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16-769: Labour Representation Committee may refer to: Labour Representation Committee (1900) , the original name of the British Labour Party Labour Representation Committee (2004) , a 21st-century pressure group within the British Labour Party Belfast Labour Representation Committee , group active in the 1910s which later became the Belfast Labour Party Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee ,

32-668: A party label started in 2016 by Labour Party activists in Northern Ireland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Labour Representation Committee . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Labour_Representation_Committee&oldid=750262473 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

48-606: A readiness to cooperate with any party which for the time being may be engaged in promoting legislation in the direct interests of labour." This created an association called the Labour Representation Committee (LRC), meant to coordinate attempts to support MPs sponsored by trade unions and represent the working-class population. To make this possible the Conference established the LRC. This committee included two members from

64-521: A single body that would sponsor Parliamentary candidates. The motion was passed at all stages by the TUC, and the proposed conference was held at the Congregational Memorial Hall on Farringdon Street, London on 26 and 27 February 1900. The meeting was attended by a broad spectrum of working-class and left-wing organisations — trades unions represented about a half of the unions and one third of

80-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Labour Representation Committee (1900) In 1899, a Doncaster member of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants , Thomas R. Steels, proposed in his union branch that the Trade Union Congress call a special conference to bring together all left-wing organisations and form them into

96-463: The 1906 election , the LRC won 29 seats—helped by a secret Gladstone–MacDonald pact in 1903 between Ramsay MacDonald and Liberal Chief Whip Herbert Gladstone that aimed to avoid splitting the opposition vote between Labour and Liberal candidates in the interest of removing the Conservatives from office. Historian Eric J. Evans argues: On 15 February 1906, at their first meeting after

112-532: The Labour Party , participated in a general election for the first time. However, it had only been in existence for a few months; as a result, Keir Hardie and Richard Bell were the only LRC Members of Parliament elected in 1900. This was the first occasion when Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons . He had stood in the same seat, Oldham , at a by-election held the previous year , but had lost. It

128-560: The ILP, two from the SDF, one Fabian, and seven trade unionists. It had no single leader, and in the absence of one, the Independent Labour Party nominee Ramsay MacDonald was elected as Secretary. He had the difficult task of keeping the various strands of opinions in the LRC united. The October 1900 "Khaki election" came too soon for the new party to campaign effectively; total expenses for

144-581: The cost of lost business from the unions. The apparent acquiescence of the Conservative Government of Arthur Balfour to industrial and business interests (traditionally the allies of the Liberal Party in opposition to the Conservative's landed interests) intensified support for the LRC against a government that appeared to have little concern for the industrial proletariat and its problems. In

160-569: The election only came to £33 and between them they won 62,698 votes. Only 15 candidatures were sponsored, but two were successful; Keir Hardie in Merthyr Tydfil and Richard Bell in Derby . Support for the LRC was boosted by the 1901 Taff Vale Case , a dispute between strikers and a railway company that ended with the union being ordered to pay £23,000 damages for a strike. The judgement effectively made strikes illegal since employers could recoup

176-554: The election, the group's Members of Parliament decided to adopt the name "The Labour Party" formally. Keir Hardie, who had taken a leading role in getting the party established, was elected as Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (in effect, the Leader), although only by one vote over David Shackleton after several ballots. In the party's early years the Independent Labour Party (ILP) provided much of its activist base as

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192-753: The membership of the TUC delegates. The LRC is the direct predecessor of the modern British Labour Party . In addition to various trade union leaders, organisations present at this conference were the Independent Labour Party (ILP), the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) and the Fabian Society , After a debate all the 129 delegates passed Keir Hardie 's motion to establish "a distinct Labour group in Parliament, who shall have their own whips, and agree upon their policy, which must embrace

208-451: The party did not have individual membership until 1918 but operated as a conglomerate of affiliated bodies. The Fabian Society provided much of the intellectual stimulus for the party. One of the first acts of the new Liberal Government was to reverse the Taff Vale judgement. The Labour Party itself regarded 2000 as its centenary year, though it also marked the founding of the party with

224-558: The present day. The following served as Chairman of the LRC: 1900 United Kingdom general election Marquess of Salisbury Conservative Marquess of Salisbury Conservative The 1900 United Kingdom general election was held between 26 September and 24 October 1900, following the dissolution of Parliament on 25 September. Also referred to as the Khaki Election (the first of several elections to bear this sobriquet ), it

240-637: The singing of " The Red Flag " in parliament at the end of Commons business on 9 February 2006. The People's History Museum in Manchester holds the minutes of the first Labour Party meeting in 1906 and has them on display in the Main Galleries. Also within the museum is the Labour History Archive and Study Centre , which holds the collection of the Labour Party, with material ranging from 1900 to

256-577: Was held at a time when it was widely believed that the Second Boer War had effectively been won (though in fact it was to continue for another two years). The Conservative Party , led by Lord Salisbury with their Liberal Unionist allies, secured a large majority of 134 seats, despite securing only 5.6% more votes than Henry Campbell-Bannerman 's Liberals . This was largely owing to the Conservatives winning 163 seats that were uncontested by others. The Labour Representation Committee , later to become

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