Labour Party

The Labour Party are a Centre-Left political party, currently led by Ed Milliband. They currently have 258 MPs.

Recent History
The Labour Party was most recently in government during the 1997 - 2010 era, a span of 13 years. Under that time, Tony Blair was the prime minister and led the party from 1997 to 2007, and then Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010 until he resigned.

New Labour
Tony Blair won the 1997 Election with the "New Labour" campaign, which demonstrated a more centrist Labour Party - that appealed to middle-income families. This campaign outlined ten key policies. Labour won the 2001 Election with a similar majority, but won the 2005 Election with a significantly reduced majority than of the previous elections.

Post Government
Since May 2010, The Labour Party have been in opposition, while the Coalition have formed government. Later in 2010, Ed Milliband was elected Leader and therefore succeeded his predecessor, Gordon Brown. Ed Milliband narrowly won the leadership contest ahead of his brother, David Milliband.