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How Far was the First World War responsible for the growth of the Labour Party?
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How Far was the First World War responsible for the growth of the Labour Party? In this question many factors have to be considered. Four years of war wrought great changes in British politics, ultimately; these developments played a critical role in expanding the Labour Party and established it as a potential party of government. The effects of the war, however, took some time to turn into electoral success. As in 1918-coupon election there number of MP's was near the 1910 figure of 42. By 1922 the number of Labour MP's was at 142. Arguably there are many factors that led to growth of the Labour Party, was the main factor the War or had pre-war Acts such as Taff Vale been responsible for the growth of labour. The first factor was that Labour at the time of Taff Vale they were called the LRC. This was...
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