Claim: In the ward of East Hunslet in Leeds, M. Fish won the 1961 City Council election for the Labour Party, a center-left political party founded in 1900.
Evidence: East Hunslet M. Fish 2,163 73.6 Labour Conservative J. Birch 774 26.4 The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century.