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Events on Thursday 7 July 1892 1
1892Keir Hardie elected as independent Labour MPFirst independent working-class MP in the British ParliamentKeir Hardie won the seat of West Ham South in the general election, becoming the first person to sit in the British House of Commons as an independent representative of labour interests. His election was a milestone toward the later formation of the Labour Party.