Title: History of the Labour Party (UK) - Wikipedia
Headings: History of the Labour Party (UK)
History of the Labour Party (UK)
Contents
Founding of the party
Background
Labour Representation Committee
Early years and the rise of the Labour Party
World War I
First Labour governments under Ramsay MacDonald
First Labour government
General strike
Second Labour government
Great Depression and the split under MacDonald
Opposition during the time of the National Government
Economics
Foreign policy
Local Labour reforms in the inter-war period
Wales
London county council
Poplar council
Wartime coalition
Post-War victory under Clement Attlee
"Thirteen Wasted Years"
Labour Party under Harold Wilson
Economic policies
Social and educational reforms
"In Place of Strife"
1970s
Return to power in 1974
European referendum
Harold Wilson steps down
Economic and political troubles
Economic record
Gains in education
Outside financial help
No majority in Commons
Scottish National Party withdraws support
"Winter of Discontent" and defeat by Margaret Thatcher
"Wilderness Years"
Michael Foot
Neil Kinnock
John Smith
New Labour
Origins
In government
In opposition
Ed Miliband
Jeremy Corbyn
Keir Starmer
See also
References
Further reading
Historiography
External links

Content: This created an association called the Labour Representation Committee (LRC), meant to coordinate attempts to support MPs sponsored by trades unions and represent the working-class population. It had no single leader, and in the absence of one, the Independent Labour Party nominee Ramsay MacDonald was elected as Secretary. He had the difficult task of keeping the various strands of opinions in the LRC united. The October 1900 "Khaki election" came too soon for the new party to campaign effectively; total expenses for the election only came to £33. Only 15 candidatures were sponsored, but two were successful; Keir Hardie in Merthyr Tydfil and Richard Bell in Derby. Support for the LRC was boosted by the 1901 Taff Vale Case, a dispute between strikers and a railway company that ended with the union being ordered to pay £23,000 damages for a strike. The judgment effectively made strikes illegal since employers could recoup the cost of lost business from the unions. The apparent acquiescence of the Conservative Government of Arthur Balfour to industrial and business interests (traditionally the allies of the Liberal Party in opposition to the Conservative's landed interests) intensified support for th