Why was the Labour party formed?

The Labour Party was created in 1900: a new party for a new century. Its formation was the result of many years of hard effort by working people, trade unionists and socialists, united by the goal of changing the British Parliament to represent the interests of everybody. read more

The Labour Party is an unincorporated association without a separate legal personality, and the Labour Party Rule Book legally regulates the organisation and the relationship with members. The General Secretary represents the party on behalf of the other members of the Labour Party in any legal matters or actions. read more

The Labour Party was born at the turn of the 20th century out of the frustration of working-class people at their inability to field parliamentary candidates through the Liberal Party, which at that time was the dominant social-reform party in Britain. read more

And of course it threatened the privileged position of a layer of trade union leaders themselves. Affiliated membership more than doubled in the two years to 1903. By 1906 when the Labour Party was founded, it had reached 900,000. The Labour Party was from its inception a bourgeois workers party. read more