The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century. In February 1900 129 delegates met in a hall in Farringdon Street, London. They represented 65 trade unions, and three socialist organisations - the Independent Labour Party, the Social Democratic Federation and the Fabians Society. As they made their way through the crowded streets they were not noticed by City workers. They had come to found the Labour Party. They thoroughly supported the working class and therefore gained high amounts of publicity and votes.  
When the Liberal Party split in 1916, the Labour Party was well placed to make a challenge for power this enabled them to become more popular and giving them a larger chance to get elected this was rather unusual considering in the December 1910 General Election labour party only saw 42 Labour MPs elected to the House of Commons and there wasn’t much change in 1916 either.
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