List of UK Labour Party general election manifestos

A list of UK Labour Party general election manifestos since the nascent party first put forward 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.

Election	Labour leader	Election winner	Manifesto title	Link to text
2015	Ed Miliband	Conservative	Britain can be better
2010	Gordon Brown	Hung Conservative-Liberal 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	John Clynes	Conservative	Labour's call to the people
1918	William Adamson	Conservative-Liberal Coalition	Labour's call to the people
December 1910	George Nicoll 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	None	Conservative	1900 Labour Party General Election Manifesto

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Labour Party

Leadership

Leaders	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Gaitskell Wilson Callaghan Foot Kinnock Smith Blair Brown Miliband Corbyn

Deputy Leaders	Clynes Graham Attlee Greenwood Morrison Griffiths Bevan Brown Jenkins Short Foot Healey Hattersley Beckett Prescott Harman Watson

General Secretaries	MacDonald Henderson Middleton Phillips Williams Nicholas Hayward Mortimer Whitty Sawyer McDonagh Triesman Carter Watt Collins McNicol

Treasurers	Henderson MacDonald Henderson Lathan Greenwood Gaitskell Bevan Nicholas Davies Callaghan Atkinson Varley Booth McCluskie Burlison Prosser Elsby Dromey Holland

Leaders in the Lords	Haldane Cripps Ponsonby Snell Addison Jowitt Alexander Pakenham Shackleton Shepherd Peart Hughes Richard Jay Williams Amos Ashton Royall Smith

PLP Chairs	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Hodge* Wardle* Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Lees-Smith* Pethick-Lawrence* Greenwood* Gaitskell Wilson Houghton Mikardo Hughes Willey Dormand Orme Hoyle Soley Corston Clwyd Lloyd Watts Cryer

* = wartime, in opposition

Internal elections

Leadership elections	1922 (MacDonald) 1935 (Attlee) 1955 (Gaitskell) 1960 1961 1963 (Wilson) 1976 (Callaghan) 1980 (Foot) 1983 (Kinnock) 1988 1992 (Smith) 1994 (Blair) 2007 (Brown) 2010 (Miliband) 2015 (Corbyn)

Deputy Leadership elections	1952 (Morrison) 1953 1956 (Griffiths) 1959 (Bevan) 1960 (Brown) 1961 1962 1970 (Jenkins) 1971 1972 (Short) 1976 (Foot) 1980 (Healey) 1981 1983 (Hattersley) 1988 1992 (Beckett) 1994 (Prescott) 2007 (Harman) 2015 (Watson)

Shadow Cabinet elections	1979 (Callaghan) 1980 (Foot) 1981 (Foot) 1982 (Foot) 1983 (Kinnock) 1984 (Kinnock) 1985 (Kinnock) 1986 (Kinnock) 1987 (Kinnock) ... 1992 (Smith) 1993 (Smith) 1994 (Blair) 1995 (Blair) 1996 (Blair) 2010 (Miliband)

Organisation

Structure	Constitution Clause IV Rule Book National Executive Committee Labour Party Conference National Policy Forum General Secretary Treasurer Constituency Labour Party Branch Labour Party Socialist societies Association of Labour Councillors Parliamentary Labour Party Labour Chief Whip European Parliamentary Labour Party London Labour Party Scottish Labour Party Welsh Labour Labour Party in Northern Ireland Affiliated trade unions Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation Co-operative Party Labour Co-operative Young Labour Labour International

Related organisations	Christians on the Left Compass Fabian Society Young Fabians Grassroots Alliance Jewish Labour Movement Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform Labour CND Labour Friends of Israel Labour Party Irish Society Labour Representation Committee (2004) Labour Students LGBT Labour LabourList National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs Progress Socialist Appeal Socialist Health Association Socialist Educational Association Socialist Environment and Resources Association Socialist Campaign Group Socialist Youth Network Tribune

History and related topics	History of the Labour Party (UK) General election manifestos History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom Lib–Lab pact New Labour Tony's Cronies Blue Labour One Nation Labour

Alliances	Party of European Socialists Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Progressive Alliance Socialist International

Northern Ireland	Social Democratic and Labour Party Labour – Federation of Labour Groups

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List of UK Labour Party general election manifestos

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