Constructional Engineering Union

The Constructional Engineering Union (CEU) was a trade union representing steel erectors and other workers involved in steel construction in the United Kingdom.

Constructional Engineering Union

Merged into	Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers
Founded	1924
Dissolved	1971
Headquarters	Lower Marsh, London
Location	United Kingdom
Members	5,500[1]
Key people	George House
Affiliations	TUC, STUC, NFBTO, Labour

History

The union was founded in 1924 as a section of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC). It left the ISTC and became an independent union in 1930. In 1971, the union merged with the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers to form the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, becoming the largely autonomous construction section of the new union.^[2]

Election results

The union sponsored a successful Labour Party candidate in several Parliamentary elections.

Election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Position
1964 general election	Bothwell	James Hamilton	27,556	60.4	1[3]
1966 general election	Bothwell	James Hamilton	27,166	61.0	1[4]
1970 general election	Bothwell	James Hamilton	26,431	54.7	1[5]

General Secretaries

1924: George House

1939: Jack Stanley

1957: Ernie Patterson

1968: Eddie Marsden