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, barnshaw@barnshaw.plus.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.comBromley Trades Union Council
Contact: Diane Datson, rubbish4949@outlook.comCambridge & District Trades Council
Contact: Sylvia Carter, sylviacarter45@btinternet.comCamden 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: Raph Pigott, r.pigott@levysolicitors.co.ukCroydon Trades Union Council
Contact: Roy Aird, roy.aird@cwuslsnh.orgEaling Trades Union Council
Contact: Oliver New, olivernew@btopenworld.comEnfield Trades Council
Contact: John Dolan, enfieldtuc@hotmail.comGreat 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: Paul Power, 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: Bill Reed, billreed2245@msn.comIslington Trades Council
Contact: George Sharkey, george.sharkey@gmbactivist.org.ukIpswich & District Trades Council
Contact: Callan Kemp, emailcallan@gmail.comKing's Lynn and District Trade Unions Council
Contact: Jo Rust, jo4nn3rust@hotmail.co.ukLewes & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Bill Ball, ltucbill@gmail.comLuton 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: Angharad Hillier, hillier_a@hotmail.comNorth East Kent Trades Union Council
Contact: Pauline Farrance, paulinefw@hotmail.comNorth Norfolk Trades Union Council
Contact: Martin Booth, mbooth0853@outlook.comNorth Sussex and East Surrey Trades Council
Contact: Stephen Pritchard, blueskies1977@gmail.comNorwich & 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: Hazel Perry, 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.ukSouthend 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, glynrobbins@aol.comUttlesford District
Contact: David O'Brien, secretary@uttlesfordtuc.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 Surrey Trades Council
Contact: Ellie Waple, eleanor.waple@surreycc.gov.ukWinchester & 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
Contact: Moz Greenshields, mozgreenshields@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: Joe McCluskey, nstradescouncil@gmail.comNorthampton and District Trade Union Council
Contact: Anjona Roy, secretary@ntuc.org.ukNottinghamshire, Mansfield and Nottingham Trades Council
Contact: Alan Barker, a.barker@nottingham.ac.ukWalsall 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, wtucgroup@gmail.com- North East, Yorkshire & The Humber
Barnsley Trades Union Council
Contact: George Arthur, tucbarnsley@gmail.comBerwick and District Trades Union Council
Contact: Sarah Roelofs, simonsimondixon@aol.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.comDurham 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, info@huddersfield-tuc.org.ukHull 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.comRotherham Trades Council
Contact: Jill Adams, adajill1290@gmail.comSheffield Trades Union Council
Contact: Sam Morecroft, smorecroft@sheffield.ac.ukSunderland Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Allan, dave.allan@unitetheunion.orgTeesside Trades Union Council
Contact: Leo Barnbrook, ejeffries73@gmail.comWakefield and District TUC
Catherine Porritt, WfandDistrict-TUC@gmx.comYork & Districts Trade Union Council
Contact: Michael Kearney, tucyork@gmail.com- 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 and District United Trades Council
Contact: Kev Allsop, Secretary@BoltonTUC.orgBury TUC
Contact: Chris Neville, Burytucsec@gmail.comCarlisle & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Pete Sunter, petesunter.nasuwt@gmail.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, treasurer@manchestertuc.org.ukNorth East Lancashire Trades Union Council
Contact: Peter Thorne, peter.thorne@sky.comOldham Trades Council
Contact: Melanie Kitchin, meldislikescomputers@hotmail.co.ukPreston & South Ribble Trades Union Council
Contact: Tracey Rheged-Armer, PrestonSouthRibbletuc@yahoo.comRochdale Metropolitan Borough Trades Council
Contact: Stefan Cholewka, stefan.cholewka@btinternet.comSalford Trades Union Council
Contact: Chris Neville, salfordtucsec@gmail.comWarrington 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; Gareth Drinkwater, garethdrinkwater@hotmail.co.ukBridgwater 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: Richard Westcott, secretary@cornwalltradescouncil.orgDorset Trades Union Council
Contact: Jenny Lennon-Wood, rodent.major@btopenworld.comGloucester & 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 (formerly Taw & Torridge)
Contact: Cecily Blyther, cecily.blyther@petroc.ac.uk
Plymouth & District Trades Council
Contact: Liam Condron-Farnos, plymouthtuc@mail.comSalisbury & District Trades Union Council
Contact: Darren James, darrenjames666@btinternet.comStroud Trades Council
Contact: Ruth Amias, secretary@stroudtuc.orgTaunton and West Somerset Trades Union Council
Contact: Liz Payne-Ahmadi, payneahmadi@btinternet.comWeston-super-Mare and North Somerset Trades Union Council
Contact: Louise Branch, louisebranch123@gmail.comWhite Horse (Wiltshire) Trades Union Council
Contact: Rosie MacGregor, rosiemacgregor@icloud.comYeovil & 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.comMontgomeryshire Trades Union Council
Contact: Kait Duerden, kaitduerden@btinternet.comRhondda Cynon Taff Trades Union Council
Contact: AJ Le Brun, rcttradescouncil@gmail.comSwansea Trades Union Council
Contact: Gareth Bromhall, 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.com
Phone: 07719 926592Essex County Association of Trades Union Councils
Contact: Andrew Coburn, acoburn@blueyonder.co.ukGreater London
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.coop
Phone: 01923 239512Oxfordshire County Association of Trades Councils
Contact: Pól Ó Ceallaigh, secretary@odtuc.org.ukSurrey County Assocation
Contact: Ellie Waple, eleanor.waple@surreycc.gov.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: Ken Vincent, Ken.vincent@gmbactivist.org.ukSouth Yorkshire County Association
Contact: Bob Jeffrey, bobjeffery.sheffieldtuc@gmail.comTyne & Wear CATUC
Social: Facebook
Contact: Martin Levy, twcatuc@aol.co.uk
West 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.ukGMATUC
Contact: Chris Neville, gmatucsec@gmail.comLancashire Association of Trades Union Councils (LATUC)
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 Trades Union Council
Contact: Dave Bartlett, cardiffctuc@gmail.com
