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Catalogue description Papers of Eric Heffer
This record is held by Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum)
| Reference: | LP/ESH |
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| Title: | Papers of Eric Heffer |
| Description: |
The papers cover Heffer's political career from 1942 until his retirement from the commons in 1990. |
| Date: | 1942-1990 |
| Arrangement: |
The collection is arranged in the following series: LP/ESH/01 Papers re the Communist Party and other Marxists LP/ESH/02 Papers relating to the Labour Party and other Socialist Organisations LP/ESH/03 Industrial Relations Bill LP/ESH/04 Papers re devolution, Troskyist organisations, etc. LP/ESH/05 Biography of John Wheatley LP/ESH/06 Papers re Chairmanship of the LP NEC LP/ESH/07 Leadership/ Deputy Leadership Campaigns LP/ESH/08 Papers re Hysel and Hillsborough Football Disasters LP/ESH/09 Liverpool City Council and Walton LP/ESH/10 Miscellaneous articles and correspondence |
| Held by: | Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum), not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
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| Access conditions: |
Open to view with an appointment, email: archive@phm.org.uk |
| Accruals: |
No accruals are expected. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Eric Samuel Heffer (1922-1991), writer and politician, carpenter by trade, began political life as a communist in Welwyn Garden City. On expulsion from the Communist Party he moved to Liverpool where he became the Labour MP for Liverpool Walton between 1964-1991. He served as Industry Minister in Harold Wilson's Government, 1974-1975. In 1975 he was elected to Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) becoming party chairman in 1983. During the 1985 party conference in Bournemouth, Eric Heffer stormed off the platform in protest at Neil Kinnock's speech attacking the Militant led city council in Liverpool. Eric Heffer wrote a number of books and pamphlets and was an outspoken champion of socialism in the Labour Party. During his early years he was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, even after he has left the Communist Party he maintained strong Marxist opinions and was a supporter of working class militancy. |
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