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Why was the Labour Representation Committee formed in 1900?
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James McCance Why was the Labour Representation Committee formed in 1900? The Labour Representation Committee was formed in February 1900 in Memorial Hall, London when a TUC (Trade Unions Congress) meeting was arranged to address united political representation for the working class. Before this meeting and time period a Labour Party was not able to be formed due to many things. The reasons that the labour party was formed in 1900 are: changes in the franchise, new trade union opinion, individuals and their efforts for labour, discontent at the current economic situation in Britain and partly due to the growth of socialist groups. One of the main reasons that a labour orientated political party was never formed before the 1880s is that there was no call for one; before 1867 the majority of voters were not of the working class therefore there was no audience that would elect a Labour party and thus...
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