Talk:Independent Labour Party

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I feel I should point out the basic similarity between this page and the entry for the ILP in my book "Politico's Guide to the History of British Political Parties". It would have been better if the original poster had simply stuck to copying out the entry rather than making minor changes which serve only to make the text flow less smoothly.

David Boothroyd - david@election.demon.co.uk


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[edit] London Bureau

What happened to the Bureau? Did it survive the war? --DuncanBCS 20:22, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 'Independent Labour' = ILP?

I notice that in the Election articles, there are frequently 'Independent Labour' candidates and MPs. However, there are also often 'Independent Liberals' and 'Independent Conservatives'. Are the 'Independent Labour'-ites necessarily ILP? Doesn't seem to be much traffic on this page, but it's going on my watchlist just in case someone answers someday. Don't be discouraged if you see this question from a long time ago :)BillMasen 21:21, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

"Independent Labour" candidates today are not ILP candidates. Independent Labour used in such a way should not redirect here - indeed, it more helpfully redirects to Independent (politician). However, 1918 example I'm not sure of and suspect that's ILP. BobFromBrockley 11:28, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
of course not, but i meant throughout the period the ILP existed. There are often Independent Labour candidates and MPs, sometimes the ILP is listed too. Is there anywhere where the number and time of ILP'ers in Parliament can be found? BillMasen 15:13, 1 October 2007 (UTC)