National Labour Organisation

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British political party political organisation

The National Labour Organisation was a small British political group of ex-Labour politicians who supported Ramsay MacDonald and later Neville Chamberlain’s National Government in the 1930s.

Aliases (2)

National Labour ×1
National Labour Organisation (parliamentary group) ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British political party → political organisation →
activeInPeriod	1930s → World War II →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolved	1945 →
electoralActivity	contested United Kingdom general elections in the 1930s →
electoralAlliance	Conservative Party (UK) → Liberal National Party →
followedBy	independent National candidates in 1945 election →
foundedBy	Ramsay MacDonald →
hasCharacteristic	comprised mainly of ex-Labour MPs → small parliamentary group →
hasLeader	Malcolm MacDonald → Ramsay MacDonald →
hasMember	Archibald Sinclair → George Russell Strauss → James Henry Thomas → John Sankey → Leslie Hore-Belisha → Malcolm MacDonald → Philip Snowden → Ramsay MacDonald →
hasPart	National Labour Organisation (parliamentary group) →
hasRole	support party for National Government →
headquartersLocation	London →
historicalContext	Great Depression in the United Kingdom → interwar period in the United Kingdom →
ideology	labourism → social democracy →
inception	1931 →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
namedAfter	National Government →
opposedBy	Labour Party (UK) →
parliamentaryRepresentation	House of Commons of the United Kingdom →
partOf	National Government (United Kingdom) →
politicalPosition	centre-left →
positionOnIssue	supported austerity measures during Great Depression → supported coalition government with Conservatives and Liberals → supported rearmament in late 1930s →
precededBy	Labour Party (MacDonald faction) →
reasonForDissolution	defeat of most National Government supporters in 1945 general election →
separatedFrom	Labour Party (UK) →
supported	National Government → Neville Chamberlain → Ramsay MacDonald →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ramsay MacDonald → Sir John Anderson ("National Labour") →	parliamentaryGroup
37th United Kingdom Parliament →	coalitionPartner
Chamberlain government →	coalitionPartners
National Labour Organisation ("National Labour Organisation (parliamentary group)") →	hasPart
National Government coalition →	participatingParty
Ramsay MacDonald →	politicalParty