Amalgamated Engineering Union
# Amalgamated Engineering Union

The Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) was a major British trade union. It merged with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union to form the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in 1992.

## History

The history of the union can be traced back to the formation of the Journeymen Steam Engine, Machine Makers' and Millwrights' Friendly Society, in 1826, popularly known as the "Old Mechanics". They invited a large number of other unions to become part of what became the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (ASE).

In 1920, the ASE put out a fresh call for other unions to merge with it in a renamed Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU). Seventeen unions balloted their members on a possible merger, and nine voted in favour of amalgamation:

* Amalgamated Association of Brass Turners, Fitters, Finishers and Coppersmiths
* Amalgamated Instrument Makers' Society
* Amalgamated Society of General Tool Makers, Engineers and Machinists
* East of Scotland Brass Founders' Society
* London United Metal Turners', Fitters' and Finishers' Society
* North of England Brass Turners', Fitters' and Finishers' Society
* Steam Engine Makers' Society (SEM)
* United Kingdom Society of Amalgamated Smiths and Strikers
* United Machine Workers' Association

The resulting union had a membership of 450,000, about 300,000 coming from the ASE.

In 1922 employers, represented by the Engineering Employers' Federation, launched an industry-wide lockout in an attempt to reverse the gains made by the AEU during WWI and its aftermath. Exploiting the downturn in economic conditions in the engineering industry, they demanded the union forfeit control over overtime. The lockout lasted from 11 March to 13 June and involved 260,000 workers, 90,000 of them represented by the AEU. The lockout ended with the union conceding some of the employers' demands.

The AEU continued to grow and absorb smaller unions. From 1926, it accepted members who had not completed an apprenticeship. In 1933, it had 168,000 members, and 390,900 by the end of the decade. Its largest membership growth came during the Second World War when its all-male membership voted to admit women for the first time and 100,000 joined almost immediately, membership reaching 825,000 by 1943. It admitted women due to the increasing role of female industrial workers in the British home front, as well as to prevent either female workers joining rival unions or non-union female workers from undercutting union wages. However, the AEU also lost its overseas branches in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, which became independent unions.

From the 1940s, the AEU also absorbed various smaller unions: the Amalgamated Society of Glass Works Engineers, Amalgamated Society of Vehicle Builders, Carpenters and Mechanics, Amalgamated Machine, Engine and Iron Grinders' and Glaziers' Society, Leeds Spindle and Flyer Makers' Trade and Friendly Society, United Operative Spindle and Flyer Makers' Trade and Friendly Society, and the Turners', Fitters' and Instrument Makers' Union.

The AEU merged with the Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers (AUFW) on 1 January 1968 to form the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers (AEF), and with the Draughtsmen and Allied Technicians' Association (DATA) and Constructional Engineering Union in 1971 to form the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (AUEW). The union was now organised on a federal basis, with four sections: Engineering, Foundry, Construction, and Technical, Administrative and Supervisory (TASS). This approach was not a success, as the various sections fell into dispute with each other. In 1984, the Engineering, Foundry and Construction Sections were merged and in 1986 adopted the name Amalgamated Engineering Union once more, while the TASS remained separate and, in 1988, it became entirely independent of the union once more.

Despite this series of amalgamations, declines in the number of workers in heavy industry saw membership drop from a peak of 1,483,400 in 1979, to 858,000 in 1986. The AEU became a mainstay of the moderate right in the trade union movement through the 1980s and 1990s, leading the manufacturing unions in 1989–1991 in a successful push for a shorter working week, but failing to merge with a number of unions, notally the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians.

In 1992 the AEU finally achieved a merger with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union, EETPU, after a hundred years of off and on discussions. The new union took the name Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union.

