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Section sizes

Section size for Labour Party (UK) (37 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	13,896	13,896
History	113	84,740
Origins to 1890s	1,167	1,167
Labour Representation Committee (1900–1906)	1,648	1,648
Early years (1906–1923)	3,128	3,128
Labour forms a government (1923–1924)	1,641	1,641
The failed general strike (1926–1929)	1,129	1,129
Second Labour Ministry in 1929 and failures in 1930s	4,352	4,352
Wartime coalition (1940–1945)	1,443	1,443
Attlee government (1945–1951)	4,604	4,604
Internal feuds (1951–1964)	1,688	1,688
Wilson as leader (1964–1974)	3,680	3,680
Majority to minority (1974–1979)	2,180	2,180
Thatcherism and Labour's civil war (1979–1992)	3,397	3,397
Modernisers take charge (1992–1997)	3,718	3,718
New Labour (1994–2010)	15,150	15,150
Opposition (2010–2024)	26,276	26,276
Return to government (2024–present)	9,426	9,426
Ideology	10,097	15,502
Symbols	5,405	5,405
Constitution and structure	4,149	24,530
Membership and registered supporters	8,233	11,142
Northern Ireland	2,909	2,909
Trade union link	4,693	4,693
European and international affiliation	4,546	4,546
Electoral performance	564	26,201
UK general election results	25,637	25,637
Leadership	17	7,620
Leaders of the Labour Party since 1906	2,815	2,815
Deputy Leaders of the Labour Party since 1922	896	896
Leaders in the House of Lords since 1924	1,203	1,203
Labour prime ministers	2,689	2,689
See also	400	400
References	1,024	1,024
Bibliography	10,304	10,304
Further reading	3,223	3,223
External links	1,061	1,061
Total	188,501	188,501

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