Trades Councils
For many localised disputes, it is often the case that winning support in the local community is at the heart of any successful campaign. This could be through attending picket lines to show support, signing petitions, platforming local speakers at events or helping with financial appeals. Our trades councils have been providing that local support for working people for over 100 years and continue to play a vital role in galvanising the community and bringing people together. Trades councils are the local trade union movement!
What is a Trades Union Council?
Trades union councils, often known as trade councils (TC's), are local groups of trade unionists who live and/or work in the area and are elected by their trade union.
TCs promote effective solidarity in disputes, joint campaigns on issues such as health, education, welfare and transport, and, in general, provide the vital link between the workplace and the wider working-class community. They play a vital role in bringing together solidarity and showing support for trade union members taking action Find out more about TC’s.
Find my local trades council
Trades union councils promote working-class solidarity in local communities. Find your nearest trades council or county association from the list below.
For further information on trade’s councils please contact tradescouncils@tuc.org.uk or Carl Roper, Secretary of the TUC Joint Consultative Committee at croper@tuc.org.uk
Trades councils
- London, East and South East
Barnet Trades Council
Contact: Bahir Laattoe, bahir.laattoe@yahoo.co.ukBattersea & Wandsworth Trades Union Council
Contact: Spencer Barnshaw, spencerbarnshaw@yahoo.comBarking Dagenham and Havering Trades Union Council
Contact: Susan Aitouaziz, s.aitouaziz@hotmail.co.uk or BDHTUC@hotmail.comBasildon & Thurrock Trades Union Council
Contact: Chris Huggins, basrockTUC@virginmedia.comBedford and District TUC
Contact: Mike Cattell, mikecattell883@yahoo.co.ukBexhill and Battle Trades Union Council
Contact: Paul Plim,pjplim@hotmail.comBrent Trades Council
Contact: Jonathan Fluxman, jfluxman@hotmail.comBrighton Hove and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Andy Richards, Brightontradescouncil@gmail.comCambridge & District Trades Council
Contact: Spyros Roumaneas secretary@cambstuc.orgCamden Trades Council
Contact: Sarah Friday, camdentradescouncil@gmail.comChelmsford & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Andrew Coburn, acoburn@blueyonder.co.ukCities of London and Westminster Trades Council
Contact: Dil Joshi, diljoshi19@gmail.comColchester and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Jane Dabbs, janeadabbs@yahoo.co.ukCroydon Trades Union Council
Contact: Roy Aird, roy.aird@cwuslsnh.orgEaling Trades Union Council
Contact: Aaron Smith, aaron.m.smith111@gmail.comEnfield Trades Council
Contact: John Dolan, enfieldtuc@hotmail.comEpping Forest Trades Council
Contact: Damon Burton, Damon.burton@unitetheunion.org
Great Yarmouth & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Claire Wardley, clairesam1@live.co.ukGreenwich & Bexley Trades Union Council
Contact: Lynne Chamberlain, Lynnechristinechamberlain@gmail.comHackney Trades Union Council
Contact: Doug Holton, hackneytucouncil@gmail.comHaringey Trades Union Council
Contact: Peter Woodward, haringeytuc@gmail.comHarlow and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Kay Morrison, kaym03355@gmail.comHarrow Trades Union Council
Contact: Tony O'Hara, harrowtuc@gmail.comHastings & District Trades Council
Contact: Jonathan Lee, hastingstuc@outlook.comHillingdon Trades Union Council
Contact: Steve Harbord, steveharbord@hotmail.comHounslow Trades Council
Contact: Lewis Emery, secretary@hounslowtradescouncil.orgIslington Trades Council
Contact: George Sharkey, george.sharkey@gmbactivist.org.ukIpswich & District Trades Council
Contact: Margaret Bulatis, ipswichdistricttuc@gmail.comKing's Lynn and District Trade Unions Council
Contact: Jo Rust, jo4nn3rust@hotmail.co.ukLambeth Trades Union Council
