Labour Party (UK)

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The Labour Party (UK) is a major centre-left political party and one of the two dominant parties in the United Kingdom, traditionally associated with the labour movement, social democracy, and progressive reform.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British political party
centre-left political party
political party
associatedWith labour movement
colours red
country United Kingdom
dominantIn United Kingdom politics
electoralBase trade union members
working class voters
europeanAffiliation Party of European Socialists
europeanParliamentGroup Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
firstEnteredGovernment 1924
firstMajorityGovernment 1945
founded 1900
foundedAs Labour Representation Committee
hasWing Parliamentary Labour Party
headquarters Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London
historicallyInGovernment United Kingdom
ideology democratic socialism
progressivism
social democracy
internationalAffiliation Progressive Alliance
Socialist International
membershipType affiliated trade unions
individual members
notableLeader Ed Miliband
Hugh Gaitskell
Jeremy Corbyn
Keir Starmer
Michael Foot
Neil Kinnock
notablePrimeMinister Clement Attlee
Gordon Brown
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Ramsay MacDonald
Tony Blair
oneOf two major UK political parties
originatesFrom socialist societies
trade union movement
politicalPosition centre-left
predecessor Labour Representation Committee
rival Conservative Party (UK)
supports National Health Service
progressive taxation
public services
welfare state
workers’ rights
symbol red rose
womenOrganisation Labour Women’s Network
youthWing Young Labour

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Conservative Party (UK) majorRival Labour Party (UK)
Churchill government coalitionPartner Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK) succeededBy Labour Party (UK)
Chamberlain government oppositionParty Labour Party (UK)
Keir Starmer politicalParty Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Keir Starmer parliamentaryGroup Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Attlee government legislativeMajority Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
The Lord Sainsbury of Turville memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
James Callaghan memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Andy Burnham politicalParty Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Clement Attlee politicalParty Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
poll tax (Community Charge) opposedBy Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Albert Victor Alexander memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Lord Mandelson memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Lord Mandelson parliamentaryGroup Labour Party in the House of Lords
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
National Government coalition excludedParty Labour Party (UK) after 1931 split
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
National Labour Organisation opposedBy Labour Party (UK)
National Labour Organisation separatedFrom Labour Party (UK)
National Labour Organisation precededBy Labour Party (MacDonald faction)
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
1945 United Kingdom general election wonBy Labour Party (UK)
36th United Kingdom Parliament rulingParty Labour Party (UK)
Progressive Alliance hasMember UK Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Party of European Socialists hasMemberPartyType labour party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Party of European Socialists hasMemberParty Labour Party (United Kingdom) (former full member, now associate/observer after Brexit)
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Socialist International hasNotableMember UK Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Richard Attenborough politicalAlignment Labour Party (UK)
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Gordon BrownParty Labour Party (UK)
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Lesley LairdParty Labour Party (UK)
Tony Blair party Labour Party (UK)
Herbert Morrison memberOf Labour Party (UK)
National Health Service Act 1948 partySupport Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
Ernest Bevin memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Stafford Cripps memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Stafford Cripps parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK)
Oswald Mosley memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Aneurin Bevan memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Leonard Woolf affiliation Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
SDP–Liberal Alliance opposedParty Labour Party (UK)
Daily Mirror typicalPoliticalSupport Labour Party (UK)