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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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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subject surface form: Aneurin Bevan
David Owen memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
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this entity surface form: Labour Party
Sedgefield TonyBlairParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Carwyn Jones memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Welsh Labour
Carwyn Jones memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Alun Michael memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Mark Drakeford memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
National Government opposedBy Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: National Government (United Kingdom)
Malcolm MacDonald memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
John MacDougall memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
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Lindsay Roy memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
1997 Welsh devolution referendum supportedBy Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Megan Lloyd George memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Rhodri Morgan memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
John memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith
Sidney Webb memberOf Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Sidney Webb parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Politics of Wales historicalDominantParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Wirral South MPParty Labour Party (UK)
Wirral South byElectionWinningParty1997 Labour Party (UK)
Páirtí an Lucht Oibre EnglishName Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Ellen Wilkinson memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Alan Milburn memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Mick Antoniw memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Tony Benn memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Paul Boateng memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Paul Boateng parliamentaryParty Labour Party (UK)
Labour Leave associatedWith Labour Party (UK)
Stronger In supportedBy Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party (official position)
Birmingham Ladywood memberOf Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Clare Short
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Birmingham Ladywood memberOf Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Shabana Mahmood
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Birmingham Ladywood hasMajorityParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Clare Short memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Keir Hardie politicalParty Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party Conference organisedBy Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Labour Party Conference organisedBy Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: UK Labour Party
Social Democratic Federation influenced Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
John Stonehouse memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Tony Robinson politicalAffiliation Labour Party (UK)
Sydney Irving memberOf Labour Party (UK)