## Elections results

Like the ASE before it, the AEU affiliated to the Labour Party, sponsoring candidates at each election, many of whom won seats in Parliament.

| Election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1922 general election | Aberdeen North | Frank Herbert Rose | 10,958 | 55.7 | 1 |
| 1922 general election | Ashton-under-Lyne | Tom Gillinder | 8,834 | 42.4 | 2 |
| 1922 general election | Basingstoke | Samuel Ledbury | 3,035 | 13.6 | 3 |
| 1922 general election | Camborne | Tom Proctor | 4,502 | 21.9 | 3 |
| 1922 general election | Dumbarton Burghs | David Kirkwood | 16,397 | 64.5 | 1 |
| 1922 general election | Edmonton | Frank Broad | 8,407 | 45.1 | 1 |
| 1922 general election | Gateshead | John Brotherton | 18,795 | 43.8 | 1 |
| 1922 general election | Newcastle upon Tyne West | David Adams | 11,654 | 43.9 | 1 |
| 1922 general election | Newton | Robert Young | 12,312 | 55.6 | 1 |
| 1922 general election | Plymouth Drake | James Gorman | 8,359 | 31.4 | 2 |
| 1922 general election | Rochdale | Stanley Burgess | 15,774 | 38.8 | 1 |
| 1922 general election | Stalybridge and Hyde | Percy Horace Wood | 7,578 | 21.6 | 3 |
| 1922 general election | The Wrekin | Richard Edward Jones | 10,603 | 47.6 | 2 |
| 1922 general election | Woolwich West | John Thomas Sheppard | 9,550 | 39.8 | 2 |
| 1922 general election | Yeovil | William Kelly | 9,581 | 38.3 | 2 |
| 1923 general election | Aberdeen North | Frank Herbert Rose | 9,138 | 50.6 | 1 |
| 1923 general election | Edmonton | Frank Broad | 10,735 | 64.4 | 1 |
| 1923 general election | Gateshead | John Brotherton | 16,689 | 41.1 | 2 |
| 1923 general election | Newcastle upon Tyne West | David Adams | 11,527 | 43.2 | 2 |
| 1923 general election | Newton | Robert Young | 12,492 | 59.9 | 1 |
| 1923 general election | Rochdale | Stanley Burgess | 13,525 | 32.6 | 2 |
| 1924 general election | Dumbarton Burghs | David Kirkwood | 14,562 | 59.2 | 1 |
| 1924 general election | Edmonton | Frank Broad | 11,614 | 53.1 | 1 |
| 1924 general election | Newton | Robert Young | 12,875 | 56.1 | 1 |
| 1929 general election | Dartford | John Edmund Mills | 26,871 | 50.6 | 1 |
| 1929 general election | Dumbarton Burghs | David Kirkwood | 19,193 | 63.1 | 1 |
| 1929 general election | Edmonton | Frank Broad | 17,555 | 59.3 | 1 |
| 1929 general election | Newton | Robert Young | 18,176 | 60.5 | 1 |
| 1931 by-election | Sunderland | James Thomas Brownlie | 30,074 | 39.8 | 2 |
| 1931 general election | Barrow | David Adams | 15,835 | 43.2 | 2 |
| 1935 general election | Consett | David Adams | 25,419 | 58.7 | 1 |
| 1935 general election | Dumbarton Burghs | David Kirkwood | 20,409 | 65.2 | 1 |
| 1935 general election | Newton | Robert Young | 19,992 | 58.5 | 1 |
| 1945 general election | Aberdeen South | William McLaine | 17,398 | 42.3 | 2 |
| 1945 general election | Dumbarton Burghs | David Kirkwood | 16,262 | 65.2 | 1 |
| 1945 general election | Manchester Hulme | Frederick Lee | 12,034 | 55.6 | 1 |
| 1945 general election | Newton | Robert Young | 25,197 | 62.0 | 1 |
| 1948 by-election | Edmonton | Austen Albu | 26,164 | 53.4 | 1 |
| 1949 by-election | Leeds West | Charles Pannell | 21,935 | 55.2 | 1 |
| 1950 general election | Bury and Radcliffe | John Owen | 25,705 | 44.4 | 2 |
| 1950 general election | East Dunbartonshire | David Kirkwood | 25,943 | 52.7 | 1 |
| 1950 general election | Edmonton | Austen Albu | 34,897 | 55.1 | 1 |
| 1950 general election | Hayes and Harlington | Walter Ayles | 22,490 | 60.1 | 1 |
| 1950 general election | Keighley | Charles Hobson | 21,833 | 48.5 | 1 |
| 1950 general election | Leeds West | Charles Pannell | 21,339 | 51.6 | 1 |
| 1950 general election | Newcastle upon Tyne North | W. H. Shackleton | 16,860 | 35.9 | 2 |
| 1950 general election | Newton | Frederick Lee | 31,832 | 59.1 | 1 |
| 1950 general election | Rochdale | Joseph Hale | 25,484 | 44.9 | 1 |
| 1950 general election | Southall | George Pargiter | 27,107 | 53.9 | 1 |
| 1951 general election | Cirencester and Tewkesbury | Albert Sumbler | 18,353 | 40.5 | 2 |
| 1951 general election | East Dunbartonshire | Cyril Bence | 26,678 | 51.2 | 1 |
| 1951 general election | Edmonton | Austen Albu | 36,023 | 58.4 | 1 |
| 1951 general election | Esher | Percy McNally | 15,334 | 28.6 | 2 |
| 1951 general election | Glasgow Scotstoun | John Robertson | 20,872 | 49.3 | 2 |
| 1951 general election | Hayes and Harlington | Walter Ayles | 23,823 | 64.8 | 1 |
| 1951 general election | Keighley | Charles Hobson | 23,743 | 52.8 | 1 |
| 1951 general election | Leeds West | Charles Pannell | 22,357 | 54.1 | 1 |
