Labour Party (UK)

Labour Party
Governing body	National Executive Committee
Leader	Keir Starmer
Deputy Leader	Angela Rayner
General Secretary	David Evans
Lords Leader	Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon
Founded	27 February 1900; 124 years ago (1900-02-27)[1][2] (as the Labour Representation Committee)
Headquarters	Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QT[3] Labour Central, Kings Manor, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6PA[4]
Youth wing	Young Labour
LGBT wing	LGBT+ Labour
Membership (March 2024)	366,604[5]
Ideology	Social democracy[6][7] Democratic socialism[8][9]
Political position	Centre-left[15]
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance Socialist International (observer)
Affiliate party	Co-operative Party (Labour and Co-operative) Former affiliates Independent Labour Party (1906–1932) British Socialist Party (1916–1920) National Socialist Party (1918–1939/1942)
Other affiliations	Social Democratic and Labour Party (Northern Ireland) Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (Gibraltar)[16]
Colours	Red
Slogan	"Britain's future" / "Let's get Britain's future back" (2024)[17][18]
Anthem	"The Red Flag"
Devolved or semi-autonomous branches	London Labour Scottish Labour Welsh Labour Labour Party in Northern Ireland
Parliamentary party	Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP)
House of Commons	205 / 650
House of Lords	172 / 777
Scottish Parliament	22 / 129
Senedd	30 / 60
Regional mayors[nb]	11 / 12
London Assembly	11 / 25
PCCs and PFCCs	17 / 37
Directly elected mayors	10 / 16
Councillors[nb][19]	6,561 / 18,646
Website
labour.org.uk
Political parties ^ Mayor of London and 11 combined authority mayors. ^ Councillors of local authorities in England (including 25 aldermen of the City of London) and Scotland, principal councils in Wales and local councils in Northern Ireland.

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The Labour Party is the main centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. It is a social democratic party. It has been one of the UK's two main political parties from the early 20th century to the present day. It is the second largest party in the British House of Commons, with 195 out of 650 seats. It forms the Official Opposition. The current Labour Party leader is Sir Keir Starmer, who took over in April 2020 from Jeremy Corbyn.

The Labour Party was in power in the United Kingdom government from 1997 to 2010. Now it sits in opposition. It was in power in the Scottish Parliament (in coalition with the Scottish Liberal Democrats) until 2007. It is the largest group in the London Assembly, although until May 2016 the Mayor of London was a Conservative party member. It is also the second largest party in local government.

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5. ↑ Helm, Toby (30 March 2024). "Labour membership falls by 23,000 over Gaza and green policies". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
6. ↑ Worley, Matthew (2009). The Foundation of the British Labour Party: Identities, Cultures, and Perspectives,1900–39. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-6731-5 – via Google Books.
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10. ↑ Bakker, Ryan; Jolly, Seth; Polk, Jonathan (14 May 2015). "Mapping Europe's party systems: which parties are the most right-wing and left-wing in Europe?". London School of Economics / EUROPP – European Politics and Policy. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
11. ↑ Giddens, Anthony (17 May 2010). "The rise and fall of New Labour". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
12. ↑ Peacock, Mike (8 May 2015). "The European centre-left's quandary". Reuters. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015. A crushing election defeat for Britain's Labour party has laid bare the dilemma facing Europe's centre-left.
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16. ↑ https://archive.today/20140523051814/http://www.gbc.gi/news/news-details.php?id=3695
17. ↑ "National Flag Usage & Straplines". General Election Brand Guidelines 2024 (PDF). Labour party. 2024. p. 6.
18. ↑ "Labour vow to 'get Britain's future back' as conference kicks off in Liverpool". Sky News. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
19. ↑ "Open Council Data UK – compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk.