# National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers

The National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers (NUDAW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

## History

The union was founded in 1921 when the Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees merged with the National Union of Warehouse and General Workers. The Co-operative Insurance Staff Union split in 1922, but several small unions joined during the 1920s, and membership reached 96,000 by 1926, rising to 274,000 in 1946, the year that the Journeymen Butchers' Federation of Great Britain joined. By this point, four-tenths of its members were women.
In 1947, NUDAW merged with the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, to form the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. Joseph Hallsworth was General Secretary of the union for its entire existence.

## Election results

The union stood a large number of Labour Party candidates, many of whom won election.
| Election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position |
| 1921 by-election | Westhoughton | Rhys Davies | 14,876 | 58.4 | 1 |
| 1922 general election | Shipley | William Mackinder | 11,160 | 37.2 | 2 |
| 1922 general election | Westhoughton | Rhys Davies | 14,846 | 55.4 | 1 |
| 1923 general election | Ashton-under-Lyne | Ellen Wilkinson | 6,208 | 28.7 | 3 |
| 1923 general election | Shipley | William Mackinder | 11,918 | 38.4 | 1 |
| 1923 general election | Spen Valley | Tom Myers | 12,597 | 37.4 | 2 |
| 1923 general election | Stafford | William Thomas Scott | 8,412 | 46.1 | 2 |
| 1923 general election | Westhoughton | Rhys Davies | 15,347 | 60.3 | 1 |
| 1924 general election | Jarrow | Robert John Wilson | 18,203 | 57.4 | 1 |
| 1924 general election | Liverpool Wavertree | William Albert Robinson | 10,383 | 35.0 | 2 |
| 1924 general election | Manchester Blackley | Wilfrid Burke | 6,195 | 27.5 | 3 |
| 1924 general election | Middlesbrough East | Ellen Wilkinson | 9,574 | 38.5 | 1 |
| 1924 general election | Shipley | William Mackinder | 11,862 | 36.0 | 1 |
| 1924 general election | Spen Valley | Tom Myers | 13,999 | 43.1 | 2 |
| 1924 general election | Stafford | William Thomas Scott | 7,571 | 37.9 | 2 |
| 1924 general election | Westhoughton | Rhys Davies | 16,033 | 55.8 | 1 |
| 1929 general election | Jarrow | Robert John Wilson | 22,751 | 62.5 | 1 |
| 1929 general election | Liverpool Exchange | William Albert Robinson | 16,970 | 49.7 | 2 |
| 1929 general election | Manchester Blackley | Wilfrid Burke | 9,091 | 30.1 | 3 |
| 1929 general election | Middlesbrough East | Ellen Wilkinson | 12,215 | 41.3 | 1 |
| 1929 general election | Shipley | William Mackinder | 18,654 | 42.3 | 1 |
| 1929 general election | Westhoughton | Rhys Davies | 22,305 | 61.5 | 1 |
| 1930 by-election | Shipley | William Mackinder | 18,654 | 42.3 | 1 |
| 1931 general election | Jarrow | Robert John Wilson | 18,071 | 45.9 | 2 |
| 1931 general election | Middlesbrough East | Ellen Wilkinson | 12,080 | 39.6 | 2 |
| 1931 general election | Shipley | William Albert Robinson | 14,725 | 34.5 | 2 |
| 1931 general election | Westhoughton | Rhys Davies | 19,301 | 53.4 | 1 |
| 1935 general election | Burnley | Wilfrid Burke | 31,160 | 53.6 | 1 |
| 1935 general election | Jarrow | Ellen Wilkinson | 20,324 | 53.1 | 1 |
| 1935 general election | Manchester Clayton | John Jagger | 19,225 | 53.7 | 1 |
| 1935 general election | Rossendale | Evelyn Walkden | 14,769 | 37.1 | 2 |
| 1935 general election | St Helens | William Albert Robinson | 29,044 | 53.7 | 1 |
| 1935 general election | Thornbury | F. A. Heron | 15,164 | 37.5 | 2 |
| 1935 general election | Westhoughton | Rhys Davies | 21,093 | 60.4 | 1 |
| 1941 by-election | Doncaster | Evelyn Walkden | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| 1945 general election | Burnley | Wilfrid Burke | 32,122 | 63.5 | 1 |
| 1945 general election | Doncaster | Evelyn Walkden | 40,050 | 70.2 | 1 |
| 1945 general election | Jarrow | Ellen Wilkinson | 22,656 | 66.0 | 1 |
| 1945 general election | Leigh | Harold Boardman | 32,447 | 69.8 | 1 |
| 1945 general election | Wansbeck | Alfred Robens | 40,948 | 60.0 | 1 |
| 1945 general election | Westhoughton | Rhys Davies | 20,990 | 64.9 | 1 |
| 1945 general election | West Renfrewshire | Thomas Scollan | 15,050 | 48.9 | 1 |

## Leadership
### General secretaries

    1921: Joseph Hallsworth

### General presidents

    1921: John Jagger
    1942: Percy Cottrell