Title: Labour Party (UK) - Wikipedia
Headings: Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Contents
History
Origins and the Independent Labour Party (1860–1900)
Labour Representation Committee (1900–1906)
Early years (1906–1923)
First Labour government and period in opposition (1923–1929)
Second Labour government (1929–1931)
Labour in opposition (1931–1940)
Wartime coalition (1940–1945)
Attlee government (1945–1951)
Post-war consensus (1951–1964)
Wilson government (1964–1970)
Spell in opposition (1970–1974)
Majority to minority (1974–1979)
Opposition and internal conflict (1979–1994)
New Labour (1994–2010)
Opposition and internal conflict (2010–present)
Ideology
Symbols
Constitution and structure
Clause IV (1995)
Membership and registered supporters
Trade union link
European and international affiliation
Electoral performance
UK-wide elections
UK general elections
European Parliament elections
Devolved assembly elections
Scottish Parliament elections
Welsh Parliament elections
London Assembly and Mayoral elections
Combined authority elections
Leadership
Leaders of the Labour Party since 1906
Living former Labour Party leaders
Deputy Leaders of the Labour Party since 1922
Living former Labour Party deputy leaders
Leaders in the House of Lords since 1924
Labour Prime Ministers
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

Content: This created an association called the Labour Representation Committee (LRC), meant to co-ordinate attempts to support MPs sponsored by trade 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 1900 general election, also referred to as the "Khaki election", came too soon for the new party to campaign effectively and 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 judgement 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 Conservatives' landed interests) intensified support for the LRC against a government that appeared to have little concern for the industrial proletariat and its problems. Labour Party Plaque from Caroone House, 14 Farringdon Stre