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He was a leading figure in the UK labour movement in the second half of the 20th Century,<ref>{{Cite book|title = North West Labour History Journal|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_1qyAAAAIAAJ|publisher = North West Labour History Group|date = 2002-01-01}}</ref> twice running for General Secretary of the [[Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers|Boilermakers' Society]]<ref>{{Cite book|title = New Statesman|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DguIAAAAMAAJ|publisher = Statesman and Nation Publishing Company|date = 1981-01-01}}</ref> in highly contentious elections. He was elected Vice President of the Liverpool Trades Council in 1970<ref>{{Cite book|title = Yearbook on International Communist Affairs|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FXofAQAAMAAJ|publisher = Hoover Institution Press|date = 1970-01-01|first = Richard Felix|last = Staar|first2 = Milorad M.|last2 = Drachkovitch|first3 = Lewis H.|last3 = Gann}}</ref>, later becoming its President. He was also elected to the national executive of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]], representing it at the founding congress of the [[Workers' Party of Ethiopia|Workers Party of Ethiopia]] in 1984 where he delivered a speech on the party's behalf<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.microform.co.uk/guides/CP-CENT-INT.pdf|title = Microform UK|date = |accessdate = |website = Archives of the Communist Party of Great Britain|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>. |
He was a leading figure in the UK labour movement in the second half of the 20th Century,<ref>{{Cite book|title = North West Labour History Journal|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_1qyAAAAIAAJ|publisher = North West Labour History Group|date = 2002-01-01}}</ref> twice running for General Secretary of the [[Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers|Boilermakers' Society]]<ref>{{Cite book|title = New Statesman|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DguIAAAAMAAJ|publisher = Statesman and Nation Publishing Company|date = 1981-01-01}}</ref> in highly contentious elections. He was elected Vice President of the Liverpool Trades Council in 1970<ref>{{Cite book|title = Yearbook on International Communist Affairs|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FXofAQAAMAAJ|publisher = Hoover Institution Press|date = 1970-01-01|first = Richard Felix|last = Staar|first2 = Milorad M.|last2 = Drachkovitch|first3 = Lewis H.|last3 = Gann}}</ref>, later becoming its President. He was also elected to the national executive of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]], representing it at the founding congress of the [[Workers' Party of Ethiopia|Workers Party of Ethiopia]] in 1984 where he delivered a speech on the party's behalf<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.microform.co.uk/guides/CP-CENT-INT.pdf|title = Microform UK|date = |accessdate = |website = Archives of the Communist Party of Great Britain|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>. |
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Williams stood as the Communist Party candidate in the 1965 Liverpool Borough Council Elections, in the Childwell Ward, polling only 74 votes, or one percent<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Liverpool Borough Council election, 1965|url = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liverpool_Borough_Council_election,_1965&oldid=678181273|language = en}}</ref>. The following year he stood as the Communist Candidate in the [[Birkenhead]] constituency in the United Kingdom General Election. He achieved only 1.5 percent of the vote<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|url = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birkenhead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&oldid=674634280|language = en}}</ref>. He saw these acts as important to the political process despite openly acknowledging that his candidacy was unlikely to result in a seat in Parliament<ref>{{Cite web|title = OBITUARY: Barry Williams. - Free Online Library|url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/OBITUARY%253A+Barry+Williams.-a0135018433|website = www.thefreelibrary.com|accessdate = 2015-12-22}}</ref>. He stood again in Birkenhead in the 1970 General Election for the Communist Party achieving 0.6 percent of the vote.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|url = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birkenhead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&oldid=674634280|language = en}}</ref> |
