Blue Labour was founded by Baron Glasman, a Cambridge-educated professor and peer.

The About page of the Blue Labour and a bio on the Legatum Institue's website confirms that Maurice Glasman was the founder and peer of Blue Labour.

The About page of the Blue Labour and a bio on the Legatum Institue's website confirms that Maurice Glasman was the founder and peer of Blue Labour.The Blue Labour was formed by Maurice Glasman in 2010 with a small group of politicians and academics. It is a force in the Labour Party committed to politics of common good. The Blue Labour website also states that it is about a conservative form of socialism within the Labour party which encourages a return to community values based on trade unions, the Church and voluntary groups.

As per the Legatum Institute, Maurice Glasman is also known as Baron Glasman and is widely known for establishing Blue Labour.

According to the Guardian article, Maurice Glasman was termed as the originator of Blue Party to counter New Labour's combination of free-market fundamentalism and top-down managerialism. It also reports that Glasman studied modern history at Cambridge University and became a professor at Johns Hopkins University's European centre in Bologna.