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The '''British left''' (or '''The Left in Britain''') can refer to multiple concepts. It is sometimes used as shorthand for groups aligned with the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. It can also refer to other individuals, groups and political parties that have sought [[egalitarian]] changes in the economic, political, and cultural institutions of the United Kingdom. There are various subgroupssub-groups, split between [[Fabianism|reformist]] and [[Revolutionary socialism|revolutionary]] viewpoints. [[Liberalism in the United Kingdom|Liberals]], [[Progressivism in the United Kingdom|progressivesProgressives]] and [[Social democracy|social democrats]] believe that equality can be accommodated into existing [[capitalist]] structures, but they differ in their [[criticism of capitalism]] and on the extent of [[reform]] and the [[welfare state]]. [[Anarchism in the United Kingdom|Anarchists]], [[communists]], and [[History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom|socialists]], among others on the [[Far-left politics in the United Kingdom|far left]], on the other hand argue for abolition of the capitalist system.<ref>{{Cite webjournal |last=Williams |first=Raymond |date=April 1965 |title=The British Left |url=https://newleftreview.org/issues/i30/articles/raymond-williams-the-british-left |websitejournal=The New Left Review|issue=I/30 |pages=18–26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Left in Britain {{!}} CRL |url=https://www.crl.edu/left-britain |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.crl.edu}}</ref><ref name="Murray">{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Andrew |url=https://www.versobooks.com/books/3084-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-left |title=The Fall and Rise of the British Left |date=October 2019 |publisher=Verso Books |isbn=978-1-78873-513-1}}</ref>

[[Leftism]] in the United Kingdom is thought to stretch back to the 17thaftermath centuryof fromthe roots[[English arisingCivil War]] in the aftermath17th ofcentury, represented by groups such as the 'True [[EnglishLevellers]]' Civilor War[[Diggers]]. [[Classical liberalismChartism]] was anone earlyof examplethe offirst apost-civil notablewar leftistleft-wing Britishmovements. movementNotions thatof wassocialism laterin thoughtBritain ofhave astaken many different forms from the [[right-wingutopian socialism]].<ref>{{Cite bookand |title=The[[philanthropism]] Deskof Encyclopedia[[Robert ofOwen]] Worldthrough Historyto the |publisher=[[Oxford University Pressreformist]] |year=2006electoral |isbn=978-0-7394-7809-7project |editor-last=Wrightenshrined |editor-first=Edmundin |location=Newthe Yorkbirth of the [[Labour Party (UK)|pages=370,Labour 374}}</ref>Party]].

* [[ChartismBattle of Cable Street]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=David |date=2020-10-04 |title=BritishRemembering the Battle of Cable LibraryStreet |url=https://wwwtribunemag.blco.uk/romantics-and-victorians2021/articles10/chartismremembering-the-battle-of-cable-street |access-date=20232024-0504-1807 |website=www.bl.ukTribune}}</ref>

* [[Diggers]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wills |first=Matthew |date=2020-11-10 |title=What Did the Diggers Really Believe? |url=https://daily.jstor.org/what-did-the-diggers-really-believe/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=JSTOR Daily |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[1889 London dock strike|Great Dock Strike]]

* [[Miners' strike (1984-85)|Miners' strike (1984)]]

* [[Peasants Revolt]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crossley |first=James |date=2023-05-30 |title=Remembering the Peasants’Peasants' Revolt |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2023/05/remembering-the-peasants-revolt-2/ |website=Tribune |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[Peterloo Massacre]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pidd |first=Helen |date=2019-08-16 |title=The Peterloo massacre: what was it and what did it mean? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/16/the-peterloo-massacre-what-was-it-and-what-did-it-mean |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[Black Lives Matter]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Francis |first=Patricia |date=2021-06-07 |title=Black Lives Matter: how the UK movement struggled to be heard in the 2010s |url=http://theconversation.com/black-lives-matter-how-the-uk-movement-struggled-to-be-heard-in-the-2010s-161763 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=The Conversation |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of CND |url=https://cnduk.org/who/the-history-of-cnd/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=CND UK |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[Enough is Enough (campaign)|Enough is Enough]]<ref>{{Cite news |last1last=Booth |first1first=Robert |last2=correspondent |first2=Robert Booth Social affairs |date=2022-08-24 |title=Enough is Enough movement gathers pace with Andy Burnham latest backer |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/24/enough-is-enough-movement-gathers-pace-with-andy-burnham-latest-backer |access-date=2023-05-18 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* [[Extinction Rebellion]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seaton |first=Lola |date=2020-09-11 |title=The two faces of Extinction Rebellion |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2020/09/the-two-faces-of-extinction-rebellion |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Is Extinction Rebellion Still 'Beyond Politics'? |url=https://novaramedia.com/2023/04/18/is-extinction-rebellion-still-beyond-politics/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Novara Media |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Just Stop Oil]]<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Townsend |first1=Mark |last2=editor |first2=Mark Townsend Home Affairs |date=2022-10-29 |title=Roadblocks, soup hurling, superglue …... Just Stop Oil protests divide activists on direct action |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/29/just-stop-oil-protests-roadblocks-activists-direct-action-climate |access-date=2023-05-18 |work=The Observer|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

