The National Liberal Federation (1877–1936) was the union of all English and Welsh (but not Scottish) Liberal Associations. It held an annual conference which was regarded as being representative of the opinion of the party's rank and file and was broadly the equivalent of a present-day party conference .
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52-636: A co-ordinated programme of policies for radical reform springing from the grass-roots of the party – a manifesto for the next general election. Organisationally the NLF was the pillar of the Liberal Party. Under the presidency of Augustine Birrell it played an important role in the Liberal landslide election victory of 1906 . It was active in promoting the Free Trade campaign after 1903 and through
78-703: A cycle track used for competitions. It was used as a huge meeting space. Gladstone held a political meeting in November 1888, following Joseph Chamberlain 's split from the Liberal Party over Irish Home Rule , and spoke for two hours. The speech was recorded by the journal Political World on an Edison phonograph shipped from New York – the first political speech recorded. Chamberlain himself spoke there before an audience of some 10,000 people in November 1903, during his campaign for fiscal reform. On 17 September 1909, Charlotte Marsh and Mary Leigh climbed onto
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130-474: A members' association to that of a Liberal Whips' Office. It put local Liberal Associations in touch with potential candidates and made grants of money to help with elections. It had no policy role but supporters of various factions within the party did try to capture the offices of the LCA from time to time, most notably in the dissensions in the party over imperialism . The likelihood of a clash between LCA and NLF
156-607: A result Lloyd George had to keep his own National Liberal organisation in place between 1918 and 1922. When Lloyd George became party leader in 1926, Hudson, who was by then NLF Treasurer, resigned. The NLF continued in being until 1936 when an internal review of party organisation under Lord Meston recommended its replacement with a body with a different remit, the Liberal Party Organisation. ... Bingley Hall Bingley Hall in Birmingham
182-603: A site of its own and built a drill hall at Thorp Street . The hall was used repeatedly for meetings and conversions by various non-conformist religions, including the Elim Pentecostal Church in 1930, led by George Jeffreys . The hall was damaged by fire at the Midland Caravan, Camping and Leisure Exhibition in January 1984 and subsequently demolished, its functionality having been replaced by
208-587: A temporary hall on the corner of Lower Essex Street and Kent Street, but the following year the 2nd shows were held in the new Bingley Hall . Bingley Hall was built by Messrs Branson and Gwyther (architect J. A. Chatwin ), for £6,000 in six weeks in 1850, using steel columns surplus to the construction of Euston railway station . It was built in the Roman Doric style using red and blue bricks (the Staffordshire blue bricks being diverted from building
234-585: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Liberal Federation The inaugural conference of the National Liberal Federation (NLF) was held in Bingley Hall , Birmingham , on 31 May 1877, with the objective of promoting Liberalism , encouraging the formation of new associations and the strengthening and democratising of existing local Liberal parties. The conference
260-816: The Liberal Unionist faction and coalition with Conservatives . However, in its political orientation generally the NLF conference tended to take the Radical approach, most clearly in its support of the Newcastle Programme in 1891 (see below). Here it endorsed the extension of the Factory Acts , the introduction of universal male suffrage , an end to plural voting and the reform of the House of Lords . This brought conflict with Gladstone until his retirement from politics in 1894. However, by 1900
286-656: The LCA in 1874 and re-modelled its structure and purpose to become the "central medium of communication with and between the Party throughout the whole kingdom in aid of and in connection with local organization". The chairman of the LCA was originally the Leader of the Liberal MPs but by the end of the 19th century it was the Liberal Chief Whip . As the 19th century wore on, the role of the LCA changed from that of
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#1732764991287312-544: The Oxford Street viaduct ). Covering one and a quarter acres internally, it measured 224 feet (68 m) by 221 feet (67 m), used 11,700 feet (3,600 m) of 21-inch (530 mm) glass, and had ten entrance doors. During its life, it was used as a venue for the Birmingham Dog Show, cattle shows, chrysanthemum shows, circus, boxing, cinema, and in its later days for popular music concerts. It had
338-549: The city of Birmingham . Its structure – which became known as the " Caucus " – was modelled on that of the Birmingham Liberal Association, founded in 1865, which had been so effective in building a mass membership and an efficient electioneering body in the city under the political leadership of Joseph Chamberlain, and drawing on the strategic and organisational skills of William Harris (secretary 1868–73) and Francis Schnadhorst (secretary 1873–84). At
