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===Victory in 1945===
===Victory in 1945===
[[File:Labour45b.jpg|thumb|275px|left|Iconic 1945 election poster]]
The [[Second World War]] saw a major shift in political attitudes within Britain, and led to a landslide victory for [[Clement Attlee]] in 1945. The modest, unassuming intellectual Attlee named a cabinet that included all elements of the party. Of 37 ministers, eight were former coal miners, and eleven had been active trade unionists.
The [[Second World War]] saw a major shift in political attitudes within Britain, and led to a landslide victory for [[Clement Attlee]] in 1945. The modest, unassuming intellectual Attlee named a cabinet that included all elements of the party. Of 37 ministers, eight were former coal miners, and eleven had been active trade unionists.
==Prime Ministers==
==Prime Ministers==
[[File:Labour45.jpg|thumb|270px|Labour won an unexpected landslide in 1945]]
* [[Ramsay MacDonald]] (1924 and 1929–1935) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page136.asp]
* [[Ramsay MacDonald]] (1924 and 1929–1935) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page136.asp]
* [[Clement Attlee]] (1945–1951) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page133.asp]
* [[Clement Attlee]] (1945–1951) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page133.asp]
* [[Gordon Brown]] (2007–2010)
* [[Gordon Brown]] (2007–2010)
==See also==
==See also==