Personal file of material relating to the winding down of the SDP; including:

• Some memoranda concerning SDP membership figures, 1989
• Campaign leaflet for SDP candidate in the Bootle by-election, Jack Holmes, [May 1990]
• Draft versions of statement from the SDP MPs and trustees proposing the suspension of the SDP constitution following National Committee meeting on 3 Jun 1990, many with MS annotations by David Owen: include original MS draft of the statement by David Owen
• Copies of letters to members issued by David Owen and president of the SDP John Cartwright on the suspension of the constitution, 5 Jun 1990
• Copy of minutes of the National Committee meeting held on 3 Jun 1990
• Correspondence/memoranda/letters to SDP members concerning attempts by John Martin and some other SDP members to overturn the decision of the National Committee to suspend the constitution of the party, Jun-Sep 1990.