Colne Valley Labour Union | |
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Founded | 21 July 1891 |
Dissolved | 1918 |
Succeeded by | Colne Valley Constituency Labour Party |
Headquarters | Slaithwaite |
Newspaper | Worker |
Ideology | Labourism |
Political position | Left-wing |
The Colne Valley Labour Union (CVLU) was a political party based in the Colne Valley, in Yorkshire, in England. The first labour party organised on the basis of a Parliamentary constituency, it successfully backed Tom Mann as secretary of the Independent Labour Party, and Victor Grayson as the local Member of Parliament. Its successor is the Colne Valley Constituency Labour Party.