* [[Stop the War Coalition]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=McSmith |first=Andy |date=2015-12-02 |title=Stop the War Coalition: This group of left-wing enemies has survived many rifts |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/stop-the-war-coalition-this-group-of-leftwing-enemies-has-survived-many-rifts-a6758061.html |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=The Independent |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[Trade unionism]]<ref>{{Cite news |last1last=Partington |first1first=Richard |last2=correspondent |first2=Richard Partington Economics |date=2023-02-14 |title=Number of days lost to strikes is highest since the Thatcher era |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/14/nearly-million-days-lost-strikes-december-uk-pay-growth |access-date=2023-05-18 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* [[BobMark CrowAshton]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=20142023-0302-1117 |title=BobThe Crowremarkable obituary:story Aof workingMark classAshton, herothe campaigner who neverbrought shirkedcommunities from industrial actiontogether |url=https://www.independentmetro.co.uk/news2023/uk02/home-news17/bobmark-crowashton-obituarythe-algbt-working-class-herocampaigner-who-neverbrought-shirkedcommunities-fromtogether-industrial-action-9183811.html18237815/ |website=The Independent |language=en-UKMetro}}</ref>

|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/claudia-jones/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=English Heritage |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[Mick Lynch (trade unionist)|Mick Lynch]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gilbert |first=Jeremy |date=2022-06-23 |title=Union boss Mick Lynch is a media star – and Labour has much to learn about why |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/23/mick-lynch-media-star-labour-rmt-leader-union-boss |access-date=2023-04-02 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

|url=https://highprofiles.info/interview/len-mccluskey/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=High Profiles |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[Albert Meltzer]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=SubZorro |date=2021-05-07 |title=Remembering Albert Meltzer 25 years on |url=https://freedomnews.org.uk/2021/05/07/remembering-albert-meltzer-25-years-on/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Freedom News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[Arthur Scargill]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=John |date=2014-02-28 |title=In search of Arthur Scargill: 30 years after the miners' strike |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/28/in-search-of-arthur-scargill-miners-strike |access-date=2023-05-18 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* [[Aaron Bastani]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bastani |first=Aaron |date=2018-05-04 |title=Karl Marx at 200: Aaron Bastani picks five books to understand Marxism |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/04/aaron-bastani-five-books-to-understand-marx |access-date=2023-05-19 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* [[Paul Foot (journalist)|Paul Foot]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawer |first=Patrick |date=2012-04-13 |title=Paul Foot dies at 66 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/paul-foot-dies-at-66-6960575.html |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Evening Standard |languagelocation=enLondon}}</ref>

* [[Owen Jones]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=O’HaganO'Hagan |first=Sean |date=2020-09-19 |title=Owen Jones: 'A lot of people in the parliamentary Labour party are horrible' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/19/owen-jones-a-lot-of-people-in-the-parliamentary-labour-party-are-horrible |access-date=2023-04-02 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* [[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-01-09 |title=Tony Banks, minister and maverick, dies aged 62 after massive stroke |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tony-banks-minister-and-maverick-dies-aged-62-after-massive-stroke-6112334.html|access-date=2024-04-08 |website=The Independent |language=en-UK}}</ref>

* [[Tony Benn]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tony Benn's Lessons for the Left |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/03/tony-benn-labour-party-history |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=tribunemag.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tony Benn |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/163681/tony-benn |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.penguin.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Andy Burnham]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Andy Burnham burnishes his brand on Labour’sLabour's left |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/commons-confidential/2022/11/andy-burnham-burnishes-labour-left-commons-confidential |website=The New Statesman |language=en-UK}}</ref>

* [[Barbara Castle]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-10 |title=The Resilient Radicalism of Barbara Castle |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/10/the-resilient-radicalism-of-barbara-castle|access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Tribune |language=en-UK}}</ref>

* [[Jeremy Corbyn]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-17 |title=The New Statesman's left power list |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2023/05/the-new-statesmans-left-power-list |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>

|url=https://www.tribunemag.co.uk/2019/01/never-a-yes-man |website=Tribune |language=en-UK}}</ref>

* [[Ken Livingstone]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-20 |title='Red' Ken Livingstone has been a divisive figure during his 40-year career |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ken-livingstone-new-labour-greater-london-blair-red-b2414679.html |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=The Independent |language=en-UK}}</ref>

|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23919587.brightons-caroline-lucas-ranked-uks-left-wing-mp/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=The Argus |language=en-UK}}</ref>

|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics-interview/2023/04/john-mcdonnells-last-stand-2 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=The New Statesman |language=en-UK}}</ref>

|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/mar/20/profiles.parliament9 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=The Guardian |language=en-UK}}</ref>

|url=https://www.timeandtidemagazine.org/key-individuals/ellen-wilkinson |website=Time and Tide |language=en-UK}}</ref>

* [[Mark Fisher]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Is This the Most Important Book So Far This Century? |url=https://novaramedia.com/2023/01/13/is-this-the-most-important-book-so-far-this-century/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Novara Media |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Christopher Hill (historian)|Christopher Hill]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kettle |first=Martin |date=2003-02-26 |title=Christopher Hill |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/26/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=2024-05-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* [[William Morris]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Jonathan |date=2016-03-24 |title=William Morris: a Victorian socialist dreaming of a life in symmetry |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2016/mar/24/william-morris-google-doodle-socialist |access-date=2023-05-18 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* [[Raymond Williams]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Century of Raymond Williams |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/08/a-century-of-raymond-williams |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=tribunemag.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The largest political party associated with the British left is the centre-left [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], which is also the biggest political party in the UK by membership levels, with 415,000 members as of July 2022.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1550137089689370624|user=FisherAndrew79|title=It was reported to the Labour NEC on Tuesday that membership had fallen to 415,000, including 33,000 members in arrears (e.g. ineligible to vote but may renew), so 382k paid-up members<br />Membership was reported to be 570,000 in July 2020. That's a huge loss of members and revenue|first=Andrew|last=Fisher|access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref> Labour has 197412 seats in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref>{{cite (notweb including| twourl=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2024/jul/04/uk-general-election-results-2024-live-in-full MPs| electedtitle=UK asgeneral Labourelection whoresults asin offull: 2021Labour havewins theirin [[Whiplandslide (politics)#United Kingdom|whip]] withdrawn), and has been the website=[[HerTheGuardian.com]] Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition (United Kingdom)|Official Opposition]]date=26 sinceJuly May2024 2010.}}</ref> The current [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]] is [[Keir Starmer]], who was elected as the party's leader on 4 April 2020.

