LabourLa‧bour /ˈleɪbə $ -ər/ noun 
Most people will pay higher taxes under Labour. They always vote Labour.Labour MP/candidate—Labour adjective: a Labour policy
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- In 1979 Labour was obviously in a panic - that set the mood.
- The case for abolition was made more urgent as a result of the experience of Labour in government after 1974.
- The fact is that Labour wants to keep the poll tax so that it can attack us with it.
- They will get it under Labour.
- Weizman, who had by then become a minister, soon joined the Labour party.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They always vote Labour.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
They always vote Labour.· This part of Florida usually supports Republican candidates.
· In August 1931, the Labour government collapsed.
· Republican majorities were elected in both Houses of Congress that year.
· The leadership race within the Republican Party is almost over.
· Her mother was a Labour politician.
(=one that a particular party usually wins)· Middlesbrough is one of the safest Labour seats in the country.
· Most of the newspaper's readers were Labour supporters.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· But it's no uncritical endorsement of any part of the socialist tradition, or of the New Model Labour Party.· Perhaps this will change with a new Labour government-but that is something I would not bet on.· Too often New Labour appeases and buys off opposing forces: this third-way strategy makes few friends or permanent changes.· That fault line runs through the New Labour coalition.· Now, though, the New Labour high command seems ready to drop the pretence.
NOUN· Standing nearby was Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn with a group of his supporters.· Last night Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn said he had visited the site and was impressed with the work being done there.· Also pictured is Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn.
· Many, of course, are too young to remember the last Labour Government.· Fifteen years ago a Labour government in New Zealand abolished subsidies almost overnight.· These ideas came together and were put into operation by the 1945 - 51 Labour Government.· When the last Labour Government left office there were 6,000 training jobs.· Getting the pound down was what Labour governments did with metronomic regularity.· But the Left-wing were not satisfied and sought to ensure that the next Labour Government would do what the party wanted.
· But it's no uncritical endorsement of any part of the socialist tradition, or of the New Model Labour Party.· But it was more a Conservative than a Labour party concern.· He wore rosettes for the Labour Party.· But some in the Labour party challenged the legality of the rule, and it was dropped.· In reality, however, the Tory tactics simply had the effect of getting a deeply reluctant Labour Party off the hook.· Britain's general election is expected early this month, and will probably be won by the ruling Labour Party.· Remember when Michael Foot, as leader of the Labour party, shattered the consensus.
VERB· He had lost and Labour had no hope of winning nationally.· In the end it was not Mr Kinnock who lost the game for Labour.· The Conservatives would lose 19, and Labour one.· Defence, which lost Labour so many votes in 1983 and 1987, is especially important.· If ground had been lost since 1963, it had been lost before Labour took power.
· Ladbrokes are offering 55-1 against Party Politics winning today and Labour having an overall majority in the election.· To win another term Labour needs to ensure the turnout of its heartland supporters and those who switched to Labour in 1997.· Britain's general election is expected early this month, and will probably be won by the ruling Labour Party.· Council election results suggest local headmaster David Jamieson will win for Labour.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the British Labour Partyunder Labour- Although the Labour vote was still six million, its numbers were lower than at any time since 1910.
- But anti-Tory feeling in a recession-battered area has polarised the Labour vote to his disadvantage.
- But the Green vote has disintegrated.
- Her great threat to the Howard government is to split the conservative vote three ways.
- The ardent left-winger helped launch the Red Wedge pop-meets-politics movement to boost the Labour vote in the 1987 general election.
Most people will pay higher taxes under Labour. They always vote Labour.Labour MP/candidate—Labour adjective: a Labour policy