| 1951 general election | Newton | Frederick Lee | 31,374 | 58.3 | 1 |
| 1951 general election | Rochdale | Joseph Hale | 27,343 | 49.6 | 2 |
| 1951 general election | Southall | George Pargiter | 29,123 | 57.9 | 1 |
| 1951 general election | Southend West | Henry Lyall | 17,352 | 30.9 | 2 |
| 1951 general election | Stockport North | John Owen | 20,893 | 44.9 | 2 |
| 1955 general election | Barry | Dan Jones | 19,722 | 42.1 | 2 |
| 1955 general election | Bridgwater | Albert Sumbler | 17,170 | 40.8 | 2 |
| 1955 general election | East Dunbartonshire | Cyril Bence | 24,216 | 48.7 | 1 |
| 1955 general election | Edmonton | Austen Albu | 30,232 | 56.6 | 1 |
| 1955 general election | Glasgow Woodside | John McGinley | 15,543 | 43.9 | 2 |
| 1955 general election | High Peak | Neil McBride | 13,652 | 34.6 | 2 |
| 1955 general election | Keighley | Charles Hobson | 19,414 | 46.5 | 1 |
| 1955 general election | Leeds West | Charles Pannell | 24,576 | 52.8 | 1 |
| 1955 general election | Newton | Frederick Lee | 29,299 | 57.9 | 1 |
| 1955 general election | Rochdale | Jack McCann | 24,928 | 48.5 | 2 |
| 1955 general election | Southall | George Pargiter | 25,207 | 57.2 | 1 |
| 1955 general election | Stockport South | Ernie Roberts | 16,612 | 44.5 | 2 |
| 1958 by-election | Rochdale | Jack McCann | 22,133 | 44.7 | 1 |
| 1959 general election | Burnley | Dan Jones | 27,675 | 57.0 | 1 |
| 1959 general election | Doncaster | Ted Garrett | 22,935 | 46.4 | 2 |
| 1959 general election | East Dunbartonshire | Cyril Bence | 27,942 | 51.1 | 1 |
| 1959 general election | Edmonton | Austen Albu | 25,598 | 50.5 | 1 |
| 1959 general election | Glasgow Scotstoun | William Small | 24,690 | 53.7 | 1 |
| 1959 general election | Glasgow Woodside | John McGinley | 14,483 | 43.1 | 2 |
| 1959 general election | High Peak | Bernard Conlan | 13,827 | 34.0 | 2 |
| 1959 general election | Keighley | Charles Hobson | 20,456 | 49.8 | 2 |
| 1959 general election | Leeds West | Charles Pannell | 25,878 | 54.9 | 1 |
| 1959 general election | Newton | Frederick Lee | 31,041 | 57.4 | 1 |
| 1959 general election | Oxford | Leslie Anderton | 18,310 | 34.8 | 2 |
| 1959 general election | Rochdale | Jack McCann | 21,689 | 41.5 | 1 |
| 1959 general election | Southall | George Pargiter | 22,285 | 52.7 | 1 |
| 1959 general election | South Northamptonshire | Arthur Richardson | 18,292 | 43.0 | 2 |
| 1959 general election | Stockport South | Stan Orme | 17,982 | 46.7 | 2 |
| 1963 by-election | Swansea East | Neil McBride | 18,909 | 61.1 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Bradford North | Ben Ford | 17,905 | 43.6 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Bristol North West | David Watkins | 21,030 | 42.9 | 2 |
| 1964 general election | Burnley | Dan Jones | 25,244 | 56.8 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Doncaster | Harold Walker | 23,845 | 49.9 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | East Dunbartonshire | Cyril Bence | 32,948 | 55.6 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Edmonton | Austen Albu | 24,373 | 49.2 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Gateshead East | Bernard Conlan | 26,633 | 64.5 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Glasgow Scotstoun | William Small | 27,036 | 61.6 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Keighley | John Binns | 17,816 | 43.0 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Leeds West | Charles Pannell | 22,968 | 50.5 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Newton | Frederick Lee | 32,932 | 56.0 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Paisley | John Robertson | 26,318 | 52.9 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Rochdale | Jack McCann | 22,927 | 46.7 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Salford West | Stan Orme | 20,490 | 55.5 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Southall | George Pargiter | 18,041 | 48.0 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Swansea East | Neil McBride | 30,904 | 73.0 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Tottenham | Norman Atkinson | 19,458 | 54.7 | 1 |
| 1964 general election | Truro | Douglas Grazier | 14,224 | 31.5 | 2 |
