While 28 per cent of members said they would potentially back Corbyn\u2019s movement, a majority (51 per cent) thought a new party could split the left and boost the chances of a Conservative or Reform-led government.<\/p>\n
About 14 per cent thought the new party would not have any impact on Labour\u2019s chances, while 12 per cent said the only real risk was to the Green Party<\/a>. Labour Party members tend to hold stronger political views than the parliamentary party, and so are more likely to be left-wing than MPs.<\/p>\n Corbyn welcomed the findings of the poll, which was conducted among 1,021 Labour<\/a> members this month and commissioned by the LabourList website.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cFor too long, people have been denied a real political choice. Not any more: 700,000 people have already signed up to build a real alternative to inequality, poverty and war. One based on public ownership, wealth redistribution, housing justice and peace. This is just the beginning. We are an unstoppable movement and we are never going away.\u201d<\/p>\n Sultana and Corbyn will officially launch their movement this autumn<\/p>\n LEON NEAL\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n A Labour source defended the party\u2019s performance and said Starmer was focused on creating \u201ca fairer Britain for working people\u201d. <\/p>\n Planning is under way for the official launch <\/a>of Corbyn\u2019s movement, which remains without a name but has been referred to by organisers as \u201cYour Party\u201d.<\/p>\n A location and date for the launch conference to formally establish the party along with leadership elections are still not confirmed. However, the founding process is being stewarded by Corbyn<\/a>, Sultana and four other MPs elected last July who stood as independents on an explicitly pro-Gaza platform.<\/p>\n Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington<\/a>, said on Thursday that she advised Corbyn not to launch a new political party because she felt that it would struggle to succeed under the first-past-the-post system.<\/p>\n Diane Abbott has been friends with Corbyn for years<\/p>\n TOLGA AKMEN\/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n She told the Edinburgh International Book Festival: \u201cThere were people around Jeremy encouraging him to set up a new party and I told him not to. It\u2019s very difficult under the first-past-the-post system for a new party to absolutely win. If it wasn\u2019t first past the post then you can see how a new party could come through, but I understand why he did it.\u201d <\/p>\n Abbott, who said last month that she would not be joining Corbyn\u2019s party<\/a>, despite the pair being longtime friends, describe Sultana as a lovely person who is full of energy. She added that the party could get votes from people who were not necessarily left-wing but were disappointed by Labour\u2019s actions over the past year.<\/p>\n It emerged on Thursday that Labour has lost almost 200,000 members in the past five years. Figures published in the party\u2019s annual accounts showed that it shed another 37,215 members last year, or about 10 per cent.<\/p>\n It means Labour\u2019s membership was 333,235 at the end of last year, well down from its peak under Corbyn\u2019s leadership of 532,046 at the end of 2019.<\/p>\n![\"Zarah](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\/e25db881-c2e1-4572-a546-cf0131a736e3.jpg\")
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