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* 1964: 1st & 2nd Wilson Governments [http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/prime-ministers-in-history/harold-wilsonhttp://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/prime-ministers-in-history/harold-wilson]. | * 1964: 1st & 2nd Wilson Governments [http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/prime-ministers-in-history/harold-wilsonhttp://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/prime-ministers-in-history/harold-wilson]. | ||
* 1976: Harold Wilson resigned[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/16/newsid_2524000/2524099.stm], [[James Callaghan]] becoame Prime Minister | * 1976: Harold Wilson resigned[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/16/newsid_2524000/2524099.stm], [[James Callaghan]] becoame Prime Minister | ||
* 1980: Michael Foot elected party leader | * 1980: Michael[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/932797.stm] Foot elected party leader | ||
* 1983: Neil Kinnock[http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/feature-kinnock-the-passionate-moderniser-whose-reforms-sparked-a-revolution/43574.aspx] - the passionate moderniser - replaced Michael Foot as party leader | * 1983: Neil Kinnock[http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/feature-kinnock-the-passionate-moderniser-whose-reforms-sparked-a-revolution/43574.aspx] - the passionate moderniser - replaced Michael Foot as party leader | ||
* 1992: John Smith took over from Michael Foot[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-14486743.html] | * 1992: John Smith took over from Michael Foot[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-14486743.html] | ||
Revision as of 15:26, 10 November 2010
- 1834: The Tolpuddle martyrs[1] - 5 trade unionists are sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia
- 1838: The People's Charter[2] We demand universal suffrage
- 1871: The Paris Commune[3] - Paris workers seize power and form the world's first socialist government
- 1881: Democratic Federation formed
- 1884: The Democratic Federation is renamed the Social Democratic Foundation
- Fabian Society formed[4] - a socialist pressure group that wanted to create a "society in accordance with the highest moral possibilities".
- 1891: The Condition of the Working Class in England by Frederick Engels - depicting overcrowded housing, abject poverty, child labour, sexual exploitation, dirt and drunkenness.
- 1892: Keir Hardie, a Scottish trade union leader, elected Member of Parliament as "Independent Labour"
- 1893: Independent Labour Party[5] formed by Keir Hardie "to secure the collective ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange.
- 1900: Labour Representation Committee[6] - brought socialist groups togethe for the purpose of increasing working class representation in Parliament.
- Keir Hardy elected as the first "Labour" Member of Parliament
- 1901: Taff Vale judgement[7] - upheld the right of a company to sue a trade union for the recovery of losses due to a strike
- 1906: The Labour Repesentation Committee renamed "The Labour Party"
- 1916: Sidney Webb joined the Labour Party Executive and helped to draft its constitution[8]
- 1924: 1st Labour Government[9]. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
- 1929: 2nd Labour Government[10]. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
- 1931 Recession raises the budget deficit Macdonald's proposal unemployment benefit leads to a cabinet split.
- 1931: National Government (coalition). Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
- 1934: Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) replaced Ramsay MacDonald as Prime Minister
- 1935: Clement Attlee became leader of the Labour Party
- 1940: Wartime coalition. Neville Chamberlain (Conservative) Prime Minister
- 1941: Winston Churchill (Conservative) became Prime Minister and Clement Attlee became Deputy Prime Minister
- 1945: 1st and 2nd Attlee Governments[11]. Prime Minister Clement Atlee
- 1955 Hugh Gaitskell elected party leader
- 1964: 1st & 2nd Wilson Governments [12].
- 1976: Harold Wilson resigned[13], James Callaghan becoame Prime Minister
- 1980: Michael[14] Foot elected party leader
- 1983: Neil Kinnock[15] - the passionate moderniser - replaced Michael Foot as party leader
- 1992: John Smith took over from Michael Foot[16]
- 1994: John Smith died[17]. Tony Blair elected party leader
- 1997: Labour Governments. Prime Minister Tony Blair - see Tony Blair timeline
- 2007: Tony Blair retired. Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as Prime Minister
- 2010: Conservative Government. Ed Milliband elected Labour party leader.