The Labour Representation Committee (LRC) is formed in London following a socialist conference.
The 129 delegates pass Keir Hardie's motion to create a distinct group to represent working class people in Parliament.
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‘The conference here was most successful and promises well for future work. One thing struck me very forcibly – the determination of nine-tenths of the trade unionists present to have a strictly independent party’