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United Patternmakers' Association
Merged into	Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers-Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section
Founded	1872
Dissolved	1984
Headquarters	15 Cleve Road, West Hampstead
Location	United Kingdom;
Members	6,842 (1907); 9,571 (1980)
Key people	George Buchanan
Publication	Patternmaker
Affiliations	TUC, CSEU, LMTU, Labour

The United Patternmakers Association (UPA) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

History edit

The association was founded in 1872 to represent skilled patternmakers in England,^[3] following a strike by patternmakers along the River Tyne and River Wear for a nine-hour day.^[4] Originally based in London, it transferred its headquarters to Manchester in 1896, to Leeds in 1903, then to Eccles in 1908, returning to London in 1912.^[5]

The Associated Patternmakers of Scotland union merged into the UPA in 1912.^[5] In 1918, the union balloted its members on joining the new Amalgamated Engineering Union, but this was not approved.^[6]

During the 1930s, George Buchanan was the union's president, and the union focussed considerable attention on anti-fascist activity. It was initially sympathetic to the Independent Labour Party's split from the Labour Party, although by 1935 Buchanan's union backing was withdrawn.^[7] It retained a strong craft unionist approach, and resisted the prevailing trend of admitting workers in allied trades.^[8]

In 1969, the union renamed itself the Association of Patternmakers and Allied Craftsmen.^[4] By 1979, its membership stood just under 10,000, mostly in the English Midlands. Only three members were women.^[3] In 1984, it merged into the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section.^[5]

Election results edit

The union sponsored candidates in numerous Parliamentary elections between 1909 and 1974, most of whom were elected. Almost all ran as Labour Party candidates, the exception being Buchanan in 1931 who was refused Labour Party endorsement, and instead stood for the Independent Labour Party. He ran for that party again in 1935, on this occasion without official backing from the union, although it did set up a voluntary fund for his support, to which members could choose to donate. By 1945, he had returned to the Labour Party.^[9]

Election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Position
1909 by-election	Sheffield Attercliffe	Joseph Pointer	3,531	27.5	1
1910 Jan general election	Sheffield Attercliffe	Joseph Pointer	7,755	56.1	1
1910 Dec general election	Sheffield Attercliffe	Joseph Pointer	6,532	55.0	1
1922 general election	Glasgow Gorbals	George Buchanan	16,478	54.5	1
1923 general election	Glasgow Gorbals	George Buchanan	17,211	67.2	1
1924 general election	Glasgow Gorbals	George Buchanan	19,480	65.9	1
1929 general election	Glasgow Gorbals	George Buchanan	25,134	74.8	1
1931 general election	Glasgow Gorbals	George Buchanan	19,278	58.1	1
1931 general election	Stoke	Ellis Smith	13,264	30.3	2
1935 general election	Stoke	Ellis Smith	20,992	52.7	1
1945 general election	Glasgow Gorbals	George Buchanan	21,073	80.0	1
1945 general election	Stoke	Ellis Smith	29,551	69.1	1
1950 general election	Stoke-on-Trent South	Ellis Smith	34,339	64.5	1
1951 general election	Stoke-on-Trent South	Ellis Smith	35,261	65.8	1
1955 general election	Stoke-on-Trent South	Ellis Smith	31,003	63.6	1
1959 general election	Stoke-on-Trent South	Ellis Smith	29,578	59.3	1
1964 general election	Stoke-on-Trent South	Ellis Smith	28,928	60.6	1
1974 Feb general election	Stretford	Kenneth Anthony	19,641	35.2	2

Officials edit

General Secretaries edit

1872: R. C. Douglas^[10]

1872: R. Reay^[10]

1884: William Mosses^[10]

1917: Alan Findlay^[10]

1941: Wilfred Beard

1967: Samuel McLaren

1969: Gerry Eastwood

Presidents edit

1872: N. Charlton^[10]

1876: C. Mothersdale^[10]

1880: S. T. Taylor^[10]

1884: R. Brown^[10]

1884: T. Souter^[10]

1885: John Livingston^[10]

1888: George E. Wilson^[10]

1891: Thomas Goodall^[10]

1892: Joseph W. Field^[10]

1893: Joseph Taylor^[10]

1894: William Williams^[10]

1895: Fred W. Kent^[10]

1896: John Mills^[10]

1897: Ed Appleby^[10]

1899: J. M. Whittaker^[10]

1900: Thomas Battison^[10]

1901: J. M. Whittaker^[10]

1902: A. Mackenzie^[10]

1903: Arthur Pearson^[10]

1909: John Mills^[10]

1913: Albert E. Wardale^[11]

1932: George Buchanan

1946: Ellis Smith

1966: Victor MacDonald

1977:

References edit

^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. pp. 82–101.
^ Eaton, Jack; Gill, Colin (1981). The Trade Union Directory. London: Pluto Press. pp. 101–102. ISBN 0861043502.
^ ^a ^b Arthur Ivor Marsh, Trade Union Handbook, p.260
^ ^a ^b Arthur Ivor Marsh, Concise Encyclopedia of Industrial Relations, p.224
^ ^a ^b ^c John B. Smethurst and Alan Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, Volume 6, pp.204-205
^ Jefferys, James B. (1970). The Story of the Engineers. Edinburgh: Reprints in Social and Economic History. p. 193.
^ Matthew Worley, Labour's Grass Roots, p.61
^ Hugh Armstrong Clegg, Trade Union Officers, p.16
^ Parker, James (2017). Trade unions and the political culture of the Labour Party, 1931-1940 (PDF). Exeter: University of Exeter. p. 125.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x Mosses, William (1922). The History of the United Pattern Makers' Association. London: United Patternmakers' Association.
^ United Patternmakers' Association, "Obituary", Annual Report (1963)