Contact: Ben Wiedel-Kaufmann, tuc.lambeth@gmail.com
Lewes & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Bill Ball, ltucbill@gmail.comLewisham Trades Union Council
Contact: Alan Hall, lewisham-tuc@outlook.com
Luton TUC
Contact: Mick Wright, mickovercoat752@gmail.comMedway Trades Union Council
Contact: Steve Wilkins, medwaytuc@googlemail.comMerton and Sutton Trades Union Council
Contact: Stephen Browett, mertonandsuttontuc@gmail.comNewham Trades Union Council
Contact: Sue Parkin, newhamtradescouncil@gmail.comNorth East Kent Trades Union Council
Contact: Hilary Chuter, hilarychuter@yahoo.co.ukNorth Norfolk Trades Union Council
Contact: Martin Booth, mbooth0853@outlook.comNorth West Essex Trades Council
Contact: David O'Brien, northwestessextuc@gmail.com
Norwich & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Kent, norwichtradescouncil1886@gmail.comOxford & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Pól Ó Ceallaigh, secretary@odtuc.org.ukPeterborough Trades Union Council
Contact: John Cooper, peterboroughtuc@gmail.comPortsmouth Trades Union Council
Contact: Louis MacDonald, macdonaldlouis3@gmail.comReading Trades Union Council
Contact: Ali McNamara, readingtradesunioncouncil@gmail.comRedbridge Trades Union Council
Contact: Bob Archer, bobarcher46@btinternet.comSlough & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Margery Thorogood, margery.thorogood@hotmail.co.ukSouth East Kent Trades Council
Contact: Simon Turp, simon.turp@sektuc.org.uk
Southend Trades Council
Contact: Rachel Heemskerk, southendtuc@gmail.comSouthampton & South West Hampshire Trades Union Council
Contact: Declan Clune, sotontuc@gmail.com
Phone: 07873 958510Southwark Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Gay, davegay49@hotmail.comStevenage and District Trades Council
Contact: Mark Kerr, stevenagetuc@gmail.comTower Hamlets Trades Council
Contact: Glyn Robbins, thtcsec@yahoo.comWaltham Forest Trades Council
Contact: Kevin Parslow, wftradescouncil@gmail.comWatford Trades Union Council
Contact: Philip Brown, leveller@myphone.coopWaveney District Trades Union Council
Contact: Richard Chilvers, rchilvers49@gmail.comWest Suffolk Trades Council
Contact: Kevin Nunn, westsuffolktradesunioncouncil@gmail.comWinchester & District Trades Council
Contact: Elaine Fullaway, elainefullaway@gmail.comWisbech, March and District Trades Council
Contact: Nick Williams, salixchas@live.com- Midlands
Birmingham Trades Union Council
Contact: Alex Masko, secretary.btuc@gmail.comChesterfield & District TUC
Contact: Allister MacTaggart, mactaggartallister@gmail.comCoventry Trade Union Council
Contact: Phil Street, coventrytuc@gmail.comDerby Area Trades Union Council
Contacts: Anna-Maria Toal & Oliver Mousley, annamariatoal78@gmail.com and olivermousley@gmail.comDudley Trades Union Council
Contact: Jessica Stoll, dudleytuc@gmail.comEast Staffordshire Trades Union Council
Contact: William Walker, williamh204@sky.comHigh Peak Trades Union Council
Contact: Adrian Cowley, Adrian.Cowley@unitetheunion.orgLeicester & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Chris Willars, titwillars@hotmail.comLincoln & District Trades Council
Contact: Calvin Bissitt, calvinshbissitt@gmail.comNorth Staffordshire Trades Union Council
Contact: Eamonn O'Kane, nstradescouncil@gmail.comNorthampton and District Trade Union Council
Contact: Anjona Roy, secretary@ntuc.org.ukNottinghamshire, Mansfield and Nottingham Trades Council
Contact: Liam Conway, secretary@nottstc.orgShropshire & Telford Trades Council
Contact: Gemma Offhand, secstuc@gmail.com
Walsall Trades Union Council
Contact: Shahin Akhtar, walsalltuc@yahoo.comWolverhampton, Bilston and District
Contact: Nick Kelleher, info@wolvestuc.org.ukWorcester Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Mitchell, wtucsecretary@gmail.com- North East, Yorkshire & The Humber
Barnsley Trades Union Council
Contact: George Arthur, tucbarnsley@gmail.comBerwick upon Tweed & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Moira Kay, moirakay@googlemail.comBradford and Shipley Trades Union Council
