Item WINTRINGHAM 3/2/1 - Papers, 1942-1943, relating to Tom Wintringham's by-election campaign, North Midlothian, 1943

Papers relating to Tom Wintringham's election campaign as the Common Wealth Party candidate for North Midlothian in the 1943 by-election, including letters of support and messages to be used in the campaign for North Midlothian, including from John Boynton Priestley, Sir Charles Trevelyan and Henry Noel Brailsford; Wintringham's script for 'Answering You', a discussion on the BBC's North America Service, London, 1942 (for photographs in the studio see 3/7); Communist Party statement on their position on the Common Wealth Party in North Midlothian; reprint from Forward 'Why I fight Scots By-election: our challenge to the Tories' by Wintringham, 2 Jan 1943; press cutting 'Tom Wintringham stands for parliament', in Picture Post, 6 Feb 1943; campaign leaflets for Wintringham and press cuttings relating to Wintringham's campaign. 1 file