PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CENTENARY OF ELECTION OF 29 LABOUR HON. MEMBERS LEADING TO THE FORMATION OF THE PARLIAMENTARY LABOUR PARTY (26 January 2006)
Motion Details
That this House notes the election in early 1906 of the 29 Labour Members of Parliament who formed the Parliamentary Labour Party on 12th February of that year: G Barnes (Glasgow, Blackfriars), C Bowerman (Deptford), J R Clynes (Manchester North East), W Crooks (Woolwich), C Duncan (Barrow), A H Gill (Bolton), T Glover (St Helens), J K Hardie (Merthyr), A Henderson (Barnard Castle), J Hodge (Manchester, Gorton), W Hudson (Newcastle), J Jenkins (Chatham), F Jowett (Bradford West), G Kelly (Manchester South West), R MacDonald (Leicester), J T MacPherson (Preston), J O'Grady (Leeds), J Parker (Halifax), T F Richards (Wolverhampton West), G Roberts (Norwich), J Seddon (Newton), D Shakleton (Clitheroe), P. Snowden (Blackburn), T Summerbell (Sunderland), W Thorne (West Ham), S Walsh (Ince), G Wardle (Stockport), A Wilkie (Dundee) and W T Wilson (Westhoughton); further notes that many of these men were the first Labour Members of Parliament to represent their constituencies; and congratulates the Parliamentary Labour Party on its centenary.
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