The second largest party on the British left, by membership, is the centre-left [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP), which hashad 72,186 members as of March 2023, despite only being active in [[Scotland]].;<ref name="2023mem">{{Cite news |date=16 March 2023 |title=SNP says its membership has fallen to 72,000 |workpublisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64976104 |access-date=16 March 2023 }}</ref> The third largest party on the BritishSNP left is the [[Green Party of England and Wales]], whose membership reached 50,000 in September 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jarvis |first=Chris |date=6 February 2020 |title=BREAKING: Green Party membership hits 50,000 |website=www.bright-green.org |publisher=Bright Green |url=https://bright-green.org/2019/09/25/breaking-green-party-membership-hits-50000/ |access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> The party has one [[Member of Parliament]], [[Caroline Lucas]], who was first elected as the MP for [[Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Pavilion]] at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election]]. She was also Leader of the party from 2008–2012 and then co-leader with [[Jonathan Bartley]]have from9 2016–2018MPs.

The biggest party on the political left in the United Kingdom in terms of members and representation is the Labour Party, which was founded as the [[Labour Representation Committee (1900)|Labour Representation Committee]] (LRC) in 1900. With the party's rebranding as [[New Labour]] in the 1990s under the leadership of [[Tony Blair]], the party accepted a number of economic policies associated with the Right, causing it to be identified as [[centrist]] (Blair himself stated that his ministry would have governed from the political centre) rather than [[socialist]], despite adding ''[[democratic socialism]]'' to the party's constitution, and was noconsidered longerby consideredfewer critics as being a party of the Leftleft; Blair described New Labour's ideology as [[Third Way]], like [[Bill Clinton]]'s [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in the United States. The Labour Party under Blair's leadership accepted many of the [[neoliberal]] economic policies enforced by the previous [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] governments in the 1980s and 1990s, and continued in successive Conservative governments in the 2010s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shafi|first=Jonathan|url=http://internationalsocialist.org.uk/index.php/2013/07/labour-neoliberalism-and-the-future/|title=Labour, Neoliberalism and the Future|website=International Socialist|date=6 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017190846/https://www.internationalsocialist.org.uk/index.php/2013/07/labour-neoliberalism-and-the-future/|archive-date=17 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/05/smaller-state-trouble-deficit-labour-spending|title=A smaller state? It's what got us into trouble to begin with|last=Hain|first=Peter|date=5 January 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref>

When [[Ed Miliband]] was elected as Leader of the Labour Party in 2010, he announced the abandonment of the New Labour agenda, and promised to return to socialism,<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10325076/Ed-Miliband-Im-bringing-socialism-back-to-Britain.html "Ed Miliband: I'm bringing socialism back to Britain"], ''The Daily Telegraph'', September 2013.</ref> clamp down on tax avoidance, introduce a [[wealth tax]] in the form of a [[mansion tax]], raise income tax for high earners, and break up the banks.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/25/labour-50p-top-rate-income-tax-ed-balls "Labour will restore 50p top rate of income tax, says Ed Balls"], The Guardian, January 2014</ref> The party was subsequently criticised by some, including Blair himself, as straying leftwards from the centre ground of British politics,<ref>{{cite news|title=Tony Blair says Labour 'left-wing' warning 'misinterpreted'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30640264|access-date=25 May 2015|workpublisher=BBC News|date=31 December 2014}}</ref> and that Miliband was a more traditional left-wing politician.<ref name=ITV1>{{cite news|title=Blair claims 'left-wing' comments about Miliband were 'misinterpreted'|url=http://www.itv.com/news/story/2014-12-31/blair-claims-left-wing-comments-about-miliband-were-misinterpreted/|access-date=25 May 2015|work=ITV News|date=31 December 2014}}</ref> Others disputed this view, and put Labour's loss at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election]] down to the party being too right-wing.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stanley|first1=Tim|title=Labour didn't lose because it was too Left-wing. But it will lose again if it becomes too Right-wing|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11607970/Labour-didnt-lose-because-it-was-too-Left-wing.-But-it-will-lose-again-if-it-becomes-too-Right-wing.html| access-date=25 May 2015|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 May 2015|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wintour|first1=Patrick|title=Labour did not lose election because it was too leftwing, says Unite chief|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/13/labour-did-not-lose-election-because-it-was-too-left-wing-says-unite-chief| access-date=25 May 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|date=13 May 2015|location=London}}</ref>

