Labour's Falling Membership | 'Reform And The Greens Have Gained' x Candice Holdsworth

Ian Collins brings Candice Holdsworth onto Talk to report on the falling membership of the main political parties; and especially Labour.

Labour shed another 37,000 members over the course of 2023, bringing its total membership at the end of the year to 370,450.

Although Labour remained by far the largest party in the UK, the figure is well down on its recent peak of 532,046 at the end of 2019.

Despite this drop in membership, the party reported a smaller deficit than it expected as it increased spending in preparation for the election.

Having expected to lose £2.5 million over 2023, the actual figure was £851,000, which treasurer David Evans ascribed to “an increase in high value donations”, offsetting investment in staffing levels, technology and a “more appropriate” head office.

Labour was not alone in seeing a decline in membership in 2023. The Liberal Democrats lost around 11,000 members and while the Conservatives do not publish membership figures, income for the party from membership fees fell from £1.97 million to £1.5 million.

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