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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Harold Best memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Lord Keith Bradley memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Ed Balls memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Michael Barber memberOf Labour Party (UK)
54th Parliament of the United Kingdom majorityParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
James Harold Wilson memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Robert Webb supporterOf Labour Party (UK)
Derek Twigg memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Doug Henderson memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Vera Brittain memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Tessa Jowell memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Aberavon traditionalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
The Socialist Movement discusses Labour Party (UK)
Rima Horton memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Gaitskell memberOf Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Hugh Gaitskell
Gaitskell parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Hugh Gaitskell
Gaitskell politicalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Hugh Gaitskell
Hilary Armstrong memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Hilary Armstrong parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Polly Toynbee memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Kevan Jones memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Rosalind Howells memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Alan Williams memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Alan Williams (British politician)
Brigg and Goole (UK Parliament constituency) MPParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Martin Pugh researchInterest Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: British Labour Party
Croydon North currentMPParty Labour Party (UK)
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party
Baroness Williams of Crosby memberOf Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Shirley Williams
this entity surface form: Labour Party
National Union of Mineworkers affiliation Labour Party (UK)
Arthur Scargill memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Arthur Scargill politicalParty Labour Party (UK)
Militant tendency activists activeIn Labour Party (UK)
John memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan
Denis Healey memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
A. D. Lindsay memberOf Labour Party (UK)
Baron Cunningham of Hyndhope memberOf Labour Party (UK)
subject surface form: Andrew Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Hyndhope
Bill Rammell memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Labour Party