Labour's status as a socialist party has been disputed by those who do not see the party as being part of the Leftleft,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-most-embarrassing-part-of-the-election-seeing-people-mistake-labour-for-a-leftwing-party-10237192.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Amit | last=Singh | title=The most embarrassing part of the election? Seeing people mistake Labour for a left-wing party | date=8 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/17474|title=Socialist Party :: Labour conference -– no socialist policies|work=socialistparty.org.uk|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://socialistworker.co.uk/art/40376/The+Labour+Party+and+socialism|title=The Labour Party and socialism|work=Socialist Worker (Britain)|date=21 April 2015 |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> although the general consensus under [[Jeremy Corbyn]] was that Labour was closer to the Left on the [[left–right political spectrum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opinium.co.uk/the-uphill-battle-for-left-wing-labour/|title=The uphill battle for left wing Labour|date=15 September 2015|website=Opinium}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news-14-5/the-jeremy-corbyn-policies-that-most-people-actually-agree-with-10407148.html|title=9 charts that show the 'left-wing' policies of Jeremy Corbyn the public actually agrees with|date=23 July 2015|website=The Independent}}</ref> As a result of this, there has always been tension between the Left and the Labour Party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeremy Corbyn: 'We Didn't Go Far Enough' |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/10/jeremy-corbyn-we-didnt-go-far-enough |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=tribunemag.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Left-wing pressure groups in the Labour Party |url=https://spartacus-educational.com/spartacus-blogURL85.htm |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Spartacus Educational |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Party with Socialists in It |url=https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345598/a-party-with-socialists-in-it |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Pluto Press |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign]], which led to a landslide victory at the [[2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2015 Labour Party leadership election]] held in the month of September,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/12/jeremy-corbyn-labour-leader-mandate-agenda|title=Corbyn hails huge mandate as he sets out leftwing agenda|author=ToHelm|work=The Guardian|date=13 September 2015|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> represented a revival of the [[Labour left]] and led to a significant increase in membership;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/labour-claim-membership-surge-after-corbyn-election|title=Labour claim membership surge after Corbyn election|work=Channel 4 News|date=13 September 2015|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> in the [[shadow cabinet]] reshuffle that followed, [[John McDonnell (politician)|John McDonnell]] (chairman of the [[Labour Representation Committee (2004)|Labour Representation Committee]]) and [[Diane Abbott]] (member of the [[Socialist Campaign Group]]) were both appointed to [[Corbyn's shadow cabinet]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34240869|title=Jeremy Corbyn unveils 'unifying' shadow cabinet team|workpublisher=BBC News|date=14 September 2015|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> While not winning, Labour made significant gains in terms of vote share and modest improvements in terms of seats, enough to deny a Conservative majority and led to a hung parliament, at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-election-result-vote-share-increased-1945-clement-attlee-a7781706.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609201444/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-election-result-vote-share-increased-1945-clement-attlee-a7781706.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 June 2017|title=Jeremy Corbyn increased Labour's vote share more than any leader since 1945|last1=Agerholm|first1=Harriet|last2=Dore|first2=Louis|date=9 June 2017|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/907f0208-4c92-11e7-919a-1e14ce4af89b|title=Jeremy Corbyn confounds critics with 'gobsmacking' gain|first=Jim|last=Pickard|date=8 June 2017|website=Financial Times|location=London}}</ref> which was taken as a vindication by some of the left turn.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/10/victory-hope-youth-turnout-election-politics|title=Despite all the smears and distortions, this was a victory for hope -– Gary Younge|first=Gary|last=Younge|date=10 June 2017|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/06/09/american-left-sees-hope-in-u-k-s-socialist-surge/|title=American left sees hope in Britain's socialist surge|last=Weigel|first=David|date=9 June 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> The party fell in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] to its lowest share of seats since 1935, although it was not the party's worst election in terms of vote share (it did better than in 1931, 1983, 1987, 2010 and 20102015); many believe this was due to a complicated [[Labour Party manifesto]] and [[Brexit]] policy, a poor approach to campaigning, and the unpopularity of [[Corbyn's leadership]].<ref>{{Cite webnews|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/14/corbyn-takes-share-responsibility-defeat|title=I take my share of responsibility for this defeat, says Jeremy Corbyn|first=Toby|last=Helm|newspaper=The Observer |date=14 December 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/13/five-reasons-why-labour-lost-the-election|title=Five reasons why Labour lost the election|first=Kate|last=Proctor|date=13 December 2019|viawork=www.theguardian.comThe Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/27/labour-defeat-due-to-gimmicks-and-division-say-members|title=Labour defeat due to gimmicks and division, say members|first1=Kate|last1=Proctor|first2=Jessica|last2=Murray|date=27 January 2020|viawork=www.theguardian.comThe Guardian}}</ref>

* [[Campaign for Labour Party Democracy]]

* [[Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance]]

* [[Labour Representation Committee (2004)|Labour Representation Committee]]

* [[Momentum (organisation)|Momentum]]

* [[Open Labour]]

* [[Socialist Campaign Group]]

* ''[[Chartist (magazine)|Chartist]]''

* ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]''

