CENTENARY OF ELECTION OF 29 LABOUR HON. MEMBERS LEADING TO THE FORMATION OF THE PARLIAMENTARY LABOUR PARTY

Early day motion 1496A2, tabled 6 February 2006 by Martin Linton (Labour). Signed by 1 member.

after Westhoughton, add `and notes that J Burns (Battersea), first elected as a Labour MP in 1892 and a member of the Labour Representation Committee from 1900, accepted a ministerial post in 1906, becoming "the first working man in the Cabinet", but continued to sit as a Labour MP until 1918.'.

Signatures by party: Labour 1.