{"id":6681,"date":"2022-09-11T16:40:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T16:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=6681"},"modified":"2022-09-30T14:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T14:15:22","slug":"labours-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/labours-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour&#8217;s Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a look at the financial reports and plotted Labour&#8217;s membership over the last 10 years and then added another 20. Here are my notes &#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the table<\/p>\n<table width=\"549\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"115\"><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">2022 (H1)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"71\">2021<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"71\">2020<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"71\">2019<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"71\">2018<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"71\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Membership<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0382,213<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0432,213<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0523,332<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0532,046<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0518,659<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0564,443<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2016<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2015<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2014<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2013<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2012<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Membership<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0543,645<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0388,262<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0193,754<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0189,531<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0187,537<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0193,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and the chart,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/membership-2022-2010.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6682\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/membership-2022-2010.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/membership-2022-2010.png 752w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/membership-2022-2010-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<style> cite {all: unset;}<\/style>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a paper that looks at the previous 30 years, [ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/figure\/Annual-change-in-Labour-party-membership-1991-2011-Source-Labour-party-NEC-Annual_fig2_263110582\">www<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yHB6cKsmlHooMJ-ls9HcRUDL5k64nQEK\/view?usp=sharing\">mirror<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/263110582_Labour's_lost_grassroots_The_rise_and_fall_of_party_membership\/citation\/download\">cite<\/a> ] , <cite style=\"font-face: georgia; font-size: normal; font-style: italic;\"> Pemberton, Hugh &amp; Wickham-Jones, Mark. (2013). <strong>Labour&#8217;s lost grassroots: The rise and fall of party membership.<\/strong> British Politics. 8. 10.1057\/bp.2012.27.<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s it look like with the old data added?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/membership-2022-1989-pretty.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6684\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/membership-2022-1989-pretty-1024x475.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/membership-2022-1989-pretty.png 1024w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/membership-2022-1989-pretty-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/membership-2022-1989-pretty-768x356.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1-MBEER5HCgtXyZ3dLLBxOYRaK37ikFXT\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=104184060400374865985&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">my 2nd data file<\/a> with the leader facts and chart, and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1yK_9NiXH8a6Pt40lK2R4WDUfkm8JuBGw\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=104184060400374865985&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">my data file<\/a> if you want to play with it.<\/p>\n<p>I made this chart to show the membership by Leader.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/labour-membership-by-leader-2022.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6701\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/labour-membership-by-leader-2022-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/labour-membership-by-leader-2022-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/labour-membership-by-leader-2022-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/labour-membership-by-leader-2022-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/labour-membership-by-leader-2022.png 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a look at the financial reports and plotted Labour&#8217;s membership over the last 10 years and then added another 20. 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