Labour Party

• (Australia, US) Labor Party

In other countries, frequently patterned or translated after the model of the British Labour Party, founded in 1900 to combine earlier centre-left parties.

the Labour Party

1. Any of various political parties that aim to advance the interests of the working class, often characterised by left-of-centre politics and support for organised labour.

   Sure, the City loathed the old Labour Party that Jeremy Corbyn grew up with but they loved the Blairites.

   • 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius, London: Penguin Books, published 1982, →ISBN, page 98:

     The Communists had considerable influence in the Labour Party in the years 1920–26 and 1935–9. Their chief importance, and that of the whole left wing of the Labour movement, was the part they played in alienating the middle classes from Socialism.

• Labourite

(any of a number of parties):

• Conservative party

(UK politics):

• New Labour
• Old Labour