List of Labour Party (UK) general election manifestos

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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
2017 Jeremy Corbyn Hung (Conservative with DUP confidence & supply) For the Many, Not the Few
2015 Ed Miliband Conservative Britain Can Be Better
2010 Gordon Brown Hung (Conservative-led coalition) A Future Fair for All
2005 Tony Blair Labour Britain Forward, Not Back
2001 Tony Blair Labour Ambitions for Britain
1997 Tony Blair Labour New Labour: Because Britain Deserves Better
1992 Neil Kinnock Conservative It's Time to Get Britain Working Again
1987 Neil Kinnock Conservative Britain Will Win with Labour
1983 Michael Foot Conservative The New Hope for Britain
1979 James Callaghan Conservative The Labour Way Is the Better Way
October 1974 Harold Wilson Labour Britain Will Win with Labour
February 1974 Harold Wilson Hung (Labour) Let Us Work Together – Labour's Way Out of the Crisis
1970 Harold Wilson Conservative Now Britain's Strong – Let's Make It Great to Live In
1966 Harold Wilson Labour Time for Decision
1964 Harold Wilson Labour The New Britain
1959 Hugh Gaitskell Conservative Britain Belongs to You
1955 Clement Attlee Conservative Forward with Labour
1951 Clement Attlee Conservative Labour Party Election Manifesto
1950 Clement Attlee Labour Let Us Win Through Together
1945 Clement Attlee Labour Let Us Face the Future
1935 Clement Attlee National Government The Labour Party's Call to Power
1931 Arthur Henderson National Government Labour's Call to Action
1929 Ramsay MacDonald Hung (Labour) Labour's Appeal to the Nation
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 Does not appear Conservative 1900 Labour Party General Election Manifesto

See also

Further reading

  • Iain Dale, Labour Party general election manifestos, 1900–1997, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 0-415-20590-5

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