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When they first emerged in 1900, the Labour Representation Committee was a relatively small political group pressuring for the labour cause. There seemed to be no inevitability, at the time, for their rise, as the eventual Labour party, to become Britain's second biggest party over the Liberals, and providing competition for the dominant Conservatives. This essay shall determine the factors that caused change in Labour's increasing successes within 1914 and 1924. These factors include economic and social determinants in the country, contribution from key individuals, measures taken by the Labour Party themselves and the effects of the war that also, significantly, was a cause of one of the most important factors: the increasing divisions and disintegration of the Liberal Party. When war broke out in 1914, the Liberals governed Britain and held 261 seats in Parliament. Yet, by 1918, it was clear that the Liberal Party's position was dispelled...

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