This pamphlet examines the principal developments of party organization, electoral growth and policy-making in the period. It gives particular attention to the constituent elements that made up the party and the nature of its support and explores the party's predominant attitudes, ideology and policies from 1900 to 1931.

1. The Formation of the Labour Representation Committee 2. The Consolidation of the Party, 1900-1906 3. The Limits of Independence, 1906-1914 4. Elections and Party Support, 1906-1914 5. War and Reconstitution 6. Labour's Electoral Achievement, 1918-1929 7. The Nature of Labour's Support 8. Economic Policy and Unemployment 9. The 1931 Crisis and the Fall of the Labour Government 10. The 1931 Election