Who was the first Labour MP?

1893 - Keir Hardie, a Scottish miner who had been elected MP for West Ham, set up the Independent Labour Party - a socialist propaganda society. 1900 - the Trades Union Congress set up the Labour Representation Committee (LRC) - with Ramsey MacDonald as secretary - to support working-class candidates in elections. read more

However, Keir Hardie was first elected to Parliament in 1892 as the MP for West Ham South and this is more usually taken as the first date that a Labour MP was elected, albeit with indirect help from the Liberls, who did not contest the seat: "Hardie was invited to stand in West Ham South in 1892, a working class seat in Essex (now Greater London). read more

New Labour was first termed as an alternative branding for the Labour Party, dating from a conference slogan first used by the Labour Party in 1994, which was later seen in a draft manifesto published by the party in 1996, called New Labour, New Life For Britain. read more

James Keir Hardie (15 August 1856 – 26 September 1915) was a Scottish socialist, politician, and trade unionist. He was the founder of the Labour Party, the first Leader of the Labour Party and the first ever Labour Member of Parliament. read more