National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers


The National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

History

The union was founded in 1921, when the Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees merged with the National Union of Warehouse and General Workers. The Co-operative Insurance Staff union split in 1922, but several small unions joined during the 1920s, and membership reached 96,000 by 1926, rising to 274,000 in 1946, the year that the Journeymen Butchers' Federation of Great Britain joined. By this point, four-tenths of its members were women..
In 1947, NUDAW merged with the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, to form the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. Joseph Hallsworth was General Secretary of the union for its entire existence.

Election results

The union stood a large number of Labour Party candidates, many of whom won election.
ElectionConstituencyCandidateVotesPercentagePosition
1921 by-electionWesthoughton14,87658.41
1922 general electionShipley11,16037.22
1922 general electionWesthoughton14,84655.41
1923 general electionAshton-under-Lyne6,20828.73
1923 general electionShipley11,91838.41
1923 general electionSpen Valley12,59737.42
1923 general electionStafford8,41246.12
1923 general electionWesthoughton15,34760.31
1924 general electionJarrow18,20357.41
1924 general electionLiverpool Wavertree10,38335.02
1924 general electionManchester Blackley6,19527.53
1924 general electionMiddlesbrough East9,57438.51
1924 general electionShipley11,86236.01
1924 general electionSpen Valley13,99943.12
1924 general electionStafford7,57137.92
1924 general electionWesthoughton16,03355.81
1929 general electionJarrow22,75162.51
1929 general electionLiverpool Exchange16,97049.72
1929 general electionManchester Blackley9,09130.13
1929 general electionMiddlesbrough East12,21541.31
1929 general electionShipley18,65442.31
1929 general electionWesthoughton22,30561.51
1930 by-electionShipley18,65442.31
1931 general electionJarrow18,07145.92
1931 general electionMiddlesbrough East12,08039.62
1931 general electionShipley14,72534.52
1931 general electionWesthoughton19,30153.41
1935 general electionBurnley31,16053.61
1935 general electionJarrow20,32453.11
1935 general electionManchester Clayton19,22553.71
1935 general electionRossendale14,76937.12
1935 general electionSt Helens29,04453.71
1935 general electionThornbury15,16437.52
1935 general electionWesthoughton21,09360.41
1941 by-electionDoncasterunopposedN/A1
1945 general electionBurnley32,12263.51
1945 general electionDoncaster40,05070.21
1945 general electionJarrow22,65666.01
1945 general electionLeigh32,44769.81
1945 general electionWansbeck40,94860.01
1945 general electionWesthoughton20,99064.91
1945 general electionWest Renfrewshire15,05048.91

Leadership

General secretaries

General presidents