Labour membership declined by almost 200,000 over five years, falling steadily since April 2020 from a peak of 532,046 at the end of 2019. The party lost 37,215 members during 2024, about 10% of its membership at the year's start, and had 333,235 members at year-end. Reform UK claims membership of more than 234,000 on its website but did not publish a figure in its accounts. The Liberal Democrats slipped from 86,599 to 83,174, the Greens gained around 5,000 members, and Conservative membership figures were not routinely published.
Labour has lost almost 200,000 members in the past five years, according to the party's latest annual accounts. The party's membership has been steadily falling since Sir Keir Starmer became leader in April 2020, from a peak of 532,046 at the end of 2019. Despite the party's landslide election victory last summer, it shed another 37,215 members over the course of 2024, around 10% of its total membership at the start of the year.
Meanwhile, Reform UK, which saw success in last year's general election and May's local elections, says its membership has surged. Nigel Farage's party did not include a membership figure in its own annual accounts, published by the Electoral Commission on Thursday, but a ticker on Reform's website claims it has more than 234,000 members. The Liberal Democrats suffered a slight fall in membership from 86,599 to 83,174, despite the party achieving its best ever election results last year.
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