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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 ...
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. [15] [16] [17] The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. [18] It is one of the two dominant political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party.
The Labour Party was founded at a conference in February 1900 in London as the Labour Representation Committee (LRC). [1] The party was formed as an alliance between trade unions, ethical socialists and state socialists. [1] Following the 1906 general election, the LRC became the current Labour Party. [2]
First party Second party Third party Leader Clement Attlee: Winston Churchill: Clement Davies: Party Labour: Conservative: Liberal: Leader since 25 October 1935: 9 October 1940 2 August 1945 Leader's seat Walthamstow West: Woodford: Montgomeryshire: Last election 331 seats, 48.5% 167 seats, 40.5% 5 seats, 9.4% Seats won 251 253: 2 Seat change ...
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 ...
The election due by 1940 was not held due to the Second World War (1939–1945). [25] 1945 37th 5 July 1945 Clement Attlee: Labour 47.7% 146 640 72.8% 1950 38th 23 February 1950 46.1% 5 625 83.9% 1951 39th 25 October 1951 Sir Winston Churchill Conservative 48.0% [e] 17 625 82.6% (Sir Anthony Eden) Elizabeth II; 1955 40th 26 May 1955
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1931 and 1950, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, orange for a Liberal gain, yellow for an SNP gain and grey for any other gain.
Thus, the late 1940s was a time of austerity and economic restraint, which gave way to prosperity in the 1950s. The Labour Party, led by wartime Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee, won the 1945 post-war general election in an unexpected landslide and formed their first ever