MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Nearly 26,000 members have left the UK Labour Party since last summer with more than three-quarters of those who left the party in 2016 having joined it after the 2015 general election, the Times newspaper reported on Friday, citing leaked data.
According to the newspaper, the number of lawmakers leaving the party in 2016 was more than the previous six years combined.
Jeremy Corbyn was elected as the party's leader in September 2015 after the Labour's defeat in the May 2015 general election. In June, 2016, Corbyn faced a motion of no confidence and saw half of the Shadow Cabinet resign in protest to what they claimed was his inability to lead the main opposition party after the Brexit referendum. He refused to resign and participated in the party leadership election in September 2016, winning and remaining the party's leader.
