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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Second MacDonald government oppositionParty Labour Party (UK)
Naomi Mitchison memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Jack Straw memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Edward Short memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Edward Short parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Alistair Darling memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Philip Snowden memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
United Kingdom politics mainPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
United Kingdom politics dominantParties Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
PES hasMemberParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Party of European Socialists
this entity surface form: Labour Party (United Kingdom)
Greater London Council politicalControl Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party (various periods)
Jack McConnell memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Viscount Jowitt memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt
Harrow East previousMPParty Labour Party (UK)
Donald Dewar memberOf Labour Party (UK)
David Puttnam politicalParty Labour Party (UK)
A Journey (memoir) mainSubject Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: A Journey
Profumo affair opposingParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Terry Davis memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Terry Davis affiliation Labour Party (UK)
George Strauss memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Bevin memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Ernest Bevin
Lancaster and Fleetwood MPParty Labour Party (UK)
British Union of Fascists opposedBy Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
McFall memberOf Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Lord McFall of Alcluith
Baron Parmoor of Frieth politicalAssociation Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Baron McFall of Alcluith memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith