The Foundations of the Labour Party
If you're a Brit, you are probably pretty fed up with election talk by now but lets take a look at the roots of the Labour Party. Keir Hardie NPG x13173 The Labour Party that we know today was founded in 1900 as the Labour Representation Committee and won its first 26 seats following the 1906 election. From this point on, they were known as the Labour Party. Prior to this in 1893, Keir Hardie founded the Independent Labour Party who assisted in the establishment of the LRC and were directly affiliated with the committee from 1906. The LRC was established following years of struggle by the working class people. It comprised of an amalgamation of Trade Unionists and Socialists who wanted to provide fair representation for the working class in Parliament. At this time, the Liberal Party was the main opponent to the Conservative Party but this was soon to change. Ramsay Macdonald NPG x83712 First Government The advantages of the newly formed Labour movement soon beca