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Re: Brexit Discussion (New thread-Follow First Post Rules!)
From the Parliament website.
https://researchbriefings.parliament...ummary/SN05125
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Membership of UK political parties
Published Tuesday, May 1, 2018
The latest available estimates from political parties’ head offices, press releases and media outputs indicate that:
The Labour Party has around 552,000 members, as of January 2018[1]
The Conservative Party has 124,000 members as of March 2018[2]
The Scottish National Party has around 118,200 members, as of April 2018[3]
The Liberal Democrat Party has around 100,500 members, as of April 2018[3]
The Green Party (England and Wales) has 41,073 members, as of April 2018[3]
UKIP has around 21,200 members, as of April 2018[3]
Plaid Cymru has around 8,000 members, as of April 2018[3]
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Quote:
Membership as proportion of electorate
Membership of the Conservative, Labour and the Liberal Democrat parties has increased to around 1.6% of the electorate in 2018, compared to a historic low of 0.8% in 2013. Across the UK, the Labour Party’s membership increased from 0.4% in 2013 to 1.2% in 2018.
In April 2018, SNP membership was around 118,000, compared to 25,000 in December 2013; across Scotland, assuming all Scottish National Party members are in Scotland, SNP membership increased from 0.6% of the electorate in 2013 to 3.0% in 2017 and 2018. In April 2018, the Green Party (England and Wales) membership was around 41,100, compared to 13,800 in December 2013. UKIP’s membership increased from 32,000 in December 2013 to around 42,200 in December 2014, though has since fallen to around 21,200 in April 2018.
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