National votes for Labour at generalelections since 1992
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 two major forces in politics
Keir Hardie, one of the Labour Party's founders and its first leader
Labour Party plaque from Caroone House, 14 Farringdon Street
Ramsay MacDonald, the first Labour Prime Minister, 1924, 1929–1935 (National from 1931 to 1935)
Independent Labour Party
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The Independent Labour Party was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberals' apparent reluctance
History of the Labour Party (UK)
…several small socialist groups had formed around this time with the intention of linking the movement to political policies. Among these were the Independent Labour Party, the intellectual and largely middle-class Fabian Society, the Social Democratic Federation and the Scottish Labour Party. It was during this period…
Portrait of ILP leader Keir Hardie painted at the time of the foundation of the organisation in 1893
Kingsley Hall, Bristol headquarters of the ILP in the early 20th century
Cover of a pamphlet by the Left Wing Group of the ILP, published in Glasgow in the summer of 1920
A leaflet from Jimmie Maxton's first campaign for Parliament