General Council of the Trades Union Congress

The General Council of the Trades Union Congress is an elected body which is responsible for carrying out the policies agreed at the annual British Trade Union Congresses (TUC).

Organisation

The council has 56 members, all of whom must be proposed by one of the unions affiliated to the TUC. Unions with more members receive an automatic allocation of seats, in proportion to their membership. Smaller unions propose candidates for eleven elected seats. In addition, there are separately elected seats: four for women, three for black workers, at least one of whom must be a woman, and one each for young workers, workers with disabilities, and LGBT workers. The General Secretary also has a seat on the council.^[1]

Some members of the council are further elected to serve on the smaller Executive Committee of the TUC. The President of the Trades Union Congress is also chosen by the General Council.^[1]

Although the TUC has long had links with the Labour Party, members of the General Council are not permitted to sit on Labour's National Executive Committee.^[2]

History

1921 to 1983

Until 1921, the leading body of the TUC was the Parliamentary Committee. This had seventeen members, but by the collapse of the Triple Alliance, it was considered ineffective and to have insufficient powers in industrial matters.

The new General Council had 32 members, elected from industrial groups, each consisting of one or more unions operating in a particular industry. Two of the places were reserved for women. It received additional powers to intervene in the case of major industrial disputes, and to resolve inter-union conflicts. In 1924, the Joint Consultative Committee was set up, which brought trades councils ultimately under the control of the General Council.^[3] However, these powers were not always exercised; many members of the council in the early years were elected on grounds of seniority, rather than recent accomplishments. Some were associated with left- and right-wing factions, although most were not strongly identified with a particular wing of the movement.^[4]

Changes to the groups and numbers of seats were made over time, as the number of workers represented in different industries fluctuated,^[5] but the system survived intact until the early 1980s.

Group 1: Mining and Quarrying

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1921	Robert Thomas Jones	NWQU	Robert Smillie	MFGB	Hugh Murnin	MFGB
1922					Herbert Smith	MFGB
1925					Thomas Richards	MFGB
1927			A. J. Cook	MFGB	Thomas Richards	MFGB
1931			Herbert Smith	MFGB	Ebby Edwards	MFGB
1932			John McGurk	MFGB
1933	Peter Lee	MFGB	William Forshaw	LCNWCEBBF
1934	Joseph Jones	MFGB	William Forshaw	LCNWCEBBF
1935	Joseph Jones	MFGB	Will Lawther	MFGB
1938	R. W. Williams	NWQU
1946	Jim Bowman	NUM			Robert J. Jones	NWQU
1950	Bartholomew Walsh	NACODS
1950	Ernest Jones	NUM
1954			Edwin Hall	NUM
1957			Edwin Hall	NUM	Bartholomew Walsh	NACODS
1960	Joseph Crawford	NACODS	Will Paynter	NUM	Len Martin	NUM
1961			Fred Collindridge	NUM
1963			Sidney Ford	NUM
1971			Lawrence Daly	NUM	Representation reduced to two seats^[6]
1973	Joe Gormley	NUM
1980	Arthur Scargill	NUM
1981			Ray Chadburn	NUM
1982			Mick McGahey	NUM

Group 2: Railways

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1921	Alexander Walkden	TSSA	J. H. Thomas	NUR	John Bromley	ASLEF
1924			John Marchbank	NUR
1925			J. H. Thomas	NUR
1929			Charlie Cramp	NUR
1933			John Marchbank	NUR
1936	William Stott	TSSA			Richard Squance	ASLEF
1940	Charles Gallie	TSSA			William P. Allen	ASLEF
1944	Charles Gallie	TSSA	John Benstead	NUR	William P. Allen	ASLEF
1947	Fred Bostock	TSSA	Jim Figgins	NUR	Jim Baty	ASLEF
1948	George Thorneycroft	TSSA	Jim Figgins	NUR
1953	Bill Webber	TSSA	Jim Campbell	NUR
1955			Jim Campbell	NUR	Albert Hallworth	ASLEF
1957			Sidney Greene	NUR	Albert Hallworth	ASLEF
1960					W. J. Evans	ASLEF
1963	John Bothwell	TSSA			A. E. Griffiths	ASLEF
1968	Percy Coldrick	TSSA			A. E. Griffiths	ASLEF
1969	Percy Coldrick	TSSA			Seat abolished^[7]
1972	Ray Buckton	ASLEF
1975	Ray Buckton	ASLEF	Sidney Weighell	NUR

Group 3: Transport (other than railways)

