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Section sizes

Section size for Labour Party (UK) (37 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	10,170	10,170
History	113	80,288
Origins to 1890s	1,178	1,178
Labour Representation Committee (1900–1906)	1,530	1,530
Early years (1906–1923)	2,940	2,940
Labour forms a government (1923–1924)	1,641	1,641
The failed general strike (1926–1929)	1,126	1,126
Second Labour Ministry in 1929 and failures in 1930s	4,335	4,335
Wartime coalition (1940–1945)	1,325	1,325
Attlee government (1945–1951)	4,603	4,603
Internal feuds (1951–1964)	1,225	1,225
Wilson as leader (1964–1974)	3,484	3,484
Majority to minority (1974–1979)	2,124	2,124
Thatcherism and Labour's civil war (1979–1992)	3,267	3,267
Modernisers take charge, 1992-1997	3,712	3,712
New Labour (1994–2010)	14,535	14,535
Opposition (2010–2024)	24,983	24,983
Return to government (2024–present)	8,167	8,167
Ideology	9,694	14,704
Symbols	5,010	5,010
Constitution and structure	3,968	23,279
Membership and registered supporters	7,163	10,072
Northern Ireland	2,909	2,909
Trade union link	4,693	4,693
European and international affiliation	4,546	4,546
Electoral performance	564	22,890
UK general election results	22,326	22,326
Leadership	17	7,462
Leaders of the Labour Party since 1906	2,660	2,660
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	2,686	2,686
See also	400	400
References	1,024	1,024
Bibliography	10,304	10,304
Further reading	2,917	2,917
External links	1,061	1,061
Total	174,499	174,499

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