Independent Labour Party Records, 1893-1960

The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British left-wing political party founded in 1893. The ILP was affiliated with the Labour Party from 1906 to 1932. This collection contains minute books, annual reports, committee reports, conference resolutions, and weekly notes for speakers from the party’s archive. These documents cover a wide range of subjects, from questions of war and peace to housing and trade unionism. They provide an excellent insight into the early years of the Labour movement in Britain. 

Note: The ILP’s papers are currently held at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., and Mr. W. H. Drew, President of the Bradford Labour Union, were nominated for the post of Chairman of the Conference. Mr. Shaw Maxwell was also nominated, but declined to stand

The Independent Labour Party, Report of the First general Conference., Annual reports of the ILP, 1893-1899; img 2

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The weekly notes for speakers from 1930 discuss the developing situation in India. The findings of the Simon Commission are also explored in these notes.
The Annual Reports of the Independent Labour Party include National Administrative Council reports. The NAC Report for 1900 describes the Party's opposition to the Boer War.
The ILP Minute Books feature Emmeline Pankhurst as she attended Party meetings between July 1898 and July 1904. When her husband died in 1898, she refused donations in order to support her family herself.
Resolutions with amendments respond to World War One and Two directly. The subjects of soldiers' rights and increasing the food supply through co-operative farms were a priority during World War One.

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Weekly Notes for Speakers, 1931

These notes, from January until November 1931, cover the following subjects: 'Capitalism and The School Child', 'Profits! Who Gets 'Em?', 'The Cry for Economy! Is it Justified', 'Electoral Reform', 'Unemployment',...

Date:1931-1931
Contributor:London School of Economics and Political Science
Identifier:73099D-04

Weekly Notes for Speakers, 1930

These notes conclude with an index, and cover the following subjects: 'The Risks of Private Enterprise', 'Naval Disarmament', 'Unemployment. Work Done and To Do', 'The Financial Dictatorship', 'On The Dole',...

Date:1930-1930
Contributor:London School of Economics and Political Science
Identifier:73099D-03

Weekly Notes for Speakers, 1929

These notes conclude with an index, and cover the following subjects: cuts to south Wales mining subsidies, 'The Tory Record, Attacking Public Welfare', 'The Tory Record, II. Attacking Public Enterprise',...

Date:1929-1929
Contributor:London School of Economics and Political Science
Identifier:73099D-02

Weekly Notes for Speakers, 1926 and 1928

The core themes covered in these two papers are: 'The Work of the Socialist Sunday Schools' and the increases in values raised through death duties as the gap between rich...

Date:1926-1928
Contributor:London School of Economics and Political Science
Identifier:73099D-01

ILP Information Committee, 1925-1926

These two Information Committee reports contain details of general publications and the success of the Weekly Speakers' Notes, Parliamentary reports, financial reports and information requests submitted.

Date:1925-1926
Contributor:London School of Economics and Political Science
Identifier:73099C-03

Reports of the NAC, 1914-1933

These reports share some common ingredients including financial reports, parliamentary reports, reports from the I.L.P. publications department, motions on Party organisation, lists of parliamentary candidates, and reports from the I.L.P....

Date:1914-1933
Contributor:London School of Economics and Political Science
Identifier:73099C-02

Resolutions with Amendments, 1914-1960

These resolutions include a focus upon electoral reform, especially prior to the enfranchisement of women; nationalisation of facilities like banking, land, and transport; unemployment and the right to work; secondary...

Date:1914-1960
Contributor:London School of Economics and Political Science
Identifier:73099C-01

ILP Minute Books, 1904-1909

These minute books reveal the various debates being held within the Party at the time, from the question of whether elections or the movement should take priority, to disciplinary concerns,...

Date:1904-1909
Contributor:London School of Economics and Political Science
Identifier:73099B-05
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