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1921	Harry Gosling	ASWLB	Ben Tillett	TGWU	Created 1930		Created 1968^[8]		Created 1977^[9]
1924	Joe Cotter	AMWU
1925	Ernest Bevin	TGWU
1930					John Beard	TGWU
1931			William Robert Spence	NUS	John Beard	TGWU
1935					Walter Farthing	TGWU
1940	Arthur Deakin	TGWU
1942			Charles Jarman	NUS
1944			Charles Jarman	NUS	Bert Papworth	TGWU
1947			Tom Yates	NUS	Bert Papworth	TGWU
1949					Albert McAndrews	TGWU
1955	Jock Tiffin	TGWU			A. L. Hill	TGWU
1956	Frank Cousins	TGWU			A. L. Hill	TGWU
1958					Len Forden	TGWU
1961			Jim Scott	NUS
1962			Bill Hogarth	NUS
1965	Harry Nicholas	TGWU
1966	Harry Nicholas	TGWU			Frank Cousins	TGWU
1967	J. W. Jones	TGWU
1968							Jack Jones	TGWU
1969					Harry Urwin	TGWU
1970	Fred Howell	TGWU
1972	Fred Howell	TGWU	John William Slater	MNAOA
1974	Jim Slater	NUS	Stan Pemberton	TGWU
1977									Moss Evans	TGWU
1978							Walter Greendale	TGWU
1980					Larry Smith	TGWU
1982			Douglas Gray	TGWU	Larry Smith	TGWU

Group 4: Shipbuilding

Year	Representative	Union
1921	Hill, JohnJohn Hill	ASBSBSW
1936	Hodgson, MarkMark Hodgson	ASBSBSW
1948	Hill, TedTed Hill	ASBSBSW
1965	McGarvey, DannyDanny McGarvey	ASBSBSW
1977	Chalmers, JohnJohn Chalmers	ASBSBSW
1980	Murray, JimJim Murray	ASBSBSW

Group 5: Engineering, Founding and Vehicle Building

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1921	Alonzo Swales	AEU	Jimmy Rowan	ETU	Allan Findlay	UPA	Created 1968^[8]
1935	Harry Berry	AEU			George Walker Thomson	AESD
1938	James Kaylor	AEU
1941	James Kaylor	AEU	Ernest Bussey	ETU
1943	Jack Tanner	AEU	Ernest Bussey	ETU
1947			Wilfred Blackwell Beard	UPA
1948					Robert Openshaw	AEU
1954	William Carron	AEU			Robert Openshaw	AEU
1957					William Tallon	AEU
1967			John McFarlane Boyd	AEU	Alf Roberts	NUVB
1968	Percy Hanley	AUEFW					Hugh Scanlon	AUEFW
1970	Len Edmondson	AUEW
1972					Les Buck	NUSMWCH&D
1975			Reg Birch	AUEW	Les Buck	NUSMWCH&D
1977					George Guy	NUSMWCH&D
1978	John McFarlane Boyd	AUEW					Terence Duffy	AUEW
1979	John McFarlane Boyd	AUEW	Gavin Laird	AUEW
1982	Ed Scrivens	AUEW	Gerry Russell	AUEW

Group 6: Technical, Engineering and Scientific

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1968	Created 1968^[8]		Created 1974^[10]
1968	Doughty, GeorgeGeorge Doughty	TASS	Created 1974^[10]
1974	Gill, KenKen Gill	TASS	Jenkins, CliveClive Jenkins	ASTMS

Group 7: Electrical

Year	Representative	Union
1965	Created^[11]
1965	Cannon, LesLes Cannon	EETPU
1971	Chapple, FrankFrank Chapple	EETPU

Group 8: Iron and Steel and Minor Metal Trades

The Iron and Steel and Minor Metal Trades Group was originally Group 6, but was renumbered in 1968.

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1921	Arthur Pugh	ISTC	William Kean	NUGSAT
1935	John Brown	ISTC	William Kean	NUGSAT
1945	Lincoln Evans	ISTC	Ambrose Callighan	NUB
1947	Lincoln Evans	ISTC	Jack Owen	NUB
1953	Harry Douglass	ISTC	Joseph O'Hagan	NUB
1966	Harry Douglass	ISTC	Reduced to 1 seat
1967	Dai Davies	ISTC
1975	Bill Sirs	ISTC

Group 9: Building, Woodworking and Furnishing

The Building, Woodworking and Furnishing Group was originally Group 7, but was renumbered in 1965.

