The British Workers' Representative Committee, the predecessor of the British Labour Party. On February 27-28, 1900, it was established at a workers' congress attended by representatives of trade unions, cooperative organizations and socialist organizations. Its purpose was to obtain the independent power of attorney of workers in Parliament in order to form an independent workers' parliamentary group to serve the interests of workers. The committee consisted of 12 representatives of trade unions, 10 representatives of cooperatives and 2 representatives each of the Fabian Society, the Independent Labour Party, and the Social Democratic Alliance. It had 500,000 members of trade unions and 70,000 socialist organizations. Six months after its establishment, it won two seats in the general election. The leaders of the committee were Kyle Hardy, Arthur Chaudson, Ramsay MacDonald, etc. The main components were workers, but the leadership was in the hands of the working aristocracy. In 1906, it was renamed the British Labour Party.