Red scare: one in 10 Labour members left party last year

Labour is haemorrhaging members under Sir Keir Starmer, with one in 10 quitting last year alone, official figures show.

- ARCHIE MITCHELL

Despite Sir Keir’s general election landslide, the party lost another 37,215 members in 2024, bringing the total Labour membership to just 333,235. The figures show that more than a third of Labour members have left since membership peaked at 532,046 under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in 2019.

The membership downturn comes amid growing criticism of the government's stance on certain key issues, including Gaza, welfare and trans rights.

Despite the fall, Labour is still the UK's largest party by membership, with a ticker on the website for Nigel Farage's Reform claiming it has 234,460 paid-up supporters.

Hundreds of thousands of members have left the party since Jeremy Corbyn stood down as leader in 2019.

Meanwhile, a party headed by Mr Corbyn and ousted ex-Labour MP Zarah Sultana has seen more than 800,000 registrations of supporters since it was formally announced last month.