Labour

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Labour is a major centre-left political party in the United Kingdom traditionally associated with social democracy, workers' rights, and the welfare state.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Labour canonical 14
Labor 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
affiliatedOrganization Co-operative Party
Trades Union Congress
competesWith Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
linked to: Liberal Democrats
country United Kingdom
focusesOn social justice
trade unions
welfare state
workers' rights
founded 1900
foundingOrganizations co-operative movement
socialist societies
trade unions
governingPartyInUK 1924
1929–1931
1945–1951
1964–1970
1974–1979
1997–2010
hasColor red
hasSymbol red rose
hasWing Labour Party (UK) membership
Labour Party National Executive Committee
Parliamentary Labour Party
historicalPeriod founded in early 20th century
ideology democratic socialism
social democracy
originalName Labour Representation Committee
politicalPosition centre-left
renamed Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
renamedInYear 1906
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords of the United Kingdom
linked to: House of Lords

devolved parliaments and assemblies in the UK
supportsConcept Keynesian economics
collective provision of public services
mixed economy
supportsPolicy anti-discrimination laws
minimum wage
progressive taxation
public ownership of key services (varying by period)
publicly funded education
publicly funded healthcare
welfare benefits
workers' collective bargaining rights
traditionalSupportBase industrial working class
public sector workers
trade union members
womenOrganization Labour Women's Network
youthWing Young Labour

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith politicalAlignment Labour
subject linked to: John
Philip Snowden politicalAlignment Labour
subject linked to: Philip
Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency) politicalTendency Labour
John Graham partyAffiliation Labor
linked to: Labour