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1921	George Hicks	AUBTW	A. A. Purcell	NAFTA
1928	George Hicks	AUBTW	Frank Wolstencroft	ASW
1940	Luke Fawcett	AUBTW	Frank Wolstencroft	ASW
1949	Luke Fawcett	AUBTW	Jack McDermott	ASW
1952	George Lowthian	AUBTW	Jack McDermott	ASW
1958			John C. Hill	ASW
1959			George Smith	ASW
1973	Glynn Lloyd	UCATT	George Smith	ASW
1979	Glynn Lloyd	UCATT	Les Wood	UCATT

Group 9: Cotton

The Cotton Group was the original Group 9; in 1968, it was merged into the Textiles Group.

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1921	John William Ogden	Weavers	Henry Boothman	AAOCS
1930	James Hindle	AWA	Henry Boothman	AAOCS
1936	James Hindle	AWA	William Wood	AAOCS
1937	James Bell	AWA	William Wood	AAOCS
1938			Robert C. Handley	AAOCS
1940			Alfred Roberts	Cardroom
1945	Andrew Naesmith	Weavers
1953	Lewis Wright	AWA
1963	Lewis Wright	AWA	Reduced to 1 seat^[12]
1968	Merged into Textiles Group

Group 10: Printing and Paper

The Printing and Paper Group was originally Group 8, but was renumbered in 1968.

Year	Representative	Union
1921	Skinner, HerbertHerbert Skinner	TA
1932	Isaacs, GeorgeGeorge Isaacs	NATSOPA
1945	Spackman, E. W.E. W. Spackman	NUPBPW
1947	Willis, RobertRobert Willis	LSC
1965	Briginshaw, RichardRichard Briginshaw	NATSOPA
1975	Keys, BillBill Keys	SOGAT

Group 11: Textiles

The Textiles Group was originally Group 10: Textiles (other than cotton). It was renamed and renumbered in 1968, when the Cotton Group was merged in.

Year	Representative	Union
1921	Turner, BenBen Turner	NUTW
1929	Shaw, ArthurArthur Shaw	NUDBTW
1939	Bagnall, GeorgeGeorge Bagnall	NUDBTW
1948	Heywood, WilfredWilfred Heywood	NUDBTW
1957	Sharp, LeonardLeonard Sharp	NUDBTW
1966	Peel, JackJack Peel	NUDBTW
1972	King, JoeJoe King	NUTAW
1975	Dyson, FredFred Dyson	NUDBTW
1979	Maddocks, BillBill Maddocks	NUDBTW
1982	Haigh, EddieEddie Haigh	TGWU

Group 12: Clothing

The Clothing Group was originally Group 11, and was renumbered in 1968.

Year	Representative	Union
1921	Conley, AndrewAndrew Conley	NUTGW
1949	Loughlin, AnneAnne Loughlin	NUTGW
1953	Newton, John E.John E. Newton	NUTGW
1970	Macgougan, JackJack Macgougan	NUTGW
1979	Smith, AlecAlec Smith	NUTGW

Group 12: Boot, Shoe and Leather

The Boot, Shoe and Leather Group was the original Group 12.

Year	Representative	Union
1921	Poulton, Edward L.Edward L. Poulton	NUBSO
1930	Townley, William R.William R. Townley	NUBSO
1937	Chester, GeorgeGeorge Chester	NUBSO
1949	Crawford, JamesJames Crawford	NUBSO
1957	Poole, LionelLionel Poole	NUBSO
1959	Robinson, SydneySydney Robinson	NUBSO

Group 13: Glass, Pottery, Chemicals, Food, Drink, Tobacco, Brushmaking and Distribution

Year	Representative	Union	Year	Representative	Union
1921	Turner, JohnJohn Turner	NAUSAWC	Created 1952^[5]
1925	Leslie, JohnJohn Leslie	NAUSAWC
1926	Hallsworth, JosephJoseph Hallsworth	NUDAW
1947	Burrows, A. W.A. W. Burrows	USDAW
1949	Birch, AlanAlan Birch	USDAW
1949	Birch, AlanAlan Birch	USDAW	1952	Hewitt, HaroldHarold Hewitt	NSPW
1962	Allen, AlfAlf Allen	USDAW	1952	Hewitt, HaroldHarold Hewitt	NSPW
			1964	Haynes, ErnestErnest Haynes	BFAWU
			1969	Gretton, StanStan Gretton	BFAWU
			1973	Grieve, DougDoug Grieve	TWU
1979	Whatley, BillBill Whatley	USDAW	1973	Grieve, DougDoug Grieve	TWU

