Since 2015, Open Labