Britain's Labour Party through the years - in pictures

  • Labour leader Keir Starmer celebrates winning the UK general election with a speech at Tate Modern in central London in July. All photos: Getty Images
    Labour leader Keir Starmer celebrates winning the UK general election with a speech at Tate Modern in central London in July. All photos: Getty Images
  • Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner, and Mr Starmer meet party supporters in Harlow in May
    Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner, and Mr Starmer meet party supporters in Harlow in May
  • London Mayor and Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan, and his wife Saadiya Khan, pose with supporters after Mr Khan was re-elected in May
    London Mayor and Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan, and his wife Saadiya Khan, pose with supporters after Mr Khan was re-elected in May
  • Mr Starmer meets and greets supporters in Chatham in 2023
    Mr Starmer meets and greets supporters in Chatham in 2023
  • Then-party leader Jeremy Corbyn during a 2017 visit to Oxford
    Then-party leader Jeremy Corbyn during a 2017 visit to Oxford
  • First minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, left, and leader of Scottish Labour Kezia Dugdale place roses at a memorial for murdered Labour MP Jo Cox, in Glasgow in 2016
    First minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, left, and leader of Scottish Labour Kezia Dugdale place roses at a memorial for murdered Labour MP Jo Cox, in Glasgow in 2016
  • Labour leader Ed Miliband, sixth right, holds his first shadow cabinet meeting at the House of Commons in 2010
    Labour leader Ed Miliband, sixth right, holds his first shadow cabinet meeting at the House of Commons in 2010
  • Newly elected Labour prime minister Tony Blair stands on the steps of No 10 Downing Street with his wife Cherie in 1997
    Newly elected Labour prime minister Tony Blair stands on the steps of No 10 Downing Street with his wife Cherie in 1997
  • Mr Blair, John Prescott and Gordon Brown at the Labour Party Conference in 1997
    Mr Blair, John Prescott and Gordon Brown at the Labour Party Conference in 1997
  • Former leader Neil Kinnock, left, shares a joke with Peter Mandelson, a key figure behind the party's 1997 general election landslide victory, at the party conference in 1997
    Former leader Neil Kinnock, left, shares a joke with Peter Mandelson, a key figure behind the party's 1997 general election landslide victory, at the party conference in 1997
  • Leader John Smith addresses a miners' rally in Hyde Park, London, in 1992
    Leader John Smith addresses a miners' rally in Hyde Park, London, in 1992
  • Mr Kinnock with a group of youngsters publicising Labour's jobs And industry campaign in 1985
    Mr Kinnock with a group of youngsters publicising Labour's jobs And industry campaign in 1985
  • BBC TV coverage of the October 1974 general election, with Labour prime minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary visible on a screen in London
    BBC TV coverage of the October 1974 general election, with Labour prime minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary visible on a screen in London
  • Mr Wilson, left, and Labour politician Tony Benn speaking at a press conference during the 1974 general election campaign
    Mr Wilson, left, and Labour politician Tony Benn speaking at a press conference during the 1974 general election campaign
  • Barbara Castle speaking at the Labour Party Conference in 1969
    Barbara Castle speaking at the Labour Party Conference in 1969
  • Mr Wilson waving outside No 10 in 1964
    Mr Wilson waving outside No 10 in 1964
  • Mr Wilson, left, with deputy leader George Brown in 1963
    Mr Wilson, left, with deputy leader George Brown in 1963
  • A campaign poster issued by the Labour Party depicting leader Hugh Gaitskell arm-in-arm with Barbara Castle and Aneurin Bevan in 1959
    A campaign poster issued by the Labour Party depicting leader Hugh Gaitskell arm-in-arm with Barbara Castle and Aneurin Bevan in 1959
  • Party leader Clement Attlee with a Labour delegation, boarding a plane on their way to China in 1954
    Party leader Clement Attlee with a Labour delegation, boarding a plane on their way to China in 1954
  • Mr Attlee and his wife Violet attending a film premiere in London in 1952
    Mr Attlee and his wife Violet attending a film premiere in London in 1952
  • Members of the Labour cabinet at No 10 in 1929: Clockwise from top left: Tom Shaw, Arthur Greenwood, Noel Buxton, Sidney Webb, Arthur Henderson and prime minister Ramsay MacDonald
    Members of the Labour cabinet at No 10 in 1929: Clockwise from top left: Tom Shaw, Arthur Greenwood, Noel Buxton, Sidney Webb, Arthur Henderson and prime minister Ramsay MacDonald
  • Mr MacDonald addressing a Labour victory meeting at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in 1924
    Mr MacDonald addressing a Labour victory meeting at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in 1924
  • From left, Mr Henderson, William Brace, William Adamson, Vernon Hartshorn and James Henry Thomas outside Unity House during a coal workers' strike, in London, 1920
    From left, Mr Henderson, William Brace, William Adamson, Vernon Hartshorn and James Henry Thomas outside Unity House during a coal workers' strike, in London, 1920
  • Scottish Labour politician James Keir Hardie addressing a peace meeting in Trafalgar Square, London, in 1914
    Scottish Labour politician James Keir Hardie addressing a peace meeting in Trafalgar Square, London, in 1914
  • Mr Hardie speaks at a tailors' rally on May Day in Hyde Park, London, in 1912
    Mr Hardie speaks at a tailors' rally on May Day in Hyde Park, London, in 1912