Group 14: Agriculture

Year	Representative	Union
1921	Walker, Robert BarrieRobert Barrie Walker	NUAAW
1928	Holmes, BillBill Holmes	NUAAW
1945	Dann, AlfAlf Dann	NUAAW
1953	Collison, HaroldHarold Collison	NUAAW
1970	Bottini, RegReg Bottini	NUAAW
1978	Boddy, JackJack Boddy	NUAAW

Group 15: Public Employees

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1921	John William Bowen	UPW	Created 1965^[11]		Created 1968^[8]		Created 1970		Created 1977^[9]
1928	George Gibson	MHIWU
1948	Claude Bartlett	COHSE
1963	Sydney Hill	NUPE
1965	Sydney Hill	NUPE	Walter Anderson	NALGO
1968	Alan Fisher	NUPE			Terry Parry	FBU
1970							Edward Britton	NUT
1973			Geoffrey Drain	NALGO			Edward Britton	NUT
1974							Fred Jarvis	NUT
1977									Albert Spanswick	COHSE
1981					Ken Cameron	FBU
1982	Rodney Bickerstaffe	NUPE			Ken Cameron	FBU

Group 16: Civil Servants

The Civil Servants Group was added in 1946, when unions of civil servants were first permitted to affiliate to the TUC.

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1946	Created 1946^[13]
1946	Charles Geddes	UCW	Seat added 1952^[5]		Seat added 1977
1952	Charles Geddes	UCW	Douglas Houghton	IRSF
1957	Ron Smith	UCW	Douglas Houghton	IRSF
1960			George F. Green	CSCA
1963			Cyril Plant	IRSF
1967	Thomas Jackson	UCW	Cyril Plant	IRSF
1977	Thomas Jackson	UCW	Tony Christopher	IRSF	Ken Thomas	CPSA
1982	Alan Tuffin	UCW	Tony Christopher	IRSF	Alistair Graham	CPSA

Group 17: Non-Manual Workers

The Non-Manual Workers Group was originally Group 16 and was renumbered on the creation of the Civil Servants Group.

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1921	Joe Williams	MU	Created 1968^[8]
1925	Herbert Henry Elvin	NUCAW
1940	Tom O'Brien	NATKE
1968			Leslie Littlewood	ABS
1970			Alan Sapper	ACTT
1971	Roy Grantham	APEX
1975	John Morton	MU

Group 18: General Workers

The General Workers Group was originally Group 17 and was renumbered on the creation of the Civil Servants Group.

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1921	John Beard	WU	Joseph Nicholas Bell	NAUL	John Davenport	UOGL	Will Thorne	NUGW
1922			Joseph Nicholas Bell	NAUL	Arthur Hayday	NUGMW
1923			J. H. Moore	NLWU
1924			John Davenport	TGWU
1930			John Davenport	TGWU			Reduced to 3 seats in 1930
1934	Charles Dukes	NUGMW	Will Sherwood	NUGMW
1937	Charles Dukes	NUGMW	Herbert Bullock	NUGMW	Harry N. Harrison	NUGMW
1947	Tom Williamson	NUGMW			Harry N. Harrison	NUGMW
1948					Herbert Eastwood	URWGB
1949					Tom Eccles	NUGMW
1950			Frederick Hayday	NUGMW	Tom Eccles	NUGMW
1959					Jack Cooper	NUGMW
1962	Bernard Swindell	NUGMW
1966	David Basnett	NUGMW
1973			Alex M. Donnet	NUGMW	Jack Eccles	NUGMW
1976			Ken Baker	NUGMW	Jack Eccles	NUGMW

Group 19: Women Workers

The Women Workers Group was originally Group 18 and was renumbered on the creation of the Civil Servants Group.

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1921	Julia Varley	TGWU	Margaret Bondfield	NUGW
1923	Julia Varley	TGWU	Mary Quaile	TGWU
1925	Margaret Bondfield	GMWU	Mary Quaile	TGWU
1926	Margaret Bondfield	GMWU	Julia Varley	TGWU
1929	Anne Loughlin	NUTGW	Julia Varley	TGWU
1935	Anne Loughlin	NUTGW	Florence Hancock	TGWU
1949	Anne Godwin	NUCAW	Florence Hancock	TGWU
1958	Anne Godwin	NUCAW	Ellen McCullough	TGWU
1963	Marie Patterson	TGWU	Winifred Baddeley	AEU
1968			Audrey Prime	NALGO
1977			Ada Maddocks	NALGO

The group was expanded to five seats in 1981.