| 1964 general election | Wallsend | Ted Garrett | 39,841 | 60.4 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Bradford North | Ben Ford | 21,727 | 55.4 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Burnley | Dan Jones | 25,583 | 60.4 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Consett | David Watkins | 29,753 | 73.3 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Doncaster | Harold Walker | 25,777 | 56.7 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | East Dunbartonshire | Cyril Bence | 32,988 | 52.2 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Edmonton | Austen Albu | 26,422 | 58.6 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Gateshead East | Bernard Conlan | 27,628 | 69.6 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Glasgow Scotstoun | William Small | 27,320 | 61.8 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Keighley | John Binns | 22,039 | 55.0 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Leeds West | Charles Pannell | 24,391 | 56.3 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Newton | Frederick Lee | 36,901 | 62.8 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Paisley | John Robertson | 28,074 | 60.0 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Rochdale | Jack McCann | 24,481 | 52.4 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Salford West | Stan Orme | 19,237 | 59.2 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Swansea East | Neil McBride | 30,290 | 75.4 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Tottenham | Norman Atkinson | 17,367 | 65.3 | 1 |
| 1966 general election | Wallsend | Ted Garrett | 39,744 | 65.2 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Aberdeen North | Robert Hughes | 27,707 | 62.1 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Bradford North | Ben Ford | 20,141 | 52.1 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Burnley | Dan Jones | 24,200 | 57.0 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Consett | David Watkins | 28,985 | 70.9 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Doncaster | Harold Walker | 22,658 | 50.7 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Edmonton | Austen Albu | 20,626 | 49.1 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Gateshead East | Bernard Conlan | 28,524 | 64.8 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Glasgow Scotstoun | William Small | 26,492 | 57.4 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Keighley | John Binns | 20,341 | 49.3 | 2 |
| 1970 general election | Leeds West | Charles Pannell | 21,618 | 51.8 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Louth | James Murray | 16,403 | 33.9 | 2 |
| 1970 general election | Merthyr Tydfil | Taliesin Lloyd | 9,234 | 28.7 | 2 |
| 1970 general election | Newton | Frederick Lee | 34,873 | 52.5 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Paisley | John Robertson | 25,429 | 54.1 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Rochdale | Jack McCann | 19,247 | 41.6 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Salford West | Stan Orme | 16,986 | 54.3 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | South Northamptonshire | Gordon Roberts | 21,131 | 37.2 | 2 |
| 1970 general election | South West Norfolk | Leslie Potter | 16,572 | 42.7 | 2 |
| 1970 general election | Swansea East | Neil McBride | 28,183 | 68.5 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Tottenham | Norman Atkinson | 17,367 | 61.3 | 1 |
| 1970 general election | Wallsend | Ted Garrett | 39,065 | 61.3 | 1 |
| 1973 by-election | Dundee East | George Machin | 14,411 | 32.7 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Aberdeen North | Robert Hughes | 23,193 | 47.7 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Bradford North | Ben Ford | 22,381 | 43.3 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Bridgwater | Roger Undy | 16,786 | 29.5 | 2 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Burnley | Dan Jones | 21,108 | 50.4 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Carlton | James Murray | 20,147 | 33.5 | 2 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Chorley | George Rodgers | 25,440 | 40.3 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Consett | David Watkins | 27,401 | 61.1 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Coventry North East | George Park | 30,496 | 63.9 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Doncaster | Harold Walker | 23,041 | 47.9 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Dundee East | George Machin | 17,100 | 33.7 | 2 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Gateshead East | Bernard Conlan | 27,269 | 55.2 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Glasgow Garscadden | William Small | 21,035 | 52.3 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Gloucester | Alf Pegler | 18,215 | 35.2 | 2 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Leeds West | Joseph Dean | 19,436 | 42.1 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Newton | John Evans | 38,369 | 49.3 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Paisley | John Robertson | 23,820 | 48.4 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | St Pancras North | Jock Stallard | 14,761 | 52.8 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Salford West | Stan Orme | 16,808 | 51.3 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Swansea East | Neil McBride | 28,537 | 66.3 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Tottenham | Norman Atkinson | 16,999 | 54.8 | 1 |
