Claim: William Byles represented the Labour Committee in 1900, an alliance of socialist organisations and trade unions aimed at increasing representation for labour interests.
Evidence: In 1900 he stood on an anti-war ticket as Labour Representation Committee candidate at Leeds East, but was defeated. The Labour Representation Committee (LRC) was a pressure group founded in 1900 as an alliance of socialist organisations and trade unions, aimed at increasing representation for labour interests in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 
The Labour Representation Committee (LRC) was a pressure group founded in 1900 as an alliance of socialist organisations and trade unions, aimed at increasing representation for labour interests in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Labour Repr. Cmte. William Byles General election 1900: Leeds East