Labour Party: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Andrew Thorpe, A History of the British Labour Party, 4th ed. (2015); Geoffrey Foote, The Labour Party’s Political Thought: A History, 3rd ed. (1997); Eric Shaw, The Labour Party Since 1945: Old Labour, New Labour (1996), Discipline and Discord in the Labour Party: The Politics of Managerial Control in the Labour Party, 1951–87 (1988), and The Labour Party Since 1979: Crisis and Transformation (1994); Martin Pugh, Speak for Britain!: A New History of the Labour Party (2010); David Howell, MacDonald’s Party: Labour Identities and Crisis 1922–1931 (2002).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Labour Party. | Nov 02, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - The History of the Labour Party. | Apr 05, 2022 | ||
| Noted that Keir Starmer replaced Corbyn as party leader in April 2020. | Apr 07, 2020 | ||
| Added the results of the 2019 election. | Dec 13, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - The Labour Party: 1900-1920. | Sep 27, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - The Labour Party: 1900-1920. | May 30, 2018 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Dec 22, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 22, 2017 | ||
| Added the results of the June 2017 general election. | Jun 09, 2017 | ||
| Added a description of the challenge to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the party in July through September 2016. | Nov 08, 2016 | ||
| Updated to mention the leadership challenge in the wake of the "Brexit" referendum. | Jun 28, 2016 | ||
| Added results of the May 2016 local elections throughout the United Kingdom. | May 06, 2016 | ||
| Noted the selection of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader in September 2015. | Sep 14, 2015 | ||
| Updated for the 2015 general election. | May 08, 2015 | ||
| Added the results of the May 2014 European Parliament election. | Apr 24, 2015 | ||
| Noted the July 2013 proposal by Ed Miliband that political contributions no longer be automatic for union members. | Jul 10, 2013 | ||
| Added results of 2012 local government elections in England, Scotland, and Wales. | May 04, 2012 | ||
| Added Ed Miliband's election as party leader. | Sep 27, 2010 | ||
| Added Gordon Brown's resignation as prime minister. | May 11, 2010 | ||
| Final editorial review. | May 07, 2010 | ||
| Labour lost its parliamentary majority in the 2010 general election. | May 07, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 09, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of the Labour Party, United Kingdom. | Aug 22, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 12, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 18, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 21, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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