Surge in Labour Party membership as Lib Dems desert their party

[truconstruct]

At the risk of repeating myself - I did.

 

Your membership has to be ratified by the constituancy you are joining, you don't join a 'national organisation' you join a constituancy labout party that actualy takes a vote on your membership.

 

Now think about logistics, constituancies meet once a month, but each constutuancy also has an executive committee that meets about a week before the general meeting.

 

A membership application has to reach the the constituancy membership secretary before the exec meeting in order that your name is listed on the general meetings agenda for ratification, hence the six week process.

 

If someone objects to your membership then you have to be interviewed by the membership secretary before your name can be included on a subsequent agenda for ratification.

 

The process is simple but it can take time and is never instant.

[wednesday1]

Or to put it another way. Another post by the OP proves to be total lies.

 

Try Saturday's Guardian deary.

[truconstruct]

Or to put it another way. Another post by the OP proves to be total lies.

 

Well, I didn't call him a lier although he dosn't seem to have any foybles about throwing mud around himself. But I think its safe to say the post isn't true.

[truconstruct]

I think this line is far more important than the 'claims' being made.

 

"Both Labour and Liberal Democrats spokesmen said they did not have figures on how many members of their respective parties had left since the election".

[emma royd]

Try Saturday's Guardian deary.

 

Perhaps you should try posting without adding quite so much added embroidery deary:rolleyes:

[truconstruct]

From today's Guardian:

The Labour Party has said that it has gained around 12,000 new members in an unexpected surge in membership since the election, taking it's membership to 166,200 and claimed that some of it's new members are former Lib Dem members who are disillusioned with the coalition.

 

Time to examin this number.

 

I've been seaching the internet looking at the membership figures and it seems labour claimed that their membership at the end of april was 166000.

 

So if its true that they got 12000 new members after the election it means they must have lost about 12000 members in the last two weeks of the election campaigne.

[wednesday1]

Here's what the Liberals say;

 

But the Liberal Democrats have also recorded an increase in party members since the election.

 

"A spokesman said 1,500 had joined since polling day, including 400 since the formation of the coalition. The party currently has just over 60,000 members. Both Labour and Liberal Democrats spokesmen said they did not have figures on how many members of their respective parties had left since the election."

 

 

Could the increase be due to a surge in Tory Party members taking out Lib Dem membership so that they can increase their influence (further) within the coalition?

[emma royd]

Could the increase be due to a surge in Tory Party members taking out Lib Dem membership so that they can increase their influence (further) within the coalition?

 

Could it be Labour Party members deserting the party to join a party in government? As we don't know your whole thread is meaningless.

 

It should say. Some people have joined the Labour Party since the election.

Some of those may be Liberal Democrat members

Some People have joined the Liberal Democrats since the election. Some might have been Labour Party or Tory members. Perhaps they just joined a political party because they were exited by a general election.

 

This is a complete non thread.

[truconstruct]

Well, it appears labours last published figure was 166000.

 

So either the number fell coincidently by the 12000 new members claimed, or someone is telling pork pies and the number has stayed the same.

[max]

Your membership has to be ratified by the constituancy you are joining, you don't join a 'national organisation' you join a constituancy labout party that actualy takes a vote on your membership.

 

Now think about logistics, constituancies meet once a month, but each constutuancy also has an executive committee that meets about a week before the general meeting.

 

A membership application has to reach the the constituancy membership secretary before the exec meeting in order that your name is listed on the general meetings agenda for ratification, hence the six week process.

 

If someone objects to your membership then you have to be interviewed by the membership secretary before your name can be included on a subsequent agenda for ratification.

 

The process is simple but it can take time and is never instant.

 

How long is it since you left the party? I have been, and still am, chair of both constituency and ward parties for many years and I cannot remember the last time we had a vote on a membership application. We get notified of new members and may, if we wish, object and have them ejected. But they are still members.