^ "Government Housing Resources". 3 May 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
  6. ^ "TSSA backs Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader and Angela Eagle for deputy". Transport Salaried Staffs' Association. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  7. ^ "The Top 100 People on the Left List 2016". Ian Dale. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  8. ^ "TSSA enters a transatlantic merger talks first". TSSA. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Transport union TSSA in talks over merger with US counterpart". BBC News. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  10. ^ "TSSA workplace reps vote for merger". TSSA. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Union enforces NDA to stop woman repeating sexual harassment allegation". the Guardian. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  12. ^ Syal, Rajeev; editor, Rajeev Syal Home affairs (21 September 2022). "Inquiry launched into alleged sexual harassment by union leader". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 February 2023. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  13. ^ "Retirement of TSSA General Secretary". TSSA. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  14. ^ Syal, Rajeev; editor, Rajeev Syal Home affairs (8 February 2023). "Damning report uncovers years of sexual harassment at transport union". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 February 2023. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ Smythe, Polly (22 February 2023). "Trade Union Accused of Sitting on Report Into 'Toxic' Culture". Novara Media. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  16. ^ Conley, Hazel; Gasparri, Stefano (13 August 2022). "Equality Policy and Practice in the TSSA" (PDF). TSSA. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  17. ^ "TSSA elects Women President and Treasurer in "historic" first". TSSA. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  18. ^ Rodgers, Sienna (22 November 2022). "'A fresh start': TSSA's new general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust". Politics Home. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  19. ^ a b Jones, Alan (10 October 2023). "Transport union elects its first female general secretary". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Malcolm Wallace; Dave Hillam (2003) [1996]. "General Secretaries of the Association". Single or Return. TSSA. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
  21. ^ "Gibraltarian wins second term at head of UK transport union". Gibraltar Chronicle. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  22. ^ "Peter Pendle appointed Interim (joint) General Secretary". TSSA. 6 March 2023.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Malcolm Wallace; Dave Hillam (2003) [1996]. "Presidents of the Association". Single or Return. TSSA. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
  24. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Malcolm Wallace; Dave Hillam (2003) [1996]. "Treasurers of the Association". Single or Return. TSSA. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
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