Williams stood as the Communist Party candidate in the 1965 Liverpool Borough Council Elections, in the Childwell Ward, polling only 74 votes, or one percent<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Liverpool Borough Council election, 1965|url = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liverpool_Borough_Council_election,_1965&oldid=678181273|language = en}}</ref>. The following year he stood as the Communist Candidate in the [[Birkenhead]] constituency in the United Kingdom General Election. He achieved only 1.5 percent of the vote<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|url = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birkenhead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&oldid=674634280|language = en}}</ref>. He saw these acts as important to the political process despite openly acknowledging that his candidacy was unlikely to result in a seat in Parliament<ref>{{Cite web|title = OBITUARY: Barry Williams. - Free Online Library|url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/OBITUARY%253A+Barry+Williams.-a0135018433|website = www.thefreelibrary.com|accessdate = 2015-12-22}}</ref>. He stood again in Birkenhead in the 1970 General Election for the Communist Party achieving 0.6 percent of the vote.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|url = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birkenhead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&oldid=674634280|language = en}}</ref> As well as his political activity for the CPGB he also wrote football reports on [[Everton F.C.|Everton FC]] for the [[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Morning star]] under the nom de plume "Bill Morton"<ref>{{Cite book|title = North West Labour History Journal|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_1qyAAAAIAAJ|publisher = North West Labour History Group|date = 2002-01-01|language = en}}</ref>. |
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Barry Williams died in Wrexham, North Wales, in August 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituary|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-135018433.html|website=Highbeam}}</ref> He was briefly married to [[Susannah Lash]] and was the father of Clare Lash-Williams and Oliver Lash-Williams. |
Barry Williams died in Wrexham, North Wales, in August 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituary|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-135018433.html|website=Highbeam}}</ref> He was briefly married to [[Susannah Lash]] and was the father of Clare Lash-Williams and Oliver Lash-Williams. |
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Barry Williams (Alfred Barry, known as Barry) was a Boilermaker, trade union official,[1] and Communist Politician in the United Kingdom. He was one of three children of Elizabeth and Alfred John Williams also a boilermaker. He was the first of three children, and was born on the 7th February 1928 in Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Williams grew up in Liverpool and served an apprenticeship as a boilermaker at the firm of Francis Morton & Co.[2] Engineers in Garston, Liverpool, England. He was drafted for National Service in the British Army's RAMC in 1946 and was posted to Palestine as part of the force administering the British Mandate. On returning to the UK he worked for various employers including shipbuilders and repairers Grayson Rollo and Clover and Cammell Laird and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Boardas a plater, a sub-division of boilermaker trade.
He was a leading figure in the UK labour movement in the second half of the 20th Century,[3] twice running for General Secretary of the Boilermakers' Society[4] in highly contentious elections. He was elected Vice President of the Liverpool Trades Council in 1970[5], later becoming its President. He was also elected to the national executive of the Communist Party of Great Britain, representing it at the founding congress of the Workers Party of Ethiopia in 1984 where he delivered a speech on the party's behalf[6].
Williams stood as the Communist Party candidate in the 1965 Liverpool Borough Council Elections, in the Childwell Ward, polling only 74 votes, or one percent[7]. The following year he stood as the Communist Candidate in the Birkenhead constituency in the United Kingdom General Election. He achieved only 1.5 percent of the vote[8]. He saw these acts as important to the political process despite openly acknowledging that his candidacy was unlikely to result in a seat in Parliament[9]. He stood again in Birkenhead in the 1970 General Election for the Communist Party achieving 0.6 percent of the vote.[10] As well as his political activity for the CPGB he also wrote football reports on Everton FC for the Morning star under the nom de plume "Bill Morton"[11].
Barry Williams died in Wrexham, North Wales, in August 2005.[12] He was briefly married to Susannah Lash and was the father of Clare Lash-Williams and Oliver Lash-Williams.
References
- ^ "Communist Biographies - AB Williams". Graham Stevenson.
- ^ "Francis Morton & Co". Grace's Guide.
- ^ North West Labour History Journal. North West Labour History Group. 2002-01-01.
- ^ New Statesman. Statesman and Nation Publishing Company. 1981-01-01.
- ^ Staar, Richard Felix; Drachkovitch, Milorad M.; Gann, Lewis H. (1970-01-01). Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Hoover Institution Press.
- ^ "Microform UK" (PDF). Archives of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
- ^ "Liverpool Borough Council election, 1965".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "OBITUARY: Barry Williams. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- ^ "Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ North West Labour History Journal. North West Labour History Group. 2002-01-01.
- ^ "Obituary". Highbeam.