| 1974 Feb general election | Wallsend | Ted Garrett | 41,811 | 62.0 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Aberdeen North | Robert Hughes | 23,130 | 50.9 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Bradford North | Ben Ford | 22,841 | 49.1 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Burnley | Dan Jones | 21,642 | 54.8 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Chorley | George Rodgers | 27,290 | 44.1 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Consett | David Watkins | 27,123 | 67.0 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Coventry North East | George Park | 26,489 | 59.5 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Doncaster | Harold Walker | 22,177 | 51.3 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Dundee East | George Machin | 15,137 | 32.7 | 2 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Gateshead East | Bernard Conlan | 27,620 | 61.9 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Glasgow Garscadden | William Small | 19,737 | 50.9 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Leeds West | Joseph Dean | 20,669 | 49.6 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Newton | John Evans | 38,956 | 53.3 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Paisley | John Robertson | 21,368 | 44.8 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Rochdale | John Connell | 17,339 | 36.8 | 2 |
| 1974 Oct general election | St Pancras North | Jock Stallard | 14,155 | 58.5 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Salford West | Stan Orme | 17,112 | 57.2 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Tottenham | Norman Atkinson | 15,708 | 58.8 | 1 |
| 1974 Oct general election | Wallsend | Ted Garrett | 37,180 | 58.1 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Aberdeen North | Robert Hughes | 26,771 | 59.3 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Bradford North | Ben Ford | 25,069 | 50.9 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Burnley | Dan Jones | 20,172 | 50.8 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Chorley | George Rodgers | 28,546 | 43.0 | 2 |
| 1979 general election | Consett | David Watkins | 26,708 | 61.3 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Coventry North East | George Park | 27,010 | 57.3 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Doncaster | Harold Walker | 22,184 | 48.9 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Gateshead East | Bernard Conlan | 28,776 | 61.2 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Ernie Roberts | 14,688 | 51.6 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Kilmarnock | William McKelvey | 25,718 | 52.6 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Leeds West | Joseph Dean | 21,290 | 49.4 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Manchester Blackley | Ken Eastham | 20,346 | 50.4 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Newton | John Evans | 41,466 | 51.4 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Rochdale | John Connell | 16,878 | 34.3 | 2 |
| 1979 general election | St Pancras North | Jock Stallard | 14,556 | 54.2 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Salford West | Stan Orme | 18,411 | 61.5 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Tottenham | Norman Atkinson | 16,299 | 56.9 | 1 |
| 1979 general election | Wallsend | Ted Garrett | 38,214 | 55.1 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | Aberdeen North | Robert Hughes | 19,262 | 47.0 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | Coventry North East | George Park | 22,190 | 47.8 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | Doncaster Central | Harold Walker | 21,154 | 42.0 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | Edinburgh Leith | Ron Brown | 16,177 | 39.7 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | Gateshead East | Bernard Conlan | 22,981 | 48.3 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Ernie Roberts | 18,989 | 52.0 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | William McKelvey | 20,250 | 43.6 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | Leeds West | Joseph Dean | 15,860 | 34.0 | 2 |