364-417: The establishment of the NLF, Chamberlain was elected its president (1877–80), Harris its chairman (1877–82), Schnadhorst its salaried secretary (1877–93), and John Skirrow Wright , another Birmingham activist, its treasurer (1877–1880). In the Liberal split over Irish Home Rule the NLF was loyal to party leader Gladstone rather than its own progenitor Joseph Chamberlain, who left the Liberal party and formed
390-426: The establishment of the new Liberal Publications Department, and these three organisations subsequently worked closely together at the administrative heart of the party. After the split between the party and Chamberlain over Home Rule, and the support the NLF offered to Gladstone, the NLF began to be more fully aware of the influence it was acquiring. This culminated with the Newcastle Programme of 1891, designed to be
416-636: The home of banker Charles Lloyd , and visited by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ) and opened on 3 September 1849 for visitors to the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival . This exhibition was visited by Charles Darwin , and also on 12 November by Prince Albert and may have contributed to his ideas for the Great Exhibition of 1851 at the Crystal Palace . Bingley House was built about 1760 as Byngas Hall, but
442-596: The invitation of the Cattle Show committee to Bingley Hall. This arrangement was never satisfactory, because the battalion could not use the hall for the duration of the cattle show in November and December each year. When the show committee also let the hall to a circus for three months in the spring of 1879, the battalion was temporarily housed in Mr Wiley's factory in Graham Street. The battalion then acquired
468-466: The members at its conferences were never intended to be binding on the Liberal leadership, it was obvious that the resolutions passed were a strong indication of thinking and feeling in the mass party which the leadership ignored at its peril. For example, in 1914 the NLF came out in support of women's suffrage, and H. H. Asquith (who was personally opposed to the measure) decided it should receive government support. The NLF's early associations were with
494-574: The role of the NLF had become merely advisory in term of policy. There was always the possibility of a clash between the NLF and the Liberal Central Association (LCA), the body (first known as the Liberal Registration Association) which had been formed on 21 February 1860 by twenty Liberal MPs to promote general co-operation between MPs and organisation in the constituencies. It changed its name to
520-725: The roof of Bingley Hall. They were protesting at women being excluded from a political meeting where the British Prime Minister Asquith was giving a speech. Marsh and Leigh threw roof tiles at the police. They went to trial and were sent onto Winson Green Prison . In the early months after it was raised in 1859, the Birmingham Rifles (later the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment ) paraded at Beardsworth's Horse Repository, but as numbers grew it moved at
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#1732764991287572-585: The work of Robert Hudson helped put in place a number of local pacts with the newly founded Labour Representation Committee . During the First World War, despite the opposition of many Liberals, the NLF helped to rally recruitment to the armed forces. After 1918 the NLF began to experience some financial difficulties but was able to remain solvent under the presidencies of Sir George Lunn and J. M. Robertson . They, together with secretary Robert Hudson, remained staunch supporters of H. H. Asquith and as
598-408: Was chaired by Joseph Chamberlain and addressed by Liberal leader William Ewart Gladstone . New associations quickly formed throughout the country and affiliated to the NLF which was a coordinating body rather than one which operated a central control. The task of the NLF was "to form new Liberal Associations based on popular representation". While the NLF always insisted the policies recommended by
624-429: Was greatly reduced when the NLF moved to London in 1886 into premises at 42 Parliament Street, next door to the LCA offices which were located at 41 Parliament Street. It also helped that Francis Schnadhorst , the efficient political organiser and secretary of the NLF was also appointed secretary of the LCA. The NLF produced some political literature early in its history. However, in 1887 the NLF and LCA collaborated in
650-431: Was shown on local maps as Bynges Hall as early as 1553, and was the home of James Farmer, whose daughter Mary married Charles Lloyd. The house and its land were bought by a railway company in order to build the railway tunnel (New Street North Tunnel) for the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway . The house was demolished. In December 1849, the first Birmingham annual cattle show and poultry show were held in
676-603: Was the first purpose-built exhibition hall in Great Britain . It was built in 1850 and burned down in 1984. The International Convention Centre now stands on the site. The precursor of Bingley Hall was an " Exhibition of the Manufactures of Birmingham and the Midland Counties " in a temporary wooden hall built in the grounds of, and attached to, Bingley House on Broad Street in central Birmingham (once
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