New Labour

Cultural  

1. A movement to update Britain's Labour Party by discarding the traditional Labour platform calling for state ownership of the means of production. The movement has been led by Tony Blair, who became prime minister in 1997 after guiding the Labour Party to victory. Under Blair's leadership, Labour again won in 2001, the first time the party had ever won successive general elections.

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Example Sentences

He played a key role in the New Labour movement, which saw Sir Tony Blair win a landslide election victory in 1997.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

He was held in such suspicion, that Tony Blair once said the New Labour project would only be complete when party members had "learnt to love Peter Mandelson".

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

A key figure in the New Labour project which saw Tony Blair win the 1997 election, Lord Mandelson has been in and out of British politics for four decades.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

Blair had said his New Labour project would only be complete when party members had "learnt to love Peter Mandelson" although Mandelson himself said that was setting the bar too high.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

He watched Rachel a few minutes as she lifted and pitched—a typical figure of a New Labour, which is also a New Beauty, on this old earth.

From Harvest by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.