Organisation of Scottish Labour
UK Labour Party body established 1917
The Organisation of Scottish Labour is a body established under the national rules of the UK Labour Party.
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Origins and evolution of Scottish Labour
In August 1888, after contesting the Mid Lanarkshire by-election, Keir Hardie co-founded with Liberal MP Robert Cunninghame-Graham the Scottish Labour Party (1888) with the support of the Scottish Miners' Federation, local trade unions, the Dundee Radical Association, the Scottish Home Rule Association, Crofters Party MPs, and the Scottish Land Restoration League.
In December 1888, the Scottish Socialist Federation (SSF) was formed by members of the Social Democratic Federation.
In August 1891, the Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party (SUTCLP) was formed.
In July 1892 general election, the SUTCLP gained support from the SSF.
In January 1893, Keir Hardie and others formed the Independent Labour Party (ILP).
In March 1893, the SUTCLP dissolved, advising members to join the ILP.
In 1893, the Scottish Socialist Federation affiliated with the ILP.
In 1894, the Scottish Labour Party of 1888 had by then made little impact and dissolved itself into the ILP.
In March 1897, the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) was formed in Glasgow, as a result of a political dispute with the TUC regarding political representation for the Labour movement.
In 1899, the STUC with the ILP's Scottish branch formed the parliamentary campaign group Scottish Workers' Representation Committee (SWRC)
In 1900, the ILP played a central role in the formation of the Labour Representation Committee (LRC) which was created by ILP Chairman Hardie's motion to create a single Labour parliamentary body that was passed at a special conference organised by the TUC. ILP nominee Ramsay MacDonald was elected as Secretary of the LRC.
In 1906, the LRC is renamed the Labour Party, with the ILP becoming a Labour party affiliate and providing much of its activist base.
In 1909, the SWRC was dissolved and merged with the Labour Party.
In 1915, a subordinate Scottish Advisory Council (SAC) was formed by the Labour Party.
In 1918, Scotland was formalised a "region" in the Labour party constitution and the SAC was renamed as the Scottish Council of the Labour Party
In 1994, the Scottish Council of the Labour Party was renamed the Scottish Labour Party.
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