a British political party, formed in 1900 as an amalgam of various trade unions and socialist groups, generally supporting the interests of organized labour and advocating democratic socialism and social equality any similar party in any of various other countries
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La′bour par′ty,
- Governmenta political party in Great Britain, formed in 1900 from various socialist and labor groups and taking its present name in 1906.
'Labour Party' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Barak
- Brown
- Durkan
- Foot
- Gaitskell
- Hattersley
- Healey
- Hume
- I.L.P.
- Kinnock
- Laborism
- Labourite
- Lansbury
- PLP
- Prescott
- SDLP
- Smith
- Social Democratic Party
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
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