The report of the first conference of the Labour Representation Committee, 1900.

As Labour Party Conference takes place this week, we thought we would highlight our Labour Party collections.

The TUC Library was founded in 1922, originally as a joint library between the TUC and the Labour Party. Today they are totally separate organisations, but in those days they worked much more closely together and even shared office space in Ecclestone Square, SW1.

As a result, the TUC Library contains an extensive collection of the Labour Party’s publications. The material includes all the annual conference reports, from the first conference of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900 (see above). You can see the report of the 1918 conference that ratified the Constitution including the original “Clause 4”, and the special conference in 1995 in which the clause was amended (below).

We also hold a full collection of the Labour Party’s reports and publications, their NEC and policy papers, electoral campaign materials and manifestos, leaflets, posters and ephemera, etc.

A selection of Labour Party conference reports, including part of the 1918 report and the 1995 conference that repealed Clause 4.