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1981	Ada Maddocks	NALGO	Gina Morgan	AUEW	Marie Patterson	TGWU	Muriel Turner	ASTMS	Pat Turner	GMB

1983 to present

The General Council was restructured in 1983.^[14]

Section A: Larger unions

Union of Communication Workers (UCW)
Year	Representative	Representative
1983	Alan Tuffin	1 member until 1989
1989		Margaret Morritt
1992		1 member from 1992
1993	Alan Johnson	1 member from 1992

The UCW merged with the NCU in 1995 to form the CWU.

Communication Workers' Union (CWU)
Year	Representative	Representative
1995	Tony Young	Jeannie Drake
2002	Billy Hayes	Jeannie Drake
2008	Billy Hayes	Tony Kearns
2015	Moved to Section B

GMB
Year	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative
1983	David Basnett	Jack Eccles	Ken Baker	3 seats until 1989
1985	David Basnett	Jack Eccles	Dick Pickering
1986	John Edmonds	Derek Oliver Gladwin
1989		Donna Covey		Roy Grantham
1992				Anna McGonigle
1993				Frank Wilkinson
1997			Sheila Bearcroft	Eddie Warrillow
1999		Jean Foster		Eddie Warrillow
2000				Paul Kenny
2003	Kevin Curran
2004	Kevin Curran	Three seats 2004-2009
2005	Allan Garley	Three seats 2004-2009
2009	Allan Garley	Malcolm Sage
2011	Paul McCarthy
2014	Neil Derrick			Tim Roache

Graphical, Paper and Media Union (GPMU)
Year	Representative	Representative
1992	Founded in 1992
1992	?	Tony Dubbins
1993	Tony Burke	Tony Dubbins
2002	Moved to Section B

National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)
Year	Representative	Representative
2002	In Section B until 2002
2002	Nigel de Gruchy	Sue Rogers
2003	Eamonn O'Kane
2004	Chris Keates
2009		Jerry Bartlett
2010		Brian Cookson

National Union of Teachers (NUT)
Year	Representative	Representative
2001	In Section B until 2001
2001	Pat Hawkes	Doug McAvoy
2004	Pat Hawkes	Steve Sinnott
2005	Lesley Auger	Steve Sinnott
2008	Christine Blower	Dave Harvey
2016	Kevin Courtney	Philipa Harvey

Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)
Year	Representative	Representative
1998	Union founded in 1998
1998	Gwenda Binks	Barry Reamsbottom
2002	Janice Godrich	Mark Serwotka
2016	Moved to Section B

Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT)
Year	Representative	Representative
1983	Les Wood	1 seat until 1989
1985	Albert Williams	1 seat until 1989
1989		Jack Henry
1991		Peter Lenahan
1992	George Brumwell	Peter Lenahan
1993	Moved to Section B

Year	COHSE		NALGO				NUPE
Year	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative
1983	David Williams	1 seat until 1989	Bill Gill	John Daly	Norrie Steele	3 seats until 1989	Rodney Bickerstaffe	L. Stevens	2 seats until 1989
1984								Dilwyn Davies
1985								B. Ward
1986								Joyce Winsett
1987	Hector Mackenzie		Rita Donaghy					Ron Baird
1989		Judith Carter						Ina Love
1990				Alan Jinkinson					Bill Thorburn
1991				Alan Jinkinson	Jean Geldart	?			?

COHSE, NALGO and NUPE merged in 1993 to form UNISON.

UNISON
Year	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative
1993	Rodney Bickerstaffe	Rita Donaghy	Jean Geldart	Ina Love	Alan Jinkinson	Hector Mackenzie	Six seats until 2005
1995			Alison Shepherd	Chris Connolly	Alan Jinkinson
1996				Dave Prentis	Wendy Evans
2000					David Anderson
2001	Liz Snape	Veronica Dunn				Keith Sonnet
2003		Sofi Taylor
2005		Sofi Taylor			Bob Abberley		Jane Carolan
2006		Six seats in 2006
2007		Gerry Gallagher				Eleanor Smith
2010		Angela Lynes	Six seats 2010-2015
2012		Angela Lynes			Chris Tansley
2013		Karen Jennings
2015		Karen Jennings	Roger McKenzie

