Labour Pairty (UK)
The Labour Pairty is ane o the muckle poleitical pairtys o the Unitit Kinrick. It is the opposition pairty in the Wastmeenster Pairlament o the Unitit Kinrick the nou. The heidsman is Heidsman o the Opposition o the Unitit Kinrick, Jeremy Corbyn. He is efter Ed Milliband, whae wis efter Gordon Brown, whae wis efter Tony Blair whae wis the first Prime Meenister frae the pairty tae hiv haed three consecutive terms in govrenment.
Labour Pairty | |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn MP |
| Deputy Leader | Tom Watson MP |
| General Secretar | Iain McNicol |
| Foondit | 27 Februar 1900[1][2] |
| Heidquarters | Labour Central Kings Manor Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6PA |
| Student weeng | Labour Students |
| Youth weeng | Young Labour |
| Membership (2016) |  388,407 [3] |
| Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism |
| Poleetical poseetion | Centre-left |
| Internaitional affiliation | Progressive Alliance, Socialist Internaitional (observer) |
| European affiliation | Pairty o European Socialists |
| European Pairlament group | Progressive Alliance o Socialists an Democrats |
| Colours | Reid |
| Hoose o Commons | 229 / 650 |
| Hoose o Lords | 187 / 780 |
| European Pairlament | 20 / 73 |
| Scots Pairlament | 24 / 129 |
| Welsh Assembly | 29 / 60 |
| Lunnon Assembly | 12 / 25 |
| Local govrenment | 6,885 / 20,565 |
| Polis & Crime Commissioners | 15 / 40 |
| Directly-electit Mayors | 13 / 17 |
| Website | |
| www | |
In Scotland, it is cried the Scots Labour Pairty. Wi mair commissioners than ony ither pairty but the Scottis Naitional Pairty in the Scots Pairlament, it leads the hame rule opposition. Its heidswumman wis Wendy Alexander.
It is nou regairdit as mair o a socialist pairty again, acause Tony Blair isna in charge nou.
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ Brivati, Brian; Heffernan, Richard (2000). The Labour Party: A Centenary History. Basingstoke [u.a.]: Macmillan [u.a.] ISBN 9780312234584.
On 27 February 1900, the Labour Representation Committee was formed to campaign for the election of working class representatives to parliament.
- ↑ Thorpe, Andrew (2008). A History of the British Labour Party (3rd ed.). Macmillan. p. 8. ISBN 9781137114853. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ↑ 'Revealed: how Jeremy Corbyn has reshaped the Labour party'.
'Membership jumped from 201,293 on 6 May last year, the day before the general election, to 388,407 on 10 January'.
The Guardian [online], published 13/01/16, sourced 13/01/16. Author – Ewen MacAskill.
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