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Lib Lab
The Liberal–Labour movement refers to the practice of local Liberal Party (UK), Liberal associations accepting and supporting candidates who were financially maintained by trade unions. These candidates stood for the Parliament of the United Kingdom, British Parliament with the aim of representing the working classes, while remaining supportive of the Liberal Party in general. The first Lib–Lab candidate to stand was George Odger in the 1870 Southwark by-election. The first Lib–Lab candidates to be elected were Alexander Macdonald (Lib-Lab politician), Alexander MacDonald and Thomas Burt, both members of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB), in the 1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 general election. In 1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880, they were joined by Henry Broadhurst of the Operative Society of Masons and the movement reached its peak in 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885, with twelve MPs elected. These include William Abraham (trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Burt
Thomas Burt PC (12 November 1837 – 12 April 1922) was a British trade unionist and one of the first working-class Members of Parliament. Career Burt became secretary of the Northumberland Miners' Association in 1863, then, in 1874, was returned to parliament for Morpeth, alongside Alexander MacDonald, a fellow miners' leader. Burt stood as a Radical labour candidate with Liberal support and formed part of a small group of Liberal–Labour politicians in the House of Commons in the 1880s and 1890s. After the 1892 General Election, William Ewart Gladstone appointed Burt as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, in which capacity he served until 1895. Despite the emergence of the Independent Labour Party and the Labour Representation Committee, Burt remained loyal to his backers in the Liberal Party and refused to join. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1906 and continued to represent Morpeth in Parliament until 1918. From 1910 to 1918 he was Father of the House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |