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Minutes and memoranda, mainly by Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications and also Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on strategy for campaigns, including: general strategy for 1987; the Jobs and Industry Campaign; the Freedom and Fairness Campaign; local elections and by-elections, including the West Derbyshire by-election; Labour and young people; international and defence policies; the Social Policy Campaign.

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Correspondence between NK, Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) and Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications and briefings for meetings with Worcester, on the worsening relations between MORI and Labour.

Scope and Contents Includes: a memorandum from Nigel Stanley and Peter Hain on NK’s leadership campaign strategy; General Election post mortems by Geoff Bish, TULV [Trade Unions for Labour Victory], Gwyneth Dunwoody [Parliamentary Campaign Coordinator], Denis Healey, Denis Howell, Sam McCluskie, Shirley Summerskill, various Labour Party regions and James Mortimer, General Secretary; notes on party recruitment, polling needs and party organisation, particularly from Jeremy Bray, Ray Green, Chris Powell and...

Scope and Contents Includes: report by Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on the American elections; transcript of a Weekend World programme on Ronald Reagan and the Soviet Union; report on the Democratic convention; note for a National Executive Committee meeting on repealing anti-union legislation; agenda and minutes for Parliamentary party meetings; statement by the Attorney General on the sequestration of National Union of Mineworkers funds; papers on a dispute...

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Memorandum from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) on NK’s leadership qualities, with note by Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary].

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Includes: minutes and rough notes of group meetings; draft questions for baseline surveys; memoranda from individuals including Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications and Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI); analysis of local election results, 1986; papers on Labour’s polling tasks, 1985-86 and 1986-87 and polling research proposals; reports of the group to the Campaign Strategy Committee.

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Includes: memoranda on polling research; minutes and rough notes of group meetings; memoranda from individuals including Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) and Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary]; note on producing a monthly digest of polls; research proposals for the 1987 General Election.

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Includes: summary of quantitative data for the Policy Review on how voters see politics and their values and attitudes; average percentages of the vote among the political parties; correspondence between Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited, and Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications on a rift between Labour and MORI.

Scope and Contents Includes: surveys among the membership of EEPTU [Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union]; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on public attitudes to defence and disarmament, and voting intentions among black adults; memorandum from Bryan Gould, campaign co-ordinator, and poll by Weekend World, on marginals’ voting intentions; transcripts of a Weekend World interview with Bryan Gould, campaign co-ordinator, on whether...

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Includes: papers from meetings of the Polling Group, including polling summaries, notes of polling requirements, and aggregate analyses by Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI); polling data; Campaign Strategy Committee evaluation of the 1984 European Elections campaign.

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Includes: presentation to NK on leadership and political leaders; lists of terms and phrases used by NK in speeches; reports on NK’s and his predecessor Michael Foot’s profiles; views on all the party leaders; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on Prime Ministerial qualities.

Scope and Contents Includes: post-election research, 1987; research by Philip Gould and Associates Limited on attitudes of non-Labour voters towards politics, the attitudes of the affluent working class and social attitudes; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) and Bryan Gould, campaign co-ordinator, on marginals’ voting intentions; surveys of opinion in London, particularly among women; memorandum by Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] on...

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Includes: report on the contribution of area demographics to political targeting; notes on target groups; figures on Labour’s success in target seats; profile reports; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on the gender gap, the middle classes and skilled working classes.

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Polls on Labour’s share of the union vote, with memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI).

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Includes memorandum from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI).

Scope and Contents Includes: memoranda by Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary], Robin Cook [Campaigns Co-ordinator] and Philip Gould on communications strategy; correspondence with Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI); a communications review by Philip Gould Associates; papers relating to the establishment and terms of reference of the agency; minutes of meetings; summary of work in progress, March...