List of Labour Party (UK) general election manifestos

This is a list of the British Labour Party general election manifestos since the nascent party first fielded 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.

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Election	Leader	Election winner	Manifesto title
2024	Keir Starmer	Labour	Change
2019	Jeremy Corbyn	Conservative	It's Time for Real Change
2017	Jeremy Corbyn	Hung (Conservative with DUP confidence & supply)	For the Many, Not the Few
2015	Ed Miliband	Conservative	Britain Can Be Better
2010	Gordon Brown	Hung (Conservative-led 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	J. R. Clynes	Conservative	Labour's Call to the People
1918	William Adamson	Hung (Conservative-dominated coalition)	Labour's Call to the People
December 1910	George 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	Does not appear	Conservative	1900 Labour Party General Election Manifesto

References

Archive of Labour Party Manifestos, 1900–2001

Labour Party

History

Main

History of the Labour Party

Topics

Leadership

Leaders	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Morrison^ Gaitskell Brown^ Wilson Callaghan Foot Kinnock Smith Beckett^ Blair Brown Harman^ Miliband Harman^ Corbyn Starmer
Deputy Leaders	Clynes Graham Attlee Greenwood Morrison Griffiths Bevan Brown Jenkins Short Foot Healey Hattersley Beckett Prescott Harman Watson Rayner
General Secretaries	MacDonald Henderson Middleton Phillips Williams Barker^ Nicholas Hayward Mortimer Whitty Sawyer McDonagh Triesman Carter Watt Collins McNicol Formby Evans
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 of Basildon
Scottish Labour Leaders	Dewar McLeish Jamieson^ McConnell Jamieson^ Alexander Jamieson^ Gray Lamont Sarwar^ Murphy Gray^ Dugdale Rowley^ Baillie^ Leonard Baillie^ Sarwar
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 Morden
EPLP Leaders	Stewart Prescott Castle Lomas Martin Seal Ford Green David Donnelly Murphy Titley Willmott Corbett
* = wartime, in opposition ^ Interim/Acting

Internal elections and selections

Leadership elections	1922 Ramsay MacDonald 1931 Arthur Henderson 1932 George Lansbury 1935 Clement Attlee 1955 Hugh Gaitskell 1960 1961 1963 Harold Wilson 1976 James Callaghan 1980 Michael Foot 1983 Neil Kinnock 1988 1992 John Smith 1994 Tony Blair 2007 Gordon Brown 2010 Ed Miliband 2015 Jeremy Corbyn 2016 2020 Keir Starmer
Deputy Leadership elections	1952 Herbert Morrison 1953 1956 Jim Griffiths 1959 Aneurin Bevan 1960 George Brown 1961 1962 1970 Roy Jenkins 1971 1972 Edward Short 1976 Michael Foot 1980 Denis Healey 1981 1983 Roy Hattersley 1988 1992 Margaret Beckett 1994 John Prescott 2007 Harriet Harman 2015 Tom Watson 2020 Angela Rayner
Shadow Cabinet elections and reshuffles	Sep 1931 (Henderson) Nov 1931 1932 (Lansbury) 1933 1934 1935 (Attlee) 1936 1937 1938 1939 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 (Gaitskell) 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 (Wilson) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1979 (Callaghan) 1980 (Foot) 1981 1982 1983 (Kinnock) 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 (Smith) 1993 1994 (Blair) 1995 1996 2010 (Miliband) June 2016 (Corbyn) May 2021 (Starmer) November 2021 2023

Party structure

Constitution	Clause IV
Executive	National Executive Committee General Secretary Treasurer
Parliamentary	Parliamentary Labour Party Chief Whip of the Labour Party
Conference	Labour Party Conference
Subnational	Scottish Labour Welsh Labour Labour Party in Northern Ireland
Directly elected city mayoral authorities	London Labour
CLPs	Constituency Labour Party Labour International
Miscellaneous	National Policy Forum Affiliated trade unions Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation Labour Co-operative Co-operative Party Labour – Federation of Labour Groups

Associated organisations

List	Organisations associated with the Labour Party
Sectional groups	Young Labour Labour International LGBT+ Labour Labour Campaign for Trans Rights Labour Students BAME Labour Disability Labour
Factional groups	Blue Labour Campaign for Labour Party Democracy Christians on the Left Compass Fabian Society Young Fabians Future Britain Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance Jewish Labour Movement Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform Labour CND Labour Friends of Israel Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East Labour Growth Group Labour Party Irish Society Labour Representation Committee (2004) Labour Women's Network Momentum Open Labour National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs Progressive Britain Revolutionary Communist Party Formerly Socialist Appeal Socialist Health Association Socialist Educational Association Socialist Environment and Resources Association Socialist Campaign Group Socialist Youth Network Socialist societies
Media publications	LabourList Tribune

Party alliances

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

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Further reading

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