TGWU
Year	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative
1983	Brian Nicholson	Larry Smith	Walter Greendale	Douglas Gray	Moss Evans	Five seats 1983 to 1984
1984				Ron Todd	Moss Evans	Five seats 1983 to 1984
1985					Four seats 1985 to 1989
1986			Wilf Jowett
1988	Peter Hagger	Bill Morris	Dan Duffy
1989				Maureen Twomey	Margaret Prosser	?
1992						Jack Adams
1993
1995	Peter Landles
1996			TGWU reduced to 5 seats		?
1997			TGWU reduced to 5 seats	Marie Vannet
1999			TGWU reduced to 4 seats
2000					Barry Camfield
2002						?
2003		Tony Woodley				?
2004	Jimmy Kelly	Tony Woodley				Patricia Stuart

AEU
Year	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative
1983	Terry Duffy	Jack Whyman	Edward Scrivens	Gerry Russell
1984	Terry Duffy	3 seats in 1984
1985	John Weakley	Jack Whyman
1986	Bill Jordan
1987	Bill Jordan		John Weakley

The ASTMS and TASS merged in 1988 to form MSF

Year	AEEU				MSF
Year	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative
1988	Bill Jordan	John Weakley	Jack Whyman	3 seats until 1989	Anne Gibson	Ken Gill	?	?
1989			Jack Whyman	?			Roger Lyons	J. Carr
1990			Jimmy Airlie	Maureen Rooney
1992			Jimmy Airlie			MSF reduced to 3 seats
1993			Ken Jackson					Barbara Switzer
1994	John Allen
1995	John Allen	Bill Morgan
1996	Robert Elsom	Davey Hall
1998	Dougie Rooney	Brendan Fenelon						?
1999		Mark Tami			Paul Talbot			?
2000		Mark Tami			Paul Talbot			Sharon Allen

The AEEU and MSF merged in 2001 to form Amicus

Amicus
Year	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative
2001	Roger Lyons	Doug Rooney	Maureen Rooney	Paul Talbot	Four seats until 2004	Five seats until 2005
2002	Roger Lyons		Derek Simpson		Four seats until 2004
2004	Lucy Kelly				Ed Sweeney
2005	Gail Cartmail				Ed Sweeney	Tony Dubbins

Amicus and the TGWU merged in 2007 to form Unite

Unite
Year	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative	Representative
2007	Gail Cartmail	Tony Dubbins	Len McCluskey	Brenda Sanders	Derek Simpson	Tony Woodley	Pat Stuart	Dougie Rooney	Martin Mayer	Paul Talbot
2008		Tony Burke		Tony Woodhouse					Martin Mayer	Paul Talbot
2009									Reduced to 8 seats
2011					Jane Stewart	Steve Turner		Andrew Murray
2012								Reduced to 7 seats
2014							Maggie Ryan	Reduced to 7 seats

Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)
Year	Representative	Representative	Representative
1983	Bill Whatley	One seat until 1989
1986	Garfield Davies	One seat until 1989
1989	Garfield Davies	Bernadette Hillon	Two seats until 2012
1997	Bill Connor	Bernadette Hillon
1998	Bill Connor	Marge Carey
2004	John Hannett	Marge Carey
2006		Pauline Foulkes
2007		Fiona Wilson
2012		Fiona Wilson	Tony Dale

Section B: Unions with 30,000 to 200,000 members

Section B originated as part of Section A, unions with 100,000 to 200,000 members being automatically entitled to one seat on the council.

Year	APEX	ASTMS	BIFU	CPSA	EETPU	NASUWT	NGA	NUM	NUR	NUT	POEU/ NCU	SOGAT	TASS
1983	Roy Grantham	Clive Jenkins	Leif Mills	Alistair Graham	Eric Hammond	Fred Smithies	Joe Wade	Mick McGahey	Jimmy Knapp	Fred Jarvis	Bryan Stanley	Bill Keys	Ken Gill
1984				Ray Alderson			Tony Dubbins					Bill Keys
1985				Alistair Graham								Brenda Dean
1986				Kate Losinska				Arthur Scargill			John Golding
1987		?		John Macreadie	Expelled in 1987			Arthur Scargill			John Golding
1988		Merged into MSF		John Ellis	Expelled in 1987			Moved to Section B in 1988			E. George		Merged into MSF

In 1989, these unions were moved to a new Section B, but there were no changes to their entitlement of seats.

