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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 ...
In 1945 one-fifth of the world was still under British sovereignty and 780 million people throughout the world lived under European colonialism. The Labour Government did not support independence and their general election manifesto gave no commitment to introduce bills to provide for self-government, except for India.
The British colonization of the Americas is the history of ... The Labour Party had declared prior to the election that the colonies had been ill-treated by the ...
The first MacDonald ministry of the United Kingdom lasted from January to November 1924. The Labour Party, under Ramsay MacDonald, had failed to win the general election of December 1923, with 191 seats, although the combined Opposition tally exceeded that of the Conservative government, creating a hung parliament.
MacDonald impressed the local press [22] [pages needed] and the Association and was adopted as its candidate, announcing that his candidature would be under a Labour Party banner. [23] [page needed] He denied the Labour Party was a wing of the Liberal Party but saw merit in a working political relationship. In May 1894, the local Southampton ...
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.
The government subscribed to a Fabian view of colonial intervention which encouraged a proactive state role in producing primary materials and extending social benefits to colonial populations. [7] The Tanganyika initiative represents part of a " second colonial occupation " within the British Empire , characterised by economic control and ...
Owen, Nicholas. "MacDonald's Parties: The Labour Party and the 'Aristocratic Embrace' 1922–31," Twentieth Century British History (2007) 18#1 pp 1–53. Riddell, Neil. Labour in Crisis: The Second Labour Government, 1929–31 (1999). Rosen, Greg (ed.) Dictionary of Labour Biography, London: Politicos Publishing 2001; ISBN 978-1-902301-18-1