In 2015, the membership of the Green Party of England and Wales quadrupled, and its support in national opinion polls sextupled.<ref name=NS1>{{cite magazine|last1=Ramsay|first1=Adam|title=Today, Natalie Bennett must deliver the speech of her life|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/03/today-natalie-bennett-must-deliver-speech-her-life|access-date=8 April 2015|magazine=[[New Statesman]]|date=6 March 2015}}</ref> Several factors contributed, including the collapse of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]] vote, the influence of social media and greater awareness among younger people about the rise of other left-wing parties in Europe such as: [[Podemos (Spanish political party)|Podemos]] in [[Spain]] and [[Syriza]] in [[Greece]], as well as a rise in anti-austerity movements across the UK and Europe.<ref>See: [[list of political parties in the United Kingdom opposed to austerity]].</ref> Other factors included the Scottish independence referendum, which proved to be an inspiration for a new kind of politics. Other key factors had been the contrast in conferences of the Green Party and Labour in September 2014, and the media exclusion of the Greens during and following their successes at the European elections; a petition against the media blackout of the Green Party reached 260,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite web|title="Invite the Greens" petition handed in to the BBC|url=https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/11/13/invite-the-greens-petition-handed-in-to-bbc/|publisher=Green Party of England and Wales|access-date=8 April 2015|date=13 November 2014}}</ref>

The party also received a significant spike in membership during January 2015 following [[David Cameron]]'s demand that the Greens be included in the leaders' debates for the 2015 general election. The Green Party has been included in a seven-way television debate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Election 2015: Seven-party TV debate plan announced|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30955379|access-date=8 April 2015|workpublisher=BBC News|date=23 January 2015}}</ref> The Greens' 2015 spring conference had a record 1,300 members attend; the party became the second-largest of the [[European Greens]] in this period, as well as increasing significantly in national polls from an average 1% to 7%. It beat the Liberal Democrats to fourth place at the 2014 European Elections with 8%, under a proportional voting system, having a third MEP elected. However the Greens achieved only a 1.6% vote share at the 2017 general election,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2017/results|title=Results of the 2017 General Election|date=9 June 2017|websitepublisher=BBC News}}</ref> following a rejection by Labour of an election pact<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/19/greens-urge-labour-and-lib-dems-to-form-electoral-pact-to-defeat-tories|title=Labour and Lib Dems reject Greens' call for electoral pact against Tories|first1=Peter|last1=Walker|first2=Jessica|last2=Elgot|date=19 April 2017|work=The Guardian}}</ref> and an increase in vote share by the two major parties.

In the 2019 general election, the Green Party increased their vote share by 65% to 2.7%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://greenworld.org.uk/article/2019-general-election-greens-increase-vote-share-60-cent|title=2019 general election: Greens increase vote share by 60 per cent|last=Benson|first=Imogen|date=13 December 2019|publisher=Green World}}</ref> In the [[2021 United Kingdom local elections]], the party made a net gain of 91 council seats, taking its national total to a record 444.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harvey |first=Fiona |author-link=Fiona Harvey |date=16 May 2021 |title=Green party co-leader tells Keir Starmer: My door is open for talks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/16/green-party-jonathan-bartley-keir-starmer-door-is-open-for-talks|title=Green party co-leader tells Keir Starmer: My door is open for talks|last=Harvey|first=Fiona|date=16 May 2021|work=The Guardian}}</ref> As with Labour, the status of the Greens as a party of the political left has been disputed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/28/forget-greens-grow-your-own-leftwing-party-election|title=Forget the Greens – if the UK wants a truly leftwing party, it might have to grow its own|first=Suzanne|last=Moore|work=The Guardian|date=28 January 2015|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref>

* [[Green Left (UK)|Green Left]]

The [[Communist Party of Britain]] (CPB), is a split from (and effectively the political successor to) the historical [[Communist Party of Great Britain]], once the largest British far-left organisation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-18351323|title=What happened to the Communist Party of Great Britain's millions?|first=Brian|last=Wheeler|date=13 June 2012|workpublisher=BBC News}}</ref> In 2017, the CPB announced that it would field no candidates at that year's general election, and give support to Labour instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/communist-party-backs-jeremy-corbyn-10287188|title=Communist Party backs Corbyn and won't stand any candidates in the election|first=Mikey|last=Smith|website=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=24 April 2017}}</ref> In 2024, the party fielded 14 candidates in the general election.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/communist-candidate-accuses-bbc-bias-against-left-party-concludes-its-2024-election | title=Communist candidate accuses BBC of bias against left as party concludes its 2024 election campaign | date=3 July 2024 }}</ref>

Some small left and far-left parties continue to contest elections independently, such as the [[Socialist Party of Great Britain]] (the oldest extant left-wing political party, having formed in 1904). Other parties and groups are electorally inactive, renounce participation in elections,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revolutionarycommunist.org/britain/labourtrade-unions/4784-general-election-2017|title=General election: Don't vote – fight for socialism!|last=FRFI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leftcom.org/en/articles/2017-05-13/the-general-election-%E2%80%93-more-ruling-class-mystification |title=The General Election – More Ruling Class Mystification |publisher=Leftcom |date=2017-05-13 |access-date=2018-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.union-communiste.org/sites/default/files/reviews/wf-083-may_2017.pdf |title=The ballot box won't give us a voice, collective action will! |date=2017 |website=www.union-communiste.org}}</ref> or work unofficially in support of, or advocate a vote for, the Labour Party.

