James Keir Hardie1895
The Independent Labour Party puts up 28 candidates but wins only 44,325 votes
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The Independent Labour Party puts up 28 candidates but wins only 44,325 votes
During the "Khaki election" the new Labour Party has only £33 expenses and wins just 62,698 votes
15 candidatures are sponsored, 2 are successful, Keir Hardie in Merthyr Tydfil and Richard Bell in Derby
15 candidatures are sponsored, 2 are successful, Keir Hardie in Merthyr Tydfil and Richard Bell in Derby
The LRC ins 29 seats, helped by a secret Gladstone¿MacDonald pact in 1903 between Ramsay MacDonald and Liberal Chief Whip Herbert Gladstone to avoid splitting the opposition vote between Labour and Liberal candidates
Stands for the new Labour Party in the general election and is elected to Parliament for Manchester North East
Snowden keeps to his pacifist principles offering his support to conscientious objectors & loses his seat in the general election
Loses the Woolwich election because of his anti-war record
Labour come 2nd with 138 seats
Elected Member of Parliament for Limehouse in Stepney
Labour increases its MPs from 52 to 142
The Labour Party win 30.7% of votes cast & 191 MPs
The Labour Party wins 33.3% of votes cast & 151 MPs
George Lansbury and Attlee were among the few surviving Labour MPs who had served in Government
Clynes is one of Labours casualties in the 1931 election, losing his Manchester Platting seat
Snowden decides not to stand for Parliament at the general election
Attlee is opposed by Herbert Morrison and Arthur Greenwood. With a general election looming, the Parliamentary Labour Party appoints Attlee as interim leader with a leadership election after the general election
Attlee led Labour through the 1935 general election, which saw the party stage a partial recovery from its disastrous performance in 1931, gaining over one hundred seats
In the post-election leadership contest held in November 1935, Attlee was opposed by Herbert Morrison and Arthur Greenwood
In his election address Foot contended that "the armaments race in Europe must be stopped now". Foot joins the Labour Party and first stands for Parliament at the age of 22 in the 1935 general election, when he contests Monmouth
Supports a radical economic programme proposed by Lloyd George, despite it being a complete repudiation of Snowdens own record
First stands for Parliament in the 1935 general election, unsuccessful in the Conservative-held Oxford constituency
Leads Labour to a landslide general election victory.
Labour win 393 seats, the Conservatives win 210 seats. 259 new Labour MPs are elected
As a TGWU official, Brown is an attractive candidate to Labour constituencies seeking a candidate, as the TGWU would sponsor him and pay election expenses, selected for Belper, a mixed constituency near Derby which was one of the top Labour target seats, Brown wins the seat with a majority of nearly 9,000
Elected Member of Parliament for Blackburn, Lancashire
Healey is elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Leeds South East at a by-election with a majority of 7000 votes.
Resigns as Party Leader of the Labour Party after losing two general elections
Elected Party Leader of the Labour Party
The Conservatives win 344 seats, Labour 277, Liberals 6 and Sinn Fein 2
Healey wins Leeds East at the 1955 general election.
Heads an NEC working group into why Labour had lost the last 2 elections
At the General Election doubles his majority in Huyton to 2,558
Appointed Shadow Chancellor after Gaitskell wins the leadership election
Calls for the reform of Clause IV of after the loss of 3 elections in a row
The Labour Party loses its 3rd general election in a row. Promises not to increase taxes, seen as an electoral bribe. Labour win 43.8% of votes cast, 258 seats, the Conservatives win 365 seats. Defeated after Gaitskell promises increased spending without increasing taxes
At the General Election doubles his majority in Huyton to 5,927
Campaigns as Labour's senior economic spokesman during the general election.
Wins 166 votes to Harold Wilson's 81 to retain the leadership of the Labour Party
Contests the party leadership, wins 81 votes to Gaitskell's 166
Foot returns to Parliament in 1960 at a by-election in Ebbw Vale in Monmouthshire, left vacant by Bevan's death
Unsuccessfully contests the deputy leadership of the party, defeated by George Brown. Appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary after the leadership election
Decemberides to stand for leadership of the Labour Party after the death of Hugh Gaitskell
On the 2nd & final vote for the leaderhip Wilson wins by 144 to Browns 103 votes. 1st ballot for the party leadership Wilson wins 115, Brown 88 & Callaghan 41 votes
This record states: And Wilson was elected.
This record states: And a drunk (Brown)", many Labour MPs who were prepared to accept Brown as deputy leader were unhappy with the idea of his being in charge.
This record states: But had good reason not to trust Brown because of private knowledge of his excessive drinking, which exacerbated his rude and aggressive style, Crosland called the leadership election "A choice between a crook (Wilson).
This record states: Many on the right of the Labour Party, including Anthony Crosland and Denis Healey, support James Callaghan for the leadership, opposed to Wilson.
Defeated by Harold Wilson for leadership of the Labour Party
Helps Harold Wilson run his leadership election campaign
1st ballot for the party leadership, Wilson wins 115, Brown 88 & Callaghan 41 votes
A National Opinion Poll shows Wilson with a commanding lead, 71% "brilliant"
The Labour Party wins the general election by 4 seats. The Labour Party wins 44.1 percent of votes cast & 317 MPs
Is re-elected as Member of Parliament for Huyton while leading Labour to national victory.
