Scottish Workers' Representation Committee

Scottish Workers' Representation Committee
General SecretaryRobert Allan (1900–1902)
George Carson (1902–1909)
Founded1899
Dissolved1909
Merged intoLabour Party
Trade Union WingScottish Trades Union Congress
IdeologyBig Tent Socialism
Political positionLeft-wing

Scottish Workers' Representation Committee was the parliamentary outfit of the Scottish Trades Union Congress from 1899 until 1909. It was known as the Scottish Workers Parliamentary Elections Committee until 1903. In contrast to the Labour Representation Committee (LRC) in England, SWRC was able to maintain organisational unity between different strands of ideological tendencies in Scotland, ranging from Marxist, Catholic and Fabian socialists.