Labour Party (UK)
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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.
Labour Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Deputy Leader | Angela Rayner |
| General Secretary | David Evans |
| Chair | Anneliese Dodds |
| Lords Leader | Angela Smith |
| Founded | 27 February 1900; 124 years ago (1900-02-27)[1][2] |
| Headquarters | Southside 105 Victoria Street London SW1E 6QT[3] |
| Youth wing | Young Labour |
| LGBT wing | LGBT+ Labour |
| Membership (2023) |  399,195[4] |
| Ideology | Social democracy[5] Democratic socialism[6] |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance Socialist International |
| Affiliate parties | Co-operative Party Labour and Co-operative Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) |
| Colours | Red |
| Anthem | "The Red Flag" |
| Governing body | National Executive Committee |
| Constituting instrument | Labour Party Rule Book |
| Devolved or semi-autonomous branches | London Labour Labour in Northern Ireland Scottish Labour Welsh Labour |
| Parliamentary parties | Parliamentary Labour Party |
| House of Commons[nb 1] | 196 / 650 |
| House of Lords | 172 / 777 |
| London Assembly | 11 / 25 |
| Scottish Parliament | 22 / 129 |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | 30 / 60 |
| Local government[7] | 6,473 / 18,646 |
| Directly elected mayors | 10 / 16 |
| Regional mayors | 8 / 10 |
| Police and crime commissioners | 8 / 39 |
| Website | |
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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.