Which Scottish socialist was the first leader of the Labour Party and became its first sitting member of parliament in 1900?
Scottish Labour Party (1888) Scottish Labour Party (1888) The Scottish Labour Party (SLP), also known as the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party, was formed by Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, the first socialist MP in the parliament of the United Kingdom, who later went on to become the first president of the Scottish National Party, and Keir Hardie, who later became the first leader of the British Labour Party. The initial spur for the party's foundation was Hardie's unsuccessful independent Labour candidature in the Mid Lanarkshire by-election, 1888. He had tried and failed to gain Liberal Party support for his candidature, and the experience convinced many
Organisation of the Scottish Labour Party Unions & Affiliates. Office Bearers Elected Members CLP Section (Membership) Trade Union Section Co-operative Party & Socialist Societies Scottish Young Labour Vice Chairs of the Scottish Labour Party The Scottish Policy Forum (SPF) is a body of the Scottish Labour Party responsible for developing a rolling policy programme on devolved matters. The Scottish Annual Conference approves policies of the SPF programme every year with the Scottish Executive Committee (in conjunction with a committee from the Scottish Parliament Labour Group) deciding which items of the programme are to be incorporated in Labour's manifesto for the Scottish Parliament elections. The SPF policy-making