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[[Labour First]] is a group within the [[Labour Party]].

==First incarnation==
The first incarnation of [[Labour First]] held its inaugural meeting on 25 March 1980. The choice of name reflected dissatisfaction with the two established factions in the parliamentary party, the [[Manifesto Group]] on the right and the [[Tribune Group]] on the left. The founding MPs included [[Brynmor John]], [[David Clark]], [[Terry Davis]], [[John Grant]] and [[Edmund Marshall]].Some 30 MPs joined although the list remained secret.<ref>Dianne Hayter, ''Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s'', Manchester University Press, 2006, p.76.</ref>

It merged into another ginger group, Parliamentary Solidarity, in 1983.<ref>Dianne Hayter, ''Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s'', Manchester University Press, 2006, p.78.</ref>

===People===
*[[Brynmor John]] - chairman
*[[John Grant]] - vice-chairman
*[[Edmund Marshall]] - secretary

==Second incarnation==
The orginal Labour First was only formally wound up in 1987, after[[John Spellar]] wrote to[[Brynmor John]] on behalf of a new group which wished to use the name.<ref>Dianne Hayter, ''Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s'', Manchester University Press, 2006, p.78.</ref>

==Notes==
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 ==Third incarnation==
-Labour first was created as a company registered at Companies House in 2017.  It had three directors: [[John Spellar]], [[Luke Akehurst]] and [[Keith Dibble]]
+Labour First was created as a company registered at Companies House in 2017.  It had three directors: [[John Spellar]], [[Luke Akehurst]] and [[Keith Dibble]]
 ==Notes==

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 The first incarnation of [[Labour First]] held its inaugural meeting on 25 March 1980. The choice of name reflected dissatisfaction with the two established factions in the parliamentary party, the [[Manifesto Group]] on the right and the [[Tribune Group]] on the left. The founding MPs included [[Brynmor John]], [[david Clark (MP)|David Clark]], [[Terry Davis]], [[John Grant (MP)|John Grant]] and [[Edmund Marshall]].Some 30 MPs joined although the list remained secret.<ref>Dianne Hayter, ''Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s'', Manchester University Press, 2006, p.76.</ref>
-It merged into another ginger group, Parliamentary Solidarity, in 1983.<ref>Dianne Hayter, ''Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s'', Manchester University Press, 2006, p.78.</ref>
+It merged into another ginger group, [[Parliamentary Solidarity]], in 1983.<ref>Dianne Hayter, ''Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s'', Manchester University Press, 2006, p.78.</ref>
 ===People===

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 ==Second incarnation==
 The orginal Labour First was only formally wound up in 1987, after [[John Spellar]] wrote to [[Brynmor John]] on behalf of a new group which wished to use the name.<ref>Dianne Hayter, ''Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s'', Manchester University Press, 2006, p.78.</ref>
 ==Notes==

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 ==First incarnation==
-The first incarnation of [[Labour First]] held its inaugural meeting on 25 March 1980. The choice of name reflected dissatisfaction with the two established factions in the parliamentary party, the [[Manifesto Group]] on the right and the [[Tribune Group]] on the left. The founding MPs included [[Brynmor John]], [[David Clark]], [[Terry Davis]], [[John Grant]] and [[Edmund Marshall]].Some 30 MPs joined although the list remained secret.<ref>Dianne Hayter, ''Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s'', Manchester University Press, 2006, p.76.</ref>
+The first incarnation of [[Labour First]] held its inaugural meeting on 25 March 1980. The choice of name reflected dissatisfaction with the two established factions in the parliamentary party, the [[Manifesto Group]] on the right and the [[Tribune Group]] on the left. The founding MPs included [[Brynmor John]], [[david Clark (MP)|David Clark]], [[Terry Davis]], [[John Grant (MP)|John Grant]] and [[Edmund Marshall]].Some 30 MPs joined although the list remained secret.<ref>Dianne Hayter, ''Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s'', Manchester University Press, 2006, p.76.</ref>
 It merged into another ginger group, Parliamentary Solidarity, in 1983.<ref>Dianne Hayter, ''Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s'', Manchester University Press, 2006, p.78.</ref>
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 ===People===
 *[[Brynmor John]] - chairman
-*[[John Grant]] - vice-chairman
+*[[John Grant (MP)|John Grant]] - vice-chairman
 *[[Edmund Marshall]] - secretary