Labour Party (UK)

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The Labour Party (UK) is a major centre-left political party and one of the two dominant parties in the United Kingdom, traditionally associated with the labour movement, social democracy, and progressive reform.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British political party
centre-left political party
political party
associatedWith labour movement
colours red
country United Kingdom
dominantIn United Kingdom politics
electoralBase trade union members
working class voters
europeanAffiliation Party of European Socialists
europeanParliamentGroup Progressive Alliance
surface form: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
firstEnteredGovernment 1924
firstMajorityGovernment 1945
founded 1900
foundedAs Labour Representation Committee
hasWing Parliamentary Labour Party
headquarters Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London
historicallyInGovernment United Kingdom
ideology democratic socialism
progressivism
social democracy
internationalAffiliation Progressive Alliance
Socialist International
membershipType affiliated trade unions
individual members
notableLeader Ed Miliband
Hugh Gaitskell
Jeremy Corbyn
Keir Starmer
Michael Foot
Neil Kinnock
notablePrimeMinister Clement Attlee
Gordon Brown
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Ramsay MacDonald
Tony Blair
oneOf two major UK political parties
originatesFrom socialist societies
trade union movement
politicalPosition centre-left
predecessor Labour Representation Committee
rival Conservative Party (UK)
supports National Health Service
progressive taxation
public services
welfare state
workers’ rights
symbol red rose
womenOrganisation Labour Women’s Network
youthWing Young Labour

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this entity surface form: Labour Party
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Second Blair ministry politicalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Matthew Freud notableClient Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: The Labour Party
Bootle (UK Parliament constituency) MPParty Labour Party (UK)
G. D. H. Cole memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Lilian Greenwood memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Lilian Greenwood politicalAlignment Labour Party (UK)
Jim Murphy memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Barrow Borough Council lastPoliticalControl Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Gaynor Regan connectedTo Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: British Labour Party
Politics of Gloucestershire hasMajorParty Labour Party (UK)
United Kingdom general elections mainPartiesParticipating Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Anthony Hurd memberOf Labour Party (UK)
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Weaver Vale MPParty Labour Party (UK)
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Oldham West and Royton previousMPParty Labour Party (UK)
Oldham West and Royton currentMPParty Labour Party (UK)
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