Hull University Labour Club
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Hull University Labour Club
HULC |
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| Chairperson | George Aylett |
| Secretary | George Boyd |
| Vice chair & treasurer | Brandon Ward |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Preceded by | Hull University Socialist Society, Hull College Labour Society |
| Ideology |
Democratic Socialism Social Democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Affiliations |
Labour Party (UK) Labour Students |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | "Negant in omni scientia." |
Hull University Labour Club (HULC) is a Hull University Union society for University of Hull students who support the Labour Party. It is one of the oldest societies at Hull, first formed as the Hull College Labour Society from 1952-1958, the Hull University Socialist Society from 1958-1967, and the Hull University Labour Club from September 1967. As of 2014, it is no longer affiliated with Labour Students.
Influential in the earlier stages of the National Association of Labour Students Organisations (NALSO) in the 1950s, it has also had a role in the National Union of Students, Labour Students and Young Labour movements since their individual formations. Most notable was their large involvement in local and national campaigning in the 1960s and the 2015 general election. Their influence has waned in recent years but is starting to experience a renewal.
Membership levels took a significant decline in the period between 2010 and 2015 but have since started to increase since 2016.
Since 2010 membership levels had declined significantly, resulting in an average of five active members in the period following the 2015 general election. However, membership has risen dramatically since the 2015/2016 academic year.
Their executive consists of nine positions with positions often left vacant. The 2016/17 executive was the first in recent times to experience no vacancies on the committee. Elections are staggered with senior positions elected in June and the liberation positions elected in October. Their 2016/17 executive committee are:
†Stood down during his tenure, replaced with then-Vice-Chair Christopher Knott. ††Stood down during his tenure to run for President of the Hull University Union, replaced with then-Vice-Chair Josh Capstick.
From 1927 – Hull University’s foundation as a tiny College of the University of London, with just 200 students – up until 1950, very little is known about left-wing student politics in Hull. We do know that before it folded 1935 a "Socialist Group" was active in the College, and that the Hull-born working-class gay author Dan Billany (1913-c.1943) was Secretary. Billany, however, never aligned himself to the Labour Party and was a member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB), until his expulsion for reasons which the SPGB has never divulged. It is clear from records in the Hull College registrar's files that no Labour Club existed in 1946 and that the only "Contentious Societies" in existence on campus at this time were the Catholic Society, Student Christian Movement (SCM) and the Socialist Society. It is conceivable, although not known for certain, that no society called the Labour Club existed in Hull during the 1930s or 1940s. It should be noted, however, that this was before the era university grants. Poor, working-class students like Billany (who himself only managed to come to Hull College through a much-coveted scholarship) were the exception on campus, and so didn't provide a significant pool from which to draw Club members.
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