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New Poll Finds One in Four Labour Members Eye Corbyn–Sultana Left-Wing Movement

Survey data points to enthusiasm tempered by worries that a new force on the left could boost Conservatives or Reform UK.

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Jeremy Corbyn at a rally in London last year calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. He set up a new party last month
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Overview

  • Survation, polling 1,021 Labour members for LabourList this month, reports 28% are considering supporting Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s pro‑Gaza movement planned for an autumn launch.
  • Fifty‑nine percent say Sir Keir Starmer should pursue more left‑wing policies, 35% want faster delivery of his current agenda, and 2% prefer a move to the right.
  • Fifty‑one percent believe a breakaway could split left‑leaning votes and improve the chances of a Conservative or Reform UK government.
  • Corbyn claims 700,000 people have signed up to the project, which remains unnamed with launch details and leadership elections still to be confirmed.
  • Labour’s latest accounts show membership fell by 37,215 last year to 333,235, while Diane Abbott says she advised Corbyn not to start a new party and confirms she will not join.