* Alliance for Green Socialism<ref name=standard>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-2019-london-candidates-labour-tory-lib-dems-brexit-constituencies-a4296471.html|title=Every candidate standing in London constituencies this election|last=Somerville|first=Ewan|date=28 November 2019|website=Evening Standard|location=London}}</ref>

* [[Communist League (UK, 1988)|Communist League]]<ref name=standard/>

* [[National Health Action Party]]<ref>{{cite news |last= Wagner |first= Veronika |date= 20 November 2019 |title= US health corporations are already embedded in the NHS. The question is how to get them out. |url= https://bright-green.org/2019/11/20/us-health-corporations-are-already-embedded-in-the-nhs-the-question-is-how-to-get-them-out/ |work= Bright Green |access-date= 31 August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Socialist Equality Party (UK)|Socialist Equality Party]]<ref name=standard/>

* [[Socialist Labour Party (UK)|Socialist Labour Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/politics/former-hartlepool-councillor-kevin-cranney-announces-he-standing-general-election-be-town-mp-995648|title='I'll be a voice for change': The former Hartlepool councillor now standing to be the town's MP|last=Payne|first=Mark|date=12 November 2019|work=Hartlepool Mail}}</ref>

* [[Socialist Party of Great Britain]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2010s/2019/no-1383-november-2019/editorial-towards-a-general-election/|title=Editorial: Towards a general election|date=November 2019|publisher=Socialist Party of Great Britain}}</ref>

* [[Social Justice Party (UK)|Social Justice Party]]

* [[Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)]]

* [[Transform (political party)|Transform]]

* [[Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)|Workers' Revolutionary Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wrp.org.uk/features/vote-wrp-on-december-12-break-with-the-eu-forward-to-a-workers-government-and-socialism-wrp-2019-election-manifesto/|title=VOTE WRP ON DECEMBER 12! BREAK WITH THE EU! FORWARD TO A WORKERS GOVERNMENT AND SOCIALISM! WRP 2019 Election Manifesto|date=5 November 2019}}</ref>

* [[Socialist Action (UK)|Socialist Action]]<ref name="Barb">Barberis, P. et al. ''Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century.'' A&C Black, 2000, p161</ref>

* [[Breakthrough Party]]

* [[Left Unity (UK)|Left Unity]]

* [[Socialist Party (England and Wales)]]

* [[Socialist Party Scotland]]

* [[Socialist Workers Party (UK)|Socialist Workers Party]] <small>[in Scotland only<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tusc.org.uk/17348/27-03-2017/tusc-steering-committee-agrees-candidates-for-mays-council-elections|title=TUSC STEERING COMMITTEE AGREES CANDIDATES FOR MAYS COUNCIL ELECTIONS|website=www.tusc.org.uk|date=27 March 2017 }}</ref>]</small>

* [[Alliance for Workers' Liberty]]

* [[Anarchist Federation (Britain and Ireland)|Anarchist Federation]]

* [[Communist Party of Britain]]

* [[Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist)]]

* [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist)]]

* [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)]]

* [[Communist Workers Organisation (UK)|Communist Workers Organisation]]

*[[International Socialist League (UK)|International Socialist League]]

* [[New Communist Party of Britain]]

* [[Revolutionary Communist Group (UK)|Revolutionary Communist Group]]

* [[SocialistSolidarity ResistanceFederation]]

* [[Republican Communist Network]]

* [[Scottish Greens]]

* [[Scottish National Party]]

* [[Scottish Republican Socialist Movement]]

* [[Scottish Socialist Party]]

* [[Socialist Party Scotland]]

* [[Plaid Cymru]]

* [[Wales Green Party]] (semi-autonomous within [[Green Party of England and Wales]])

*[[International Socialist League (UK)|Old Swan Against the Cuts]]

* [[Frankie Boyle]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burrows |first=Marc |date=2023-03-30 |title=Frankie Boyle's "shock" comedy was vile – no wonder he's given himself a makeover |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv/2023/03/frankie-boyle-shock-comedy-vile-given-makeover |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[Steve Coogan]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gammie |first=Joe |date=2019-12-08 |title=Comedian Steve Coogan calls on people to vote tactically to boot out the Tories |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/comedian-steve-coogan-calls-people-21052099 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=mirror |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Nish Kumar]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ibekwe |first=Desiree |date=2021-04-01 |title=His BBC Comedy Show Is Canceled. His Political Fight Continues.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/arts/bbc-nish-kumar.html |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[Stewart Lee]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Stewart |date=2020-09-06 |title=The divided land of 'woke' and Tory |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/06/the-divided-land-of-woke-and-tory |access-date=2023-04-02 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

* [[Josie Long]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banerjee |first=Rohan |date=2017-10-17 |title="I have nothing against privileged people": Josie Long on class, Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2017/10/i-have-nothing-against-privileged-people-josie-long-class-brexit-and-jeremy |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=The New Statesman |language=en-UK}}</ref>

* [[Alexei Sayle]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexei Sayle: Stand-up Communist – 3:AM Magazine |url=https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/alexei-sayle-stand-up-communist/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

|url=https://socialistworker.co.uk/obituaries/linda-smith-1957-2006/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Socialist Worker |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[Mark Steel]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-10 |title=Comedian Mark Steel on politics and personal relationships |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/showbiz/16279544.comedian-mark-steel-politics-personal-relationships/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=The Argus |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Durham Miners' Gala]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Defiance of Durham |url=http://newsocialist.org.uk/defiance-durham-miners-gala/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=New Socialist |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Glastonbury Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Digital |first=Pretty Good |title=Glastonbury Festival -– Left Field |url=https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/areas/left-field/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Glastonbury Festival -– 22nd-26th22–26 June, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[The World Transformed]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The World Transformed |url=https://progressive.international/members/db36354b-3c70-447a-948d-2a5e2b1f94b9-the-world-transformed/en |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Progressive International |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Pride (2014 film)|''Pride'' (film)]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kellaway |first=Kate |date=2014-08-31 |title=When miners and gay activists united: the real story of the film Pride |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/31/pride-film-gay-activists-miners-strike-interview |access-date=2023-04-02 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

