Red Clydeside

Political parties and organisations of the Red Clydeside period

Independent Labour Party

Article: Independent Labour Party (ILP) by Michael Byers, 2002

Cover of booklet entitled 'Karl Marx and Modern Socialism' by Dr. Eden Paul, published by the National Labour Press Limited, Manchester, in 1911.

Cover of booklet entitled 'Militarism' by J. Bruce Glasier

Cover of booklet entitled 'The Peril of Conscription' by J. Bruce Glasier. Glasier was a pioneer of the British socialist movement and a founding member of the Independent Labour Party.

Election manifesto of James Maxton, Labour candidate in Bridgeton in the general election of 1918.

Election address of Emanuel Shinwell, Labour candidate for Govan in Municipal elections of 1919.

Combined election address of three Labour candidates for the Govan Fairfield ward in the Glasgow municipal elections of 1920: Emanuel Shinwell, Tom Kerr and Mary Barbour.

Election manifesto of James Maxton, Labour candidate in Bridgeton in the general election of 1922.

James Maxton 1922 general election postcard entitled 'Vote for Maxton and save the children'.

Cover of booklet entitled 'Homes or Hutches?' containing transcript of speech delivered by John Wheatley in parliament on 24 April 1923 when moving the Labour Party motion for the rejection of the Tory Housing Bill.

Photograph of Independent Labour Party delegates to 1924 Edinburgh conference.

Election manifesto of Emanuel Shinwell, Labour candidate in the County of Linlithgow in the General Election of 1924.

Election address of James Maxton, Labour candidate for Bridgeton in 1924.

Election address of John Wheatley for the October 1924 general election.

Independent Labour Party 35th anniversary conference certificate issued in 1927 to foundation member James Hall Maxwell.

Election manifesto of John McGovern, Labour candidate in the North Kelvin ward in the Glasgow municipal elections of 1928.