Labour First
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.[1]
It merged into another ginger group, Parliamentary Solidarity, in 1983.[2]
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.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Dianne Hayter, Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s, Manchester University Press, 2006, p.76.
- ↑ Dianne Hayter, Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s, Manchester University Press, 2006, p.78.
- ↑ Dianne Hayter, Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s, Manchester University Press, 2006, p.78.
