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History

The union was founded in 1915 when the Post Office Engineering and Stores Association and the Amalgamated Society of Telephone Employees merged, to form the Post Office Amalgamated Engineering and Stores Association.² In 1922, following the establishment of the Irish Free State, the union's Irish section split away to form the Irish Post Office Engineering Union.³ In 1925, the Post Office Telegraph Mechanicians' Society joined the union.⁴ However, by 1939, membership was only 39,000.⁵

By 1983, the POEU was the twentieth largest union in the UK, with membership around 130,000.⁶ In 1985, it merged with the Postal and Telecommunications Group of the Civil and Public Services Association, forming the National Communications Union.⁷

Election results

The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in each Parliamentary election from 1966 onwards.

Election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Position
1966 general election	Isle of Ely	Graham Nurse	19,566	43.8	28
1969 by-election	Newcastle-under-Lyme	John Golding	21,786	46.1	1
1970 general election	Colchester	John Bartlett	20,325	35.0	29
	Mitcham	Reginald Vincent	22,047	44.2	210
	Newcastle-under-Lyme	John Golding	22,329	48.9	111
1973 by-election	Westhoughton	Roger Stott	26,294	57.0	1
Feb 1974 general election	Edinburgh Pentlands	John McWilliam	13,560	30.8	212
	Newcastle-under-Lyme	John Golding	28,603	47.2	113
	Westhoughton	Roger Stott	30,574	51.5	114
Oct 1974 general election	Newcastle-under-Lyme	John Golding	28,154	49.6	115
	Westhoughton	Roger Stott	30,373	54.1	116
1979 general election	Bexleyheath	Richard Blackwell	13,342	32.7	217
	Blaydon	John McWilliam	24,687	53.4	118
	Newcastle-under-Lyme	John Golding	28,649	48.5	119
	Westhoughton	Roger Stott	29,685	48.2	120
1983 general election	Blaydon	John McWilliam	21,285	44.4	1
	Newcastle-under-Lyme	John Golding	21,210	42.0	1
	Wigan	Roger Stott	29,859	54.6	1

Leadership

General Secretaries

1915: Charles Howard Smith 1938: John Edwards 1947: Douglas Coward 1953: Charles Delacourt-Smith 1972: Bryan Stanley

Presidents

1915: E. W. Bennett 1921: H. A. Barclay 1924: E. W. Goodwin 1926: H. G. Hill 1933: C. T. Saunders 1934: E. W. Goodwin 1935: C. J. Connelly 1936: A. V. Games 1939: Ernie Power 1951: W. J. A. Hughes 1952: L. G. Fox 1955: W. J. Jones 1956: Stan Rosser 1970: John Scott-Garner

External links

• Catalogue of the POEU archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
• Catalogue of the POESA archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

References

1. Clark, Jon; McLoughlin, Ian; Rose, Howard; King, Robin (1988). Clark, Jon (ed.). The Process of Technological Change: New technology and social choice in the workplace. Cambridge Studies in Management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-521-38698-5. Retrieved 19 April 2013. 0-521-38698-5 ↩

2. London Metropolitan University (London North campus): Post Office Engineering Union, AIM25. http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/49/5474.htm ↩

3. John P. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, p. 456. ↩

4. Post Office Engineering Union Research Department 1887-1994 http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ead/135BRD.htm ↩

5. Clark, Jon; McLoughlin, Ian; Rose, Howard; King, Robin (1988). Clark, Jon (ed.). The Process of Technological Change: New technology and social choice in the workplace. Cambridge Studies in Management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-521-38698-5. Retrieved 19 April 2013. 0-521-38698-5 ↩

6. Clark, Jon; McLoughlin, Ian; Rose, Howard; King, Robin (1988). Clark, Jon (ed.). The Process of Technological Change: New technology and social choice in the workplace. Cambridge Studies in Management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-521-38698-5. Retrieved 19 April 2013. 0-521-38698-5 ↩

7. Post Office Engineering Union Research Department 1887-1994 http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ead/135BRD.htm ↩

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