Defeats Alec Douglas-Home's Conservatives and ends thirteen years of Conservative government.
Leads Labour to 317 Commons seats against 304 for the Conservatives and 9 for the Liberals.
Leads Labour to a narrow general election victory.
Plays an important part in advising Wilson about Labours campaign strategy in the general election, it is decided that Wilson would make only a limited number of major campaign speeches outside London, while Brown would tour the country speaking in all the marginal seats (his main theme was predicting an imminent economic crisis)
Main author of the Labour Party manifesto for the 1964 general election
Selected to fight the safe seat of Stepney in the election, which he easily retained
Defeated at the Smethwick election to a Conservative candidate who campaigns with the slogan, "If you want a nigger neighbour, vote Labour"
A National Opinion Poll shows Wilson with a commanding lead, 71% "brilliant". Launches a campaign in the Spring, convinced there will be a general election in May
Campaigns to return Labour to government after thirteen years in opposition.
Presents Labour as a modernising party committed to science, planning and economic renewal.
Appointed Election Agent for Harold Wilson
Labour turn a Tory majority of 10,874 to a Labour majority of 1,868
Livingstone wins the Norwood GLC election to the GLC with 11,622 votes, a firm lead over his Conservative rival
Following the abolition of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the SDLP emerges as the second-largest party, and the largest party representing the nationalist community, in elections to the new Northern Ireland Assembly established in 1973: the party wins 19 out of 75 seats
Wilson compares himself to Cromwell prior to Marston Moor
Serves as a Member of European Parliament (MEP) and Leader of the Labour Group, when its members are nominated by the national Parliaments
Following the electoral defeat, Livingstone told Socialist Organiser that the blame lay solely with the "Labour Governments policies" and the anti-democratic attitude of Callaghan and the Parliamentary Labour Party, calling for greater party democracy and a turn towards a socialist platform
Standing as Labour candidate for Hampstead, Livingstone is defeated by the incumbent Conservative, Geoffrey Finsberg
The Castle Diaries are published after the 1979 General Election, and chronicled her time in office from 1964-1976 and provide an insight into the workings of Cabinet Government. Elected EU Euro Member of Parliament for Greater Manchester North from 1979 - 1984, then elected for another five years following this, representing Greater Manchester West from 1984 - 1989
Following Labour's 1979 general election defeat by Margaret Thatcher, Foot was elected Labour leader in 1980, beating Denis Healey in the second round of the leadership election
Healey contests the leadership but defeated by Michael Foot by 139 to 129 votes, 2nd ballot.
Livingstone turns his attention to achieving a GLC Labour victory, exchanging his safe-seat in Hackney North for the marginal Inner London seat at Paddington; wins the seat by 2,397 votes. A Labour GLC election victory, with McIntosh installed as Head of the GLC; within 24 hours he would be deposed by members of his own party, replaced by Livingstone
A Labour GLC election victory, with McIntosh installed as Head of the GLC; within 24 hours he would be deposed by members of his own party, replaced by Livingstone
Healey defeats Tony Benn with just over 50 percent of the electoral-college vote.
Secures 40% Union votes & 30% for the Party & Constituencies for leadership elections
Healey narrowly defeats Tony Benn for the Deputy Leadership.
Contests the Beconsfield by-election during the Falklands War, loses deposit
Comes 3rd in Thanet North
Labour is defeated at the 1983 general election, winning 27.6 percent of votes and 209 seats.
Gerald Kaufman, once Harold Wilson's press officer and during the 1980s prominent on the Labour right, described the 1983 Labour manifesto as "the longest suicide note in history"
Gerald Kaufman, once Harold Wilson's press officer and during the 1980s prominent on the Labour right, described the 1983 Labour manifesto as "the longest suicide note in history"
The Labour party lose 60 seats & are returned with 209 seats, the lowest since 1935. The Conservatives increase their overall majority from 43 to 144. Labours share of the popular vote falls from 37% to 28%
Resigns the Party Leadership after defeat at the general election
The Labour Party win 30.8% of votes cast & 229 MPs
Elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990, for services to EU European democracy
Elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Loses the election for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party
Wins the election for the leadership of the Labour Party
Elected Member of National Executive Council
2nd in the Shadow Cabinet elections
Loses the election for the Leadership of the Labour Party. Loses the election for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party
The Labour Party win 34.4% of votes cast & 271 MPs
Blair beats Prescott & Beckett to become leader of Labour party with 57
Elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Elected Member of European Parliament
Labour wins the Staffs South East byelection reducing the Government majority to 3
The Sun announces it will back Blair at the general election
Labour win the election by a landslide ending 18 yrs of Tory rule
Wins the Sedgfield election with a majority of 25,143
Leads Labour to a landslide general election victory.
Elected Deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland assembly
Wins a second Labour general election majority.
Wins a third Labour general election victory.
BNP leader Nick Griffin finishes in third place after a heavy loss in Barking to Labour Member of Parliament Margaret Hodge
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