Labour Party (UK) Timeline of Events

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after which it formed a majority government under Clement Attlee...

Timeline of Events

1900

2.27.1900

The British Labour Party is founded.

1906

2.15.1906

The British Labour Party is organised.

1924

1.22.1924

Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

10.25.1924

The forged Zinoviev Letter is published in the ''Daily Mail'', wrecking the British Labour Party's hopes of re-election.

1976

4.7.1976

Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party.