ABSTRACT
The Labour Party’s internal organisation was not greatly altered as a consequence of its election victory. The position had now become much easier for the Labour Party because in most of the Universities there had been decisive splits between Communists and Labour Party supporters among the students. In the organisation of the Parliamentary Labour Party, the accession to power of a Labour Government and the very great increase in the number of Labour Members necessarily involved considerable developments. The New Fabian Research Bureau had devoted itself particularly to enlisting the co-operation of the younger Socialist intellectuals and to encouraging them to take part in the work of the Labour Party. It is a remarkable fact that up to the autumn of 1947, the Labour Party did not lose a single by-election, though it was called upon to defend no fewer than twenty-two seats which it had won at the General Election.