Year	ATL	CPSA	GPMU	NASUWT	NCU	NUCPS	NUR	NUT	Prospect	SOGAT	UCATT	UCU	UNIFI
1989	Affiliated 1998	John Ellis	Section A until 2002	Nigel de Gruchy	Anthony Young	Leslie Christie	Jimmy Knapp	Doug McAvoy	Founded 2001	Brenda Dean	Section A until 1993	Founded 2006	Leif Mills
1992		Barry Reamsbottom				John Sheldon	Moved to Section C			Merged into GPMU	Section A until 1993
1993											George Brumwell
1995					Merged into CWU
1996						Merged into PSTCU							Ed Sweeney
1998	Peter Smith	Merged into PCS
2000
2001								Moved to Section A	Paul Noon
2002			Tony Dubbins	Moved to Section A
2003	Mary Bousted
2004													Merged into Amicus
2005			Merged into Amicus								Alan Ritchie
2006											Alan Ritchie	Sally Hunt
2011											George Guy	Sally Hunt

Unions with 30,000 to 99,999 members moved to Section B in 2012.

Year	ATL	CSP	Community	CWU	EIS	Equity	FBU	Musicians	NUJ	POA	Prospect	PCS	RCM	RMT	UCATT	UCU
2012	Mary Bousted	Lesley Mercer	Michael J. Leahy	Section A until 2015	Larry Flanagan	Christine Payne	Matt Wrack	John F. Smith	Michelle Stanistreet	Steve Gillan	Mike Clancy	Section A until 2016	Affiliated 2015	Bob Crow	Steve Murphy	Sally Hunt
2013		Lesley Mercer	Michael J. Leahy											Bob Crow
2014		Claire Sullivan	Roy Rickhuss											Peter Pinkney
2015				Dave Ward					In Section C in 2015				Jon Skewes	Mick Cash	Brian Rye
2016				Dave Ward					Michelle Stanistreet			Mark Serwotka	Jon Skewes	Mick Cash	Brian Rye

Section C: Other unions

Unions with fewer than 100,000 members were placed in Section B until 1989.

Year	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union
1983	Ray Buckton	ASLEF	Ken Cameron	FBU	Tony Christopher	IRSF	Robert Garland	AEU-Foundry	Doug Grieve	TWU	John Lyons	EMA	Charles P. McCarthy	NSMM	John Morton	Musicians	Laurie Sapper	ACTT	Bill Sirs	ISTC	Alec Smith	NUTGW
1984			David Lambert	KFAT			Bill McCall	IPCS	Bob Stevenson	NUFLAT			Charles P. McCarthy	NSMM	John Morton	Musicians	Bert Lyons	TSSA	Bill Sirs	ISTC
1985													Roy Evans	ISTC	Roy Grantham	APEX			Eric Nevin	MNAOA
1986	John Morton	Musicians
1987
1988

In 1989, the section for small unions was renamed Section C, and was reduced to eight members.

Year	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union
1989	Bill Brett	IPMS	Clive Brooke	IRSF	Roy Evans	ISTC	David Lambert	KFAT	John Lyons	EMA	John Morton	Musicians	Alec Smith	NUTGW	Bob Stevenson	NUFLAT
1990									John Lyons	EMA	Dennis Scard	Musicians	Alec Smith	NUTGW	John Newman	NUMAST
1991									Ken Cameron	FBU			David Evans	POA	John Newman	NUMAST
1992					Keith Brookman	ISTC									Reduced to 7 seats in 1992
1993							Jimmy Knapp	RMT
1996			Tony Cooper	EMA
1998	John Chowcat	NAEIAC
1999	Michael J. Leahy	Community			Brian Orrel	NUMAST
2000	Michael J. Leahy	Community	Andy Gilchrist	FBU	Brian Orrel	NUMAST			Ged Nichols	Accord			Richard Rosser	TSSA

Increased to 11 members in 2001.

Year	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union
2001	Jonathan Baume	FDA	Brian Caton	POA	Paul Gates	KFAT	Andy Gilchrist	FBU	Michael J. Leahy	Community	Judy McKnight	NAPO	Ged Nichols	Accord	Paul Noon	IMPS	Brian Orrel	NUMAST	Mick Rix	ASLEF	Richard Rosser	TSSA
2002					Jeremy Dear	NUJ							Ged Nichols	Accord	Paul Mackney	NATFHE			Mick Rix	ASLEF
2003													Bob Crow	RMT					Paul Gates	KFAT
2004													Bob Crow	RMT					Gerry Doherty	TSSA	Ged Nichols	Accord
2005							Doug Nicholls	CYWU					Tim Poil	NGSU
2006							Matt Wrack	FBU
2007															John F. Smith	Musicians
2008											Christine Payne	Equity
2009											Christine Payne	Equity					Mark Dickinson	Nautilus
2010			Bob Crow	RMT							Steve Gillan	POA
2011			Bob Crow	RMT	Michelle Stanistreet	NUJ					Steve Gillan	POA							Simon Weller	ASLEF

In 2012, unions with 30,000 to 99,999 members were moved to Section B, and Section C was reduced to seven members.