Contact: Isabel Cooke, bandstuc@gmail.comCalderdale TUC
Contacts: Nigel Smith, calderdaletuc@gmail.comDarlington Trades Union Council
Contact: Alan Docherty, darlingtontuc@gmail.comDoncaster and District TUC
Jon Moorcroft, jon.moorcroft@sky.com
Durham and Districts Trades Council
Contact: Sol Gamsu, sol.j.gamsu@durham.ac.ukGateshead Trades Union Council
Contact: Tony Dowling, toe.knee.dowling@gmail.comHartlepool Trades Union Council
Contact: Martin Dunbar, martin.dunbar50@gmail.comHuddersfield Trades Union Council
Contact: Bob Stoker, huddersfield.tuc@gmail.comHull and District Trades Council
Contact: Joe Gibbins, joegibbins65@googlemail.comKeighley Trades Union Council
Contact: Stephen David Towers, ktuc@hotmail.co.ukLeeds Trades Union Council
Contact: Jane Aitchison, leedstuc@gmail.comNewcastle upon Tyne Trades Union Council
Contact: Paul Ford, secretary@newcastle-tuc.org.ukNorth Tyneside Trades Union Council
Contact: Terry McPartlan, terrymcpartlanok@yahoo.comNorth Lincolnshire TUC
Mick Simpson, mick.simpson@unitetheunion.org
Rotherham Trades Council
Contact: Jill Adams, adajill1290@gmail.comSheffield Trades Union Council
Contact: Sam Morecroft, tucsheffield@gmail.comSouth Tyneside Trades Council
Contact: Janet Green, secretary@unison-southtyneside.org.uk
Sunderland Trades Union Council
Contact: Allan Kell, allankell@btinternet.comTeesside Trades Union Council
Contact: Leo Barnbrook, ejeffries73@gmail.comWakefield and District TUC
Catherine Porritt, WfandDistrict-TUC@gmx.comYork & Districts Trade Union Council
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- North West
Barrow Trades Union Council
Contact: Mandy Penellum, juniperx2023@gmail.comBlackburn and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Ian Gallagher, secretary@bdtuc.co.ukBlackpool, Fylde & Wyre Trades Union Council
Contact: Ken Cridland, kencridland@yahoo.co.ukBolton Trades Council
Contact: Matthew Fairlie, matthewjfairlie@gmail.com
Bury TUC
Contact: Chris Malkin, Burytucsec@gmail.comCarlisle & District Trades Union Council
Contact: David Niven, d_niven@sky.comChorley and District TUC
Contact: Andy Cunningham, andrew.cunningham@neu.org.ukCrewe & District Trades Council
Contact: Nina Hammill, creweanddistricttuc@gmail.comHalton Trades Union Council
Contact: Ian McIntyre, HaltonTUC@gmail.comKnowsley Trades Union Council
Contact: Steve Murphy, steblues@live.co.ukLancaster & Morecambe Trades Union Council
Contact: David Barnes, dkb@pop3.poptel.org.ukLiverpool Trade Union Council
Contact: Margaret McAdam, margmcadam@gmail.comManchester Trades Union Council
Contact: John Pye, secmtuc+treasurer@gmail.comNorth East Lancashire Trades Union Council
Contact: Peter Thorne, peter.thorne@sky.comPreston & South Ribble Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Savage, PrestonSouthRibbletuc@yahoo.comRochdale Metropolitan Borough Trades Council
Contact: Stefan Cholewka, stefan.cholewka@btinternet.comSalford Trades Union Council
Contact: John Catterall, salfordtucsec@gmail.comTrafford Trades Council
Contact: Sue Caldwell, traffordtradescouncil@gmail.com
Warrington District Trades Union Council
Contact: Andy Warnock-Smith, a.warnocksmith@ntlworld.comWest Cheshire Trades Union Council
Contact: Ray McHale, ray.mchale@btopenworld.comWirral Trades Council
Contact: Ian Seddon, wirraltuc@gmail.com- South West
Bath Trades Union Council
Contact: Michael Carley, secretary@bathtuc.orgBournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Trades Union Council
Contact; Joanne Oldale, joanne.oldale@gmail.comBridgwater and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Chapple, davidchapple2020@gmail.comBristol Trades Council
Contact: Sheila Caffrey, bristoltradesunioncouncil@gmail.comCheltenham and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Tanbir Siddique, tanbirsiddique@msn.comCornwall Trades Union Council
Contact: Susan Fairweather, secretary@cornwalltradescouncil.orgDorset Trades Union Council
