Lab & Libs Haemorrhaging

[Khandro]

Both Labour and LibDem membership numbers have taken a hammer blow, according to their accounts published today by the Electoral Commission. Labour is down by 91,000 members, from 523,332 in 2020 to 432,213 as of 31 December 2021.

What sayest the left members of this parish?

[naomi24]

Oh dear.

[TheChair]

Whereas the Tories have an enormous 160,000.

[New Judge]

It's not quantity, it's quality! :-)

[naomi24]

I think the Labour Party has always had a lot more members than the Conservatives - not that it’s done them a lot of good. 91,000 is a lot to lose though.

[Gromit]

Tora joined Labour 91,000 times :-)

They are a complete shambles and I don’t know why anyone would join, but they do have three times more members than the party you are supporting, so how bad are your lot ?

[DTCwordfan]

The Unions probably have tightened their Corbynist grip on the Party - and Joe and Joanna Bloggs have understandably effed off and in big numbers. One reason that Sir Beer Warmer must be bricking it - now what does our Overseas Colonial member for Swiftland have to say about this?

[davebro]

All the Tories who joined to vote Corbyn as leader haven't renewed their subs!

[Gromit]

Curiously, you have stated that the Labour and LibDem Party have lost members, but you haven’t stated the utter shambles of a Conservative party have INCREASED membership on last year?

Do you have a link to show ALL the party’s including the one you have omitted ?

In 2019 they polled 180,000 members for the Conservative leadership election and this year 20,000 less. How many are dead and won’t be voting this time?
Meanwhile Labour have over half a million members.

[davebro]

Not sure but maybe union members who do not opt out of the political levy (aka Labour bribe money) are counted as "members"?

[tomus42]

Good job it's not only members of political parties that are allowed to vote in a general election.

The Labour left seemed to think it was when they were crowing about their huge membership numbers under Corbyn. That turned out well for them.

It's irrelevant when it comes down to an election - other than for providing campaign funds.

[ichkeria]

Both those parties previously had huge surges in membership. But lots of the Labour folk who joined because of Corbyn have now fled. Similarly, the Lib Dems attracted a lot of people who identified with opposing Brexit, and who presumably are now cooling off.
For example I have not renewed my membership. It will hit the parties' coffers particuarly, but doesn't necessarily mean people won't vote for them.
In other words, probably an inevitable trend. The Conservatives' membership is paltry by comparison, but they sit with a large majority in parliament, so ...