Labour’s membership has been steadily falling since Sir Keir Starmer became leader in April 2020, according to the latest publicly available figures.
The party’s annual accounts published in August put the party’s membership at 333,235 at the end of last year, down from a peak of more than 530,000 under Jeremy Corbyn.
Despite the party’s landslide election victory, it shed 37,000 members over the course of 2024 and reports suggest this trend has continued.
In February, the LabourList website reported, external the party’s membership had fallen to around 309,000 and the Times says the figure has now dropped below 250,000.
A Labour Party spokesperson said: “Our membership figures are published in our annual report. We do not give a running a commentary on them throughout the year.”
The party’s standard membership fee is £70.50 a year, with reduced rates of £35.50 or £12 available for certain groups, external.
The Mainstream network, a new Labour campaign group which includes supporters of Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, said: “To transform Britain and defeat the far-right, Labour needs a grassroots movement in every community.
“Our plummeting membership figures prove the top-down model has failed. The answer is to democratise, open up, and empower members.”