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National votes for Labour at general elections since 1992 (millions) England Wales Scotland 2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024 A graph showing the percentage of the popular vote received by major parties in general elections (1832–2005), with the rapid rise of the Labour Party after its founding during the late 19th century being clear as it became one of the ...
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister and forms an all-party coalition government. [8] 12 May 1940 Internment of all German or Austrian males aged between 16 and 60 begins, starting with those living nearest to the south and east coasts. [9] Local Defence Volunteers receive rifle instruction, Surrey 1940. 14 May 1940
Clement Attlee, who led the Labour Party's first majority government. The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Formed in 1900, it is one of the two main political parties along with the Conservative Party. In all general elections since 1918, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition.
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. [15] [16] [7] The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. [17] It is one of the two dominant political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party.
First party Second party Third party Leader Clement Attlee: Winston Churchill: Archibald Sinclair: Party Labour: Conservative: Liberal: Leader since 25 October 1935: 9 October 1940 26 November 1935 Leader's seat Limehouse: Woodford: Montgomeryshire: Last election 116 seats, 38.5% 357 seats, 54.5% 11 seats, 6.3% Seats won 331: 167 5 Seat change ...
This is a list of the British Labour Party general election manifestos since the nascent party first fielded candidates at the 1900 general election.. From its foundation, general election manifestos were issued for the Labour Party as a whole, whereas the manifestos of the Conservative and Liberal parties generally took the form of a form of a short personal address by the leader of the party ...
The Socialist Labor Party of America does not seem to have used its distinctive arm-and-hammer logo until it appeared on the front page of The Workmen's Advocate in 1885. 1878 (United States) Socialist Labor Party of America founded when the Workingmen's Party of the United States voted to change its name at its December 1877 convention. [18]
This article lists the Labour Party's election results from the 1929 United Kingdom general election until 1945, including by-elections. All candidates were sponsored, in some cases by the Divisional Labour Party (noted as "Constituency").