| 1983 general election | Manchester Blackley | Ken Eastham | 20,132 | 48.1 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | St Helens North | John Evans | 25,334 | 47.9 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | Salford East | Stan Orme | 21,373 | 53.7 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | Tottenham | Norman Atkinson | 22,423 | 52.0 | 1 |
| 1983 general election | Wallsend | Ted Garrett | 26,615 | 50.1 | 1 |
| 1985 by-election | Tyne Bridge | David Clelland | 13,517 | 57.8 | 1 |
| 1986 by-election | Knowsley North | George Howarth | 17,403 | 56.3 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Aberdeen North | Robert Hughes | 24,145 | 54.7 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Bury North | David Crausby | 21,186 | 37.8 | 2 |
| 1987 general election | Caithness and Sutherland | Allan Byron | 3,437 | 14.9 | 3 |
| 1987 general election | Doncaster Central | Harold Walker | 26,266 | 51.2 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Edinburgh Leith | Ron Brown | 21,104 | 49.3 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Feltham and Heston | Charles Hinds | 22,325 | 37.4 | 2 |
| 1987 general election | Glasgow Pollok | Jimmy Dunnachie | 23,239 | 63.1 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | William McKelvey | 23,713 | 48.5 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Knowsley North | George Howarth | 27,454 | 69.9 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Manchester Blackley | Ken Eastham | 22,476 | 52.4 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | St Helens North | John Evans | 28,989 | 53.7 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Salford East | Stan Orme | 22,555 | 58.8 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Sheffield Central | Richard Caborn | 25,872 | 67.7 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Sheffield Heeley | Bill Michie | 28,425 | 53.4 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Tyne Bridge | David Clelland | 23,131 | 63.0 | 1 |
| 1987 general election | Wallsend | Ted Garrett | 32,709 | 56.8 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | Aberdeen North | Robert Hughes | 18,845 | 47.0 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | Bolton North East | David Crausby | 21,459 | 44.5 | 2 |
| 1992 general election | Doncaster Central | Harold Walker | 27,795 | 54.3 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | Glasgow Pollok | Jimmy Dunnachie | 14,170 | 43.4 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | William McKelvey | 22,210 | 44.8 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | Knowsley North | George Howarth | 27,517 | 77.5 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | Manchester Blackley | Ken Eastham | 23,031 | 60.2 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | Rotherham | Jimmy Boyce | 27,933 | 63.9 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | Salford East | Stan Orme | 20,327 | 60.0 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | Sheffield Central | Richard Caborn | 22,764 | 68.7 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | Sheffield Heeley | Bill Michie | 28,005 | 55.7 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | St Helens North | John Evans | 31,930 | 57.9 | 1 |
| 1992 general election | Tyne Bridge | David Clelland | 22,328 | 67.2 | 1 |

## Leadership

### General Secretaries

**AEU**


    1921: Albert Smethurst
    1933: Fred A. Smith
    1943: Benjamin Gardner
    1956: Cecil Hallett
    1965: Jim Conway

**AEF/AUEW**

| Year | Construction | Engineering | Foundry | TASS |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1968 | Created 1971 | Jim Conway | William Simpson | Created 1971 |
| 1971 | Eddie Marsden | Jim Conway | William Simpson | George Doughty |
| 1974 | Eddie Marsden | Jim Conway | Bob Garland | Ken Gill |
| 1975 | Eddie Marsden | John Boyd | Bob Garland | Ken Gill |
| 1976 | John Baldwin | John Boyd | Bob Garland | Ken Gill |
| 1982 | John Baldwin | Gavin Laird | Bob Garland | Ken Gill |
| 1984 | Gavin Laird | Gavin Laird | Gavin Laird | | Ken Gill |

**AEU**


    1988: Gavin Laird

### Presidents

    1920: James Thomas Brownlie
    1931: William Harold Hutchinson
    1933: John C. Little
    1939: Jack Tanner
    1953: Robert Openshaw
    1956: William Carron
    1968: Hugh Scanlon
    1978: Terry Duffy
    1986: Bill Jordan
