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claimed that more than seventy trade unionists had been elected at the local level. However, more trades councils were developing socialist majorities, and the local labour associations would then either leave the LEA, or split between supporters of the Lib-Lab movement and those who called for
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and John Hodge successfully proposed that the TUC would set up a new fund to support independent labour candidates. Although they claimed that this would complement the LEA, it was generally seen as being an attempt to undermine its continued support for Lib-Lab candidates.
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By this point, Threlfall had moved from support for the independents to the Lib-Labs. The local associations saw some success in the local elections – for example, four working men were elected to
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The LEA declined rapidly in importance, held its final congress in 1895, and dissolved the following year. However, some of its former local associations remained in existence; for example, the
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gained seats, the majority were not elected. By 1892, the socialists who favoured independent candidatures had gained strength, and
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independent labour candidates. The LEA, therefore, became increasingly dominated by supporters of the
Liberal Party.
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given support, but elsewhere, only
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Workers and the Independent Labour, 1888–1906
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