* [[Adam Curtis]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Hannah |date=2021-08-11 |title=Why Millennial Leftists Have Made a BBC Filmmaker a Cult Hero |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/08/adam-curtis-millennial-leftist-progressive-fans/619479/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Ken Loach]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=devadmin |date=2023-02-09 |title=Ken Loach: "I don't agree you need a political cause to make a movie." |url=https://www.a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/confessions/a-rabbits-foot-ken-loach-interview/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=A Rabbit's Foot |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[Mike Leigh]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parry |first=William |date=2019-03-27 |title=Always political: director Mike Leigh weighs in on Peterloo, Palestine and beyond |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/always-political-director-mike-leigh-weighs-in-on-peterloo-palestine-and-beyond-1.841639 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=The National News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* ''[[Byline Times]]'' (founded 2014)

* ''[[Evolve Politics]]'' (founded 2015)

* ''[[Left Foot Forward]]'' (founded 2010)

* ''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Morning Star]]'' <small>(Independent since 1945 but ''[[Britain's Road to Socialism]]'', the programme of the [[Communist Party of Britain|CPB]], underlies the paper's editorial stance)</small>

* ''[[New Statesman]]'' (founded 1913)<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the New Statesman |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/about-us-newstatesman |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>

* ''[[Novara Media]]'' (founded 2011)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chakelian |first=Anoosh |date=2017-09-25 |title="Luxury communism now!" The rise of the pro-Corbyn media |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2017/09/luxury-communism-now-rise-pro-corbyn-media |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>

* ''[[Red Pepper (magazine)|Red Pepper]]'' (founded 1995)

* [[The Canary (website)|''The Canary'']] (founded 2015)

* ''[[The Guardian]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=How left or right-wing are the UK's newspapers? {{!}} YouGov |url=https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2017/03/07/how-left-or-right-wing-are-uks-newspapers |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=yougov.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>

* [[Tribune (magazine)|''Tribune'']]<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Waterson |first1=Jim |last2=editor |first2=Jim Waterson Media |date=2018-09-27 |title=New owners of Tribune shrug off criticism from former staffers |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/27/new-owners-of-tribune-shrug-off-criticism-of-former-staffers |access-date=2023-04-02 |work=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* ''[[Historical Materialism (journal)|Historical Materialism]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Materialism |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/hima/hima-overview.xml |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Brill |language=en}}</ref>

* ''[[Race & Class]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Race & Class |url=https://irr.org.uk/about/raceandclass/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Institute of Race Relations |language=en-GB}}</ref>

|url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/11/the-art-of-left-wing-youtube |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Tribune |language=en-UK}}</ref>

* [[Roy Bailey (folk singer)|Roy Bailey]]<ref>{{Cite webnews |title=Roy Bailey, folk singer who toured with Tony Benn – obituary

|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/11/23/roy-bailey-folk-singer-toured-tony-benn-obituary/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=The Telegraph|date=23 November 2018 |languagelast1=en-UKObituaries |first1=Telegraph }}</ref>

* [[Billy Bragg]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-03 |title=The political importance of Billy Bragg |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-political-importance-of-billy-bragg/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref>

|url=https://jacobin.com/2012/07/chumbawambas-long-voyage/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Jacobin |language=en-US}}</ref>

|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-clash-anger-on-the-left-250578/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[Easterhouse (band)|Easterhouse]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1986-12-07 |title=EASTERHOUSE: PASSIONATELY POLITICAL |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-07-ca-1024-story.html |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[Brian Eno]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hattenstone |first=Simon |date=2017-01-23 |title=Brian Eno: 'We've been in decline for 40 years – Trump is a chance to rethink' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/23/brian-eno-not-interested-in-talking-about-me-reflection |access-date=2023-04-05 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* [[Thee Faction]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-13 |title=Album review: Thee Faction, Good Politics (Soviet Beret) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-thee-faction-good-politics-soviet-beret-8707567.html |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Sam Fender]]<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=@ben_bt |date=2021-08-25 |title=Sam Fender: 'Leftie is now a slur in working-class towns' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/25/sam-fender-interview-leftie-slur-working-class-towns |access-date=2023-04-05 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.altpress.com/gang-of-four-interview-box-set-77-81/ | title=Gang of Four on their political roots, new box set "'77–'81" and more | website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] }}</ref>

* [[The Housemartins]]<ref>{{Citation |title=London 0 Hull 4 -– The Housemartins {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/london-o-hull-4-mw0000190355 |access-date=2024-05-10 |language=en}}</ref>

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* [[John Lennon]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Lennon and the Politics of the New Left |url=https://jacobin.com/2020/12/john-lennon-beatles-revolution-peace |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[Ewan MacColl]]<ref>{{Cite webnews |last=Spencer |first=Neil |title=Ewan MacColl: the godfather of folk who was adored – and feared

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* [[Massive Attack]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-08-26 |title=Massive Attack’sAttack's ‘Eutopia’'Eutopia' Isn’tIsn't Subtle With Its Politics, and That’sThat's the Point |url=https://studybreaks.com/culture/sounds/eutopia/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Study Breaks |language=en-us}}</ref>

* [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=McCarthy Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}} ... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mccarthy-mn0000338651#biography |access-date=2024-05-10 |publisher=AllMusic}}</ref>

* [[Radiohead]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1134-how-radiohead-became-for-a-time-the-worlds-biggest-political-band/ | title=How Radiohead Became, for a Time, the World's Biggest Political Band | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=11 May 2016 }}</ref>

