Labour Party retains Hartlepool
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Labour wins the Hartlepool by-election with a reduced majority, as the Conservatives are beaten into fourth place.
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The Conservative Party is six-points clear of Labour following its annual conference, a poll suggests.
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Gordon Brown delivers his keynote speech to the 2004 Labour party conference in Brighton. Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty Images. Gordon Brown today backed the extension of choice in the public sector when he
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British treasury chief Gordon Brown assured Labour Party delegates that in succeeding the Prime Minister, he would continue his course
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Wendy Alexander is cleared by a watchdog of wrongdoing over donations to her Labour leadership campaign.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party voted to support talks to bring Labor and other opposition parties into the coalition to keep the government afloat after it lost its last remaining partner a week ago.
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Labour keeps Tony Blair's old seat in the by-election prompted by his resignation - but with a reduced majority.
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Unions say they avoided a showdown with Gordon Brown as they did not want to ruin his first conference as leader.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair won the backing of his Labour Party on Thursday to keep British troops in Iraq, avoiding a humiliating defeat that would have undermined his premiership.
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Former opposition leader Kim Beazley appears set to regain control of the Labor Party unopposed this week after his final challenger withdrew from the leadership race.
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HARTLEPOOL, England  - Britain's ruling Labor  Party clung to an important parliamentary seat Friday, while  the rival Conservatives were forced into a "disastrous" fourth  place.
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SYDNEY - He may have failed to unseat Prime Minister John Howard in Saturday&#39;s election, but opposition leader Mark Latham looks set to remain head of the Labour Party, his colleagues said Sunday.
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BRIGHTON, England - British Prime Minister Tony Blair stood firm as his Labour Party&#39;s annual convention began, saying he hasn&#39;t considered resigning over the war in Iraq, and trying to focus attention on domestic issues.
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With less than two weeks left before what promises to be watershed elections for Lithuania, the upstart Labor Party is still going strong, leading the polls by a huge margin.
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The Tories shrug off the impact of the defection of an MP to Labour - as Michael Howard unveils plans to save Â£35bn.
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The Labour Party re-captured the lead in popularity from the Conservative Party, according to a poll published in The Independent.
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The Conservatives have won a by-election victory, taking a seat from Labour on Sunderland Council.