Labour Party

Labour Party

The name Labour Party, Labor Party or similar is used by several political parties around the world, particularly common in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. They are most commonly, but not exclusively, social democrats or democratic socialists and have been traditionally allied to the Labour movement and trade unions. Many labour parties are members of the Socialist International.

Active Labour parties

Historical Labour parties

ee also

*Labour movement
*Socialist Party
*Workers' Party
*Democratic Socialist Party
*Social Democratic Party
*Socialist Equality Party
*Socialist Labour Party
*Socialist Workers Party
*Communist Party
*Left-wing political parties
*List of political parties
*List of social democratic parties


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Labour Party — Labour Party …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Labour Party — Labour .Party n [also + plural verb British English] the Labour Party a political party in Britain and some other countries that aims to improve social conditions for ordinary working people and poorer people →↑Conservative Party …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Labour Party — ► NOUN ▪ a British left of centre political party formed to represent the interests of ordinary working people …   English terms dictionary

  • Labour Party — V. travailliste (Parti) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Labour Party (UK) — Labour Party …   Wikipedia

  • Labour party — a political party in Great Britain, formed in 1900 from various socialist and labor groups and taking its present name in 1906. * * * British political party whose historic links with trade unions have led it to promote an active role for the… …   Universalium

  • Labour Party —    Despite being one of the only two major parties in British politics, the Labour Party has suffered from a lack of electoral success, having won a clear governing majority only three times (1945, 1966 and 1997). It has long suffered from… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • Labour-Party — Vorsitzender Logo Basisdaten Gründungsdatum: 27. Februar 1900 Gründungsort …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Labour Party (UK) — Vorsitzender Logo Basisdaten Gründungsdatum: 27. Februar 1900 Gründungsort …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Labour Party — La|bour Par|ty 〈[ lɛıbə(r) pa:(r)tı] f.; ; unz.〉 engl. Arbeiterpartei [engl.; zu labour „Arbeit“ + party „Partei“] * * * La|bour Par|ty [ leɪbə pɑ:tɪ ], die; [engl. = Partei der Arbeit]: Name politischer Parteien im Commonwealth, bes. in… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • labour party — noun a left of center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people • Syn: ↑labor party • Hypernyms: ↑party, ↑political party • Hyponyms: ↑Australian Labor Party, ↑British Labour Party, ↑Labour Party, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”