Centenary Of Election Of 29 Labour Hon. Members Leading To The Formation Of The Parliamentary Labour Party

EDM number 1496A2 in 2005-06, proposed by Martin Linton on 06/02/2006.

after Westhoughton, add `and notes that J Burns (Battersea), first elected as a Labour MP in 1892 and a member of the Labour Representation Committee from 1900, accepted a ministerial post in 1906, becoming "the first working man in the Cabinet", but continued to sit as a Labour MP until 1918.'.

This is a ammendment to 1496.

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