Labour_Representation_Committee_election_results

Labour Representation Committee election results

Labour Representation Committee election results

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This article lists the Labour Representation Committee's election results in UK parliamentary elections. The Labour Representation was the forerunner of the Labour Party. It was founded in 1900 and became the Labour Party in 1906, shortly after that year's general election.

Summary of general election performance

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Election results

1900 general election

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Hardie stood in two constituencies and was elected in Merthyr Tydfil, where he placed second in a two-seat constituency; Bell was similarly elected in Derby.

By-elections, 1900–1906

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1906 general election

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Burgess, Clynes, Coit, Hardie, Jowett, MacDonald, Parker, Snowden, Summerbell and Williams were sponsored by the Independent Labour Party. Gill, Hardie, MacDonald, Parker, Snowden, Summerbell and Wilkie were elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Craig, F. W. S. (1968). British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1918-1968. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 53. ISBN 0900178000.
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    Alan Haworth and Dianne Hayter, Men Who Made Labour, p.245
  3. [3]
    Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, p.289
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    Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, p.290
  5. [5]
    Joel Dayton Moore, The Taff Vale Decision in British Labor History, pp.115-116
  6. [6]
    Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, pp.290-292
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