List of Labour Party (UK) general election manifestos
This is a list of the British Labour Party general election manifestos since the nascent party first fielded candidates at the 1900 general election. From its foundation, general election manifestos were issued for the Labour Party as a whole, whereas the manifestos of the Conservative and Liberal parties generally took the form of a form of a short personal address by the leader of the party until the 1950s.
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| Election | Leader | Election winner | Manifesto title | Link to text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Jeremy Corbyn | Conservative | It's Time for Real Change | [1] |
| 2017 | Jeremy Corbyn | Hung (Conservative with DUP confidence & supply) | For the Many, Not the Few | [2] |
| 2015 | Ed Miliband | Conservative | Britain Can Be Better | [3] |
| 2010 | Gordon Brown | Hung (Conservative-led coalition) | A Future Fair for All | [4] |
| 2005 | Tony Blair | Labour | Britain Forward, Not Back | [5] |
| 2001 | Tony Blair | Labour | Ambitions for Britain | [6][7] |
| 1997 | Tony Blair | Labour | New Labour: Because Britain Deserves Better | [8][9] |
| 1992 | Neil Kinnock | Conservative | It's Time to Get Britain Working Again | [10][11] |
| 1987 | Neil Kinnock | Conservative | Britain Will Win with Labour | [12][13] |
| 1983 | Michael Foot | Conservative | The New Hope for Britain | [14][15] |
| 1979 | James Callaghan | Conservative | The Labour Way Is the Better Way | [16][17] |
| October 1974 | Harold Wilson | Labour | Britain Will Win with Labour | [18][19] |
| February 1974 | Harold Wilson | Hung (Labour) | Let Us Work Together – Labour's Way Out of the Crisis | [20][21] |
| 1970 | Harold Wilson | Conservative | Now Britain's Strong – Let's Make It Great to Live In | [22][23] |
| 1966 | Harold Wilson | Labour | Time for Decision | [24][25] |
| 1964 | Harold Wilson | Labour | The New Britain | [26][27] |
| 1959 | Hugh Gaitskell | Conservative | Britain Belongs to You | [28][29] |
| 1955 | Clement Attlee | Conservative | Forward with Labour | [30][31] |
| 1951 | Clement Attlee | Conservative | Labour Party Election Manifesto | [32][33] |
| 1950 | Clement Attlee | Labour | Let Us Win Through Together | [34][35] |
| 1945 | Clement Attlee | Labour | Let Us Face the Future | [36][37] |
| 1935 | Clement Attlee | National Government | The Labour Party's Call to Power | [38] |
| 1931 | Arthur Henderson | National Government | Labour's Call to Action | [39] |
| 1929 | Ramsay MacDonald | Hung (Labour) | Labour's Appeal to the Nation | [40] |
| 1924 | Ramsay MacDonald | Conservative | Labour's Appeal to the People | |
| 1923 | Ramsay MacDonald | Hung (Labour) | Labour's Appeal to the Nation | |
| 1922 | J. R. Clynes | Conservative | Labour's Call to the People | |
| 1918 | William Adamson | Hung (Conservative-dominated coalition) | Labour's Call to the People | |
| December 1910 | George Barnes | Hung (Liberal with Irish Nationalist support) | December 1910 Labour Party General Election Manifesto | |
| January 1910 | Arthur Henderson | Hung (Liberal with Irish Nationalist support) | January 1910 Labour Party General Election Manifesto | |
| 1906 | Keir Hardie | Liberal | 1906 Labour Party General Election Manifesto | |
| 1900 | Conservative | 1900 Labour Party General Election Manifesto | [41] |
See also
- List of Conservative Party (UK) general election manifestos
- List of Liberal Party and Liberal Democrats (UK) general election manifestos
- New Labour, New Life for Britain
Further reading
- Iain Dale, Labour Party general election manifestos, 1900–1997, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 0-415-20590-5