Editing Lib–Lab pact (section)

===1903===
{{main|Gladstone–MacDonald pact}}
In 1903, an agreement was made between [[Herbert Gladstone]] (then Chief Whip of the Liberal Party) and [[Ramsay MacDonald]] (Secretary of the [[British Labour Party#Labour Representation Committee (1900–1906)|Labour Representation Committee]]) that, in thirty constituencies, the Labour Party and the Liberal Party would not stand against each other, and thus would avoid the risk of splitting their vote. As a result of this agreement, in contests against the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], 29 Labour MPs were returned at the [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906 general election]].