Threat Of The Labour Party

Question 1

Ku1

Answer 1

By 1883 many working-class men had been enfranchised through the Second and Third Great Reform Acts, and those new voters tended to vote for the Liberals

Question 2

Ku2

Answer 2

In 1900, a new political party called the Labour Party was born from the trade union movement to represent the views of the working class and fight a socialist agenda of greater worker’s rights.

Question 3

Analysis

Answer 3

As a result, this led to the Liberal reforms being introduced as the Liberal Party were afraid that the Labor Party would appeal to their working-class voters and so the Liberals would lose power without their support.

Question 4

Analysis plus

Answer 4

However, the influence of Labour may be limited as the Liberal manifesto in the 1906 election did not mention social welfare reforms, and therefore they could not have been trying to appeal to voters if they did not tell them about the plans.

Question 5

Evaluation

Answer 5

in evaluation, the threat of the newly formed labour party was a less important reason than the reports of Booth and Rowntree in encouraging the liberals to pass reforms. This is because the liberal party faced pressure from various social movements, trade unions and public demand for reforms. This means that reforms could have been driven by many factors not just labour. However, the undeniable statistics of Booth and Rowntree were more of an influence on the government’s disregard for the population.