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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Doncaster North partyOfCurrentMP Labour Party (UK)
Justine Thornton memberOf Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Harriet Harman (acting, as Leader of the Labour Party) memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Harriet Harman
Harriet Harman (acting, as Leader of the Labour Party) servedAsActingLeaderOf Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Harriet Harman
James Gordon Brown memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
James Gordon Brown parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
UK Parliament 2017–2019 oppositionParty Labour Party (UK)
SDP splitFrom Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981)
SDP opposedBy Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981)
Keir Mather memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Bill Rodgers memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Gang of Four parentOrganization Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Gang of Four separatedFrom Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords typicalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Liam Byrne memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Sir Michael Lyons memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Catherine Ashton member of political party Labour Party (UK)
Baroness Valerie Amos memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Valerie Amos
PLP partOf Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Parliamentary Labour Party
PLP parentOrganization Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Parliamentary Labour Party
Leader of the Labour Party (UK) roleIn Labour Party (UK)
Leader of the Labour Party (UK) jurisdiction Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: United Kingdom-wide Labour Party
MP for Dunfermline East Gordon Brown_party Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency)
My Life, Our Times aboutInstitution Labour Party (UK)
Vernon Hartshorn memberOf Labour Party (UK)
David Miliband memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Cecil Brown politicalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Cecil Brown (British politician)
Stephen Kinnock memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Stephen Kinnock memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Stephen Kinnock describedBySource Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party website
Frank Dobson memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Frank Dobson parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK)
Michael Mackintosh Foot politicalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Michael Foot
Foot memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Michael Foot
Foot parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Michael Foot
Tribune associatedWith Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Daily Herald associatedWith Labour Party (UK)
Loyalists and Loners memberOf Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Michael Foot
Dingle Foot memberOf Labour Party (UK)
David Shackleton memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Roy Jenkins memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Sidney memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield
Sittingbourne and Sheppey previousMPParty Labour Party (UK)