The Labour Party
The Labour Party are the main centre – left party in the UK, they are the second largest party in the House of Commons and form the official opposition. The current Leader is Ed Miliband.
They were in power in the Scottish Parliament until 2007 and the second largest party in the London Assembly, Local Governments and the European Union.
History
They were formed in 1906 with the support of socialism and won their first election in 1945. Tony Blair bought ‘New Labour’ through in the 1997 election. Some leaders include Neil Kinnock, Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband. Clement Attlee was the first Labour Prime Minister from 1945-1951, Tony Blair is one of the most well known and successful Labour Prime Ministers from 1997-2007, he handed over the role to Gordon Brown who held it for three years until the 2010 General Election.
The Labour Party are hoping to win the 2015 General Election with Ed Miliband as Prime Minister, they face critics though as it has been said the recession and economic downfall was down to their bad judgement, but the Conservative/ Liberal Democrat coalition are becoming unpopular due to controversial heavy cuts in every sector possible.
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