Labour Representation Committee

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political organisation predecessor organisation of the Labour Party

The Labour Representation Committee was the early 20th-century British political organisation that united trade unions and socialist groups into a parliamentary force, eventually evolving into the modern Labour Party.

Aliases (1)

Labour Representation Committee parliamentary group ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political organisation → predecessor organisation of the Labour Party →
country	Great Britain → United Kingdom →
dissolved	1906 →
electoralAllianceWith	Liberal Party →
fieldOfWork	labour representation → parliamentary politics →
followedBy	Labour Party →
foundedBy	Fabian Society → Independent Labour Party → Scottish Labour Party → Social Democratic Federation → Trades Union Congress → trade unions →
hasMember	Fabian Society → Independent Labour Party → Scottish Labour Party → Social Democratic Federation → trade unions affiliated to the Trades Union Congress →
hasPart	parliamentary Labour group →
headquartersLocation	London →
ideology	labourism → social democracy → socialism →
inception	1900 → 27 February 1900 →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
locationOfFormation	London → Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, London →
namedAfter	labour representation in Parliament →
notableMember	Arthur Henderson → David Shackleton → Fred Jowett → James Parker → Keir Hardie → Philip Snowden → Ramsay MacDonald → Richard Bell → Will Crooks →
numberOfMPsElectedIn1900GeneralElection	2 →
numberOfMPsElectedIn1906GeneralElection	29 →
partOf	British labour movement →
politicalPosition	left-wing →
purpose	to increase the number of working-class MPs → to secure independent labour representation in Parliament →
replaced	Lib–Lab system of working-class representation →
significantEvent	1900 general election participation → 1906 general election breakthrough → Lib–Lab electoral pact of 1903 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Labour Party (UK) →	foundedAs
Parliamentary Labour Party ("Labour Representation Committee parliamentary group") →	historicalPrecursor
Labour Party (UK) →	predecessor