Year	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union	Name	Union
2012	Manuel Cortes	TSSA	Mark Dickinson	Nautilus	Ged Nichols	Accord	Dave Penman	FDA	Tim Poil	NGSU	Eddie Saville	HCSA	Simon Weller	ASLEF
2013
2014
2015
2016									Nick Cusack	PFA

Section D: Women

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1983	Olwyn Davies	NUPE	Ada Maddocks	NALGO	Gina Morgan	AEU	Marie Patterson	TGWU	Muriel Turner	ASTMS	Pat Turner	GMB
1985	Olwyn Davies	NUPE					Margaret Prosser	TGWU	Muriel Turner	ASTMS
1987	Bernadette Hillon	USDAW					Margaret Prosser	TGWU	Ina Love	NUPE

Reduced to four members in 1989.

Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1989	Liz Symons	FDA	Pam Thomas	SOGAT	Diana Warwick	AUT	Ada Maddocks	NALGO
1990			Pam Thomas	SOGAT	Diana Warwick	AUT	Jeannie Drake	NCU
1992			Pat Hawkes	NUT	Pat Dwyer	UCW	Jeannie Drake	NCU
1995					Helen McGrath	KFAT	Jocelyn Prudence	CSP
1996	Anita Halpin	NUJ
1997	Penny Holloway	AUT
1999					Anita Halpin	NUJ	Jenny Thurston	Prospect
2000					Lesley Mercer	CSP
2001			Anita Halpin	NUJ
2002	Julie Grant	ATL
2003	Sally Hunt	AUT
2005	Sally Hunt	AUT					Sue Ferns	Prospect
2007	Julia Neal	ATL
2009	Julia Neal	ATL	Joanna Brown	SCP
2011	Alice Robinson	ATL
2012	Alice Robinson	ATL			Sue Mather	Community
2013	Niamh Sweeney	ATL			Sue Mather	Community
2014					Linda Rolph	Accord
2016			Annette Mansell-Green	BDA	Linda Rolph	Accord

Sections E, F and G: Black workers

Year	Section E		Section F		Section G
Year	Representative	Union	Representative	Union	Representative	Union
1995	Bob Purkiss	TGWU	Mohan Dhamrait	NUT	Gloria Mills	Unison
2000	Mohammad Taj	Unite	Mohan Dhamrait	NUT
2001			Leslie Mannaseh	Prospect
2015			Micky Nicholas	FBU

Section H: Disabled workers

Created 2001

Year	Representative	Union
2001	Mark Fysh	Unison
2011	Seán McGovern	Unite

Section I: LGBT workers

Created 2001

Year	Representative	Union
2001	David Lascelles	GMB
2006	Maria Exall	CWU

Section J: Young workers

Created 2001

Year	Representative	Union
2001	Phil Pinder	TGWU
2004	Matthew McGregor	TGWU
2005	John Walsh	Unite
2011	Fern McCaffrey	GMB
2016	Craig Dawson	GMB

References

1 2 Trades Union Congress, "General Council and TUC structure"
↑ Maor, Moshe (1997). Political Parties and Party Systems. London: Routledge. p. 121. ISBN 0415082846.
↑ Laybourn, Keith (1999). Modern Britain Since 1906: A Reader. London: I. B. Tauris & Co. p. 141. ISBN 1860642985.
↑ Calhoun, Daniel Fairchild (1976). The United Front!: The TUC and the Russians, 1923-1928. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 38–40. ISBN 0521210569.
1 2 3 Trades Union Congress, Report of Proceedings at the 83rd Annual Trades Union Congress, p.299
↑ Trades Union Congress, Report of the 103rd Annual Trades Union Congress, p.42
↑ Trades Union Congress, Report of the 1968 Annual Trades Union Congress, p.143
1 2 3 4 5 Trades Union Congress, Report of the 100th Annual Trades Union Congress, p.144
1 2 Trades Union Congress, Report of the 109th Annual Trades Union Congress, p.27
↑ Labour Research, Vols.62-63, p.235
1 2 Labour Research, vols.54-55, p.159
↑ Report of Proceedings at the 1961 Annual Trades Union Congress, p.509
↑ Trades Union Congress, Report of the 1948 Annual Trades Union Congress, p.301
↑ Trades Union Congress, "TUC General Council members"

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