Contact: Michael Torrens, michaeljptorrens@gmail.comExeter & District Trades Council
Contact: Barbara Denning, exeteranddistricttuc@gmail.com
Gloucester & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Neil Armitage, neil.armitage@unitetheunion.orgJersey Trades Union Council
Contact: Leigh Devine, jtucsecretary@gmail.comMendip Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Chapple, davidchapple2020@gmail.comNorth Devon & Torridge Trades Union Council
Contact: Sian Allesbrook, northdevontucsecretary@gmail.comPlymouth & District Trades Council
Contact: Liam Condron-Farnos, plymouthtuc@mail.comSalisbury & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Darren James, darrenjames666@btinternet.comStroud & District Trades Council
Contact: Ruth Amias, secretary@stroudtuc.orgTaunton and West Somerset Trades Union Council
Contact: Liz Payne-Ahmadi, payneahmadi@btinternet.comTorbay & South Devon Trades Council
Contact: Alice Derby, alice.derby@neu.org.uk
Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset Trades Union Council
Contact: Louise Branch, louisebranch123@gmail.comWhite Horse (Wiltshire) Trades Union Council
Contact: Chris Solman, chrissolman@talktalk.netYeovil & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Osborne, oz_yeovil@hotmail.com- Wales
Caerphilly Trades Union Council
Contact: Mariam Kamish, caerphillytuc@outlook.com
Cardiff Trades Union Council
Contact: David Bartlett, CardiffCTUC@gmail.comConwy Trades Union Council
Contact: Ted Jenks, tedjenks925@outlook.com
Merthyr Tydfil Trades Union Council
Contact: Robert Davenport, robertuk8@btinternet.comNewport Trades Council
Contact: Dan Payton, newporttuc@gmail.com
Rhondda Cynon Taff Trades Union Council
Contact: AJ Le Brun, rcttradescouncil@gmail.comSwansea Trades Union Council
Contact: Mark Evans, swansea.tradescouncil@gmail.com
Torfaen Trades Union Council
Contact: Richard Morse, secretary@torfaentuc.org.uk
County associations
- London, East and South East
Bedfordshire CATUC
Contact: Graham Tranquada, g.tranquadantlworld.comBerkshire County Association
Contact: Margery Thorogood, MARGERY.THOROGOOD@HOTMAIL.CO.UKCambridgeshire County Association
Contact: Sylvia Carter, sylviacarter45@btinternet.comEssex County Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Andrew Coburn, acoburn@blueyonder.co.ukGloucestershire Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Tanbir Siddique, tanbirsiddique@msn.com
Greater London Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Mary Adossides, secretary@glatuc.org.ukHampshire County Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Louis MacDonald, macdonaldlouis3@gmail.comHertfordshire County Association of Trades Councils
Contact: Philip Brown, leveller@myphone.coopOxfordshire County Association of Trades Councils
Contact: Pól Ó Ceallaigh, secretary@odtuc.org.uk- Midlands
Derbyshire County Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Allister Mactaggart, mactaggartallister@gmail.com- North East and Yorkshire
Cleveland Association of Trade Union Councils
Contact: Bob Stephenson, ejeffries73@gmail.comNorth Lincolnshire Trades Union Councils
Contact: Mick Simpson, mick.simpson@unitetheunion.orgSouth Yorkshire County Association
Contact: Bob Jeffrey, bobjeffery.sheffieldtuc@gmail.comTyne & Wear CATUC
Social: Facebook
Contact: Martin Levy, twcatuc@aol.co.ukWest Yorkshire County Association
Contact: Nesar Rafiq, wycatuc@gmail.com
Phone: 07913 423040- North West
Cheshire Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Nina Hammill, c.catuc@aol.co.ukGreater Manchester Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Chris Neville, gmatucsec@gmail.comLancashire Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Peter Billington, latuc@gmx.co.ukMerseyside County Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Ian McIntyre, MerseysideTUCsecretary@gmail.com- South West
Somerset Association of Trades Councils
Contact: Dave Chapple, davidchapple2020@gmail.com- Wales
Cardiff County Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Dave Bartlett, cardiffctuc@gmail.com
