Correspondence of Sir Anthony Meyer: post-Conservative Party leadership challenge
Scope & Content:
The bulk of the correspondence, of late January/February 1990, concerns his deselection by the Clwyd North West Conservative Association as the Conservative Party candidate for the next general election. The Association voted by a 2-1 majority to deselect Meyer on 19 Jan 1990. Meyer received lett...
Letters received by Sir Anthony Meyer Feb-Jul 1990
Scope & Content:
Includes details of an HTV opinion poll showing that the Conservative Party was in line to lose the Clwyd North West seat, the safest Conservative seat in Wales, following Meyer’s deselection. The poll also showed that if Meyer stood as an independent, in either a by-election or the next general...
Letters received by Sir Anthony Meyer Sep 1990-Sep 1997
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In August 1990 Meyer decided not to stand at the next general election in Clwyd North West or to seek another seat. Includes letters regretting his decision and congratulating him on his memoir, Stand Up and Be Counted, published in Oct 1990. Also includes: a letter from Michael Heseltine (12 No...
Contains articles (in both final published and typescript versions) by Meyer relating to his challenge for the Conservative Party leadership, his deselection by his local Conservative association, and the Conservative Party and Europe.