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* [[Rock Against Racism]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jonze |first=Tim |date=2022-08-23 |title='If there are death threats, don't tell me' – how Rock Against Racism fought fascism |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/23/death-threats-rock-against-racism-fascism-national-front-clash-rar |access-date=2024-05-10 |work=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* [[The Style Council]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-02 |title=Classic Album Revisited: THE STYLE COUNCIL – Our Favourite Shop |url=https://www.xsnoize.com/the-style-council-our-favourite-shop/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=xsnoize.com}}</ref>

* [[W. H. Auden]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lucas |first=John |title=The Cambridge Companion to W.H. Auden's politics |chapter=Auden's politics: Power, authority and the individual |chapter-url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-companion-to-w-h-auden/audens-politics/42CA1E2FC445364F3D9F4E864071A9BA |journal=The Cambridge Companion to W.H. Auden |series=Cambridge Companions to Literature |date=2005 |pages=152–164|doi=10.1017/CCOL0521829623.012 |isbn=978-0-521-82962-5 }}</ref>

* [[EdithEdward NesbitCarpenter]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Winter |first=Jessica |title=The British Socialist Who Rewrote the World forEdward ChildrenCarpenter |url=https://wwwwww5.newyorkeropen.comac.uk/booksresearch-projects/undermaking-reviewbritain/the-british-socialist-who-rewrote-the-world-forcontent/edward-childrencarpenter |access-date=2024-0406-0803 |website=The NewOpen Statesman |date=28 September 2022 |language=en-USUniversity}}</ref>

* [[GeorgeEdith OrwellNesbit]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=SchachtWinter |first=BenjaminJessica |title=KeepingThe GeorgeBritish OrwellSocialist onWho Rewrote the LeftWorld for Children |url=https://jacobinwww.newyorker.com/2021books/02under-review/georgethe-orwellbritish-1984socialist-censorshipwho-socialismrewrote-the-world-for-children |access-date=2024-0304-3108 |website=JacobinThe New Statesman |languagedate=en-US28 September 2022}}</ref>

* [[MichaelGeorge RosenOrwell]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=RosenSchacht |first=MichaelBenjamin |title=MichaelKeeping Rosen:George ConfessionsOrwell ofon anthe accidental communistLeft |url=https://www.newstatesmanjacobin.com/long-reads/20122021/0502/michaelgeorge-rosenorwell-confessions1984-accidentalcensorship-communistsocialism |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=The New Statesman |date=23 May 2012 |language=en-UKJacobin}}</ref>

* [[H.G.Michael WellsRosen]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosen |first=Michael |title=TheMichael ScientificRosen: SocialismConfessions of H.an G.accidental Wellscommunist |url=https://jacobinwww.newstatesman.com/2023long-reads/072012/h-g05/michael-wellsrosen-socialismconfessions-progressaccidental-science-fictioncommunist |access-date=2024-0403-0231 |website=JacobinThe New Statesman |languagedate=en-US23 May 2012}}</ref>

* [[Emancipation and Liberation]] (Republican Communist Network)

* [[News Line]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Workers Revolutionary Party |url=http://www.wrp.org.uk/ |access-date=24 March 2016 |work=wrp.org.uk}}</ref> (WRP)

* [[Scottish Socialist Voice]]<ref>scottishsocialistvoice.wordpress.com</ref> (SSP)

* [[Socialist Resistance]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Socialist Resistance |url=http://socialistresistance.org/ |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> periodical by a group of the same name

* [[Socialist Standard]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Socialist Standard |url=https://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard |access-date=24 March 2016 |work=worldsocialism.org}}</ref> (SPGB)

* [[Socialist Studies (1989)|Socialist Studies]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Socialist Studies |url=http://www.socialiststudies.org.uk/socstudyindex.shtml |website=www.socialiststudies.org.uk}}</ref> quarterly journal by a group of the same name

* [[Socialist Worker]]/[[Socialist Review]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Socialist Worker (Britain) |url=http://socialistworker.co.uk/ |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> (SWP)

* [[Solidarity (newspaper)|Solidarity]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Workers' Liberty |url=http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2010/11/10/solidarity |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> (AWL)

* [[The New Worker]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Sanctions will not solve conflict in Ukraine |url=http://www.newworker.org/nwp1.pdf |website=www.newworker.org}}</ref> (NCP)

* [[The Socialist (UK)|The Socialist]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tories split -– strike now! -– The Socialist 23 March 2016 |url=http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/main/The_Socialist |access-date=24 March 2016 |work=socialistparty.org.uk}}</ref> (SP)

* [[Weekly Worker]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.cpgb.org.uk/home/weekly-worker |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720094419/http://cpgb.org.uk/home/weekly-worker/ |archive-date=20 July 2013 |access-date=2013-06-05}}</ref> (CPGB-PCC)

* [[World Socialist Web Site]]<ref>{{cite web |title=World Socialist Web Site |url=http://wsws.org |access-date=24 March 2016 |work=wsws.org}}</ref> (SEP)

* [[Compass ThinkTank]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Values |url=https://www.compassonline.org.uk/about/values/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Compass |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[Institute for Public Policy Research]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Emily.Redding |title=IPPR |url=https://smartthinking.org.uk/think_tank/ippr/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Smart Thinking |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[History of socialismthe socialist movement in the United Kingdom]]

* [[Socialist Alliance (England)|Socialist Alliance]]