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British Socialist Party Election Results
This article lists the Social Democratic Federation's election results in UK parliamentary elections. It also includes the results of its successor, the British Socialist Party. Summary of general election performance Elections results 1885 general election 1892 general election By-elections, 1892–1895 1895 general election By-elections, 1895–1900 1900 general election For the 1900 general election, the Social Democratic Federation stood candidates as part of the Labour Representation Committee. By-elections, 1900–1906 1906 general election By-elections, 1906–1910 January 1910 general election December 1910 general election By-elections, 1910–1918 The Social Democratic Party merged into the British Socialist Party in 1911. Hartley was endorsed by the Labour Party. 1918 general election All candidates other than Arnall, Hirst and Murray stood for the Labour Party. Hirst stood for the Co-operative Party The Co-operative Party is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Federation
The Social Democratic Federation (SDF) was established as Britain's first organised socialist political party by H. M. Hyndman, and had its first meeting on 7 June 1881. Those joining the SDF included William Morris, George Lansbury, James Connolly and Eleanor Marx. However, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx's long-term collaborator, refused to support Hyndman's venture. Many of its early leading members had previously been active in the Manhood Suffrage League. The SDF battled through defections of its right and left wings to other organisations in the first decade of the twentieth century before uniting with other radical groups in the Marxist British Socialist Party from 1911 until 1920. Organizational history Origins and early years The British Marxist movement effectively began in 1880 when a businessman named Henry M. Hyndman read Karl Marx's '' Communist Manifesto'' in French translation while crossing to America. Upon his return to London, Hyndman sought out Marx, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 Walworth By-election
Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 17 – Félix Faure is elected President of the French Republic, after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. * February 9 – Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. * February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in 1982, and again in 1995. * February 14 – Oscar Wilde's last play, the comedy ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', is first shown at St Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
