Labour Party membership dips below 400,000 for first time in almost a decade

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Labour leader Keir Starmer (centre) with then US secretary of state Mike Pompeo (R) and then US ambassador to Britain, Woody Johnson, in London, 21 July 2020.
Labour leader Keir Starmer (centre) with then US secretary of state Mike Pompeo (R) and then US ambassador to Britain, Woody Johnson, in London, 21 July 2020. Pompeo said in 2019 “we will do our level best” to stop Jeremy Corbyn getting elected. (Photo: US State Department)

https://labourlist.org/2024/08/labour-party-membership-400000-keir-starmer-jeremy-corbyn

Membership of the Labour Party dipped below 400,000 for the first time since 2015, according to recently published documents.

According to the party’s annual accounts, Labour lost 37,000 members during 2023, with a total membership of 370,450 at the end of last year.

The figure is significantly down from its peak of 564,443 in 2017.

While the party maintains the largest membership of any UK political party, the dip marks the first time Labour’s membership dropped below 400,000 since 2015, the year Jeremy Corbyn became party leader. That year, the party reported a total membership of 388,262, up from 193,754 in 2014.

https://labourlist.org/2024/08/labour-party-membership-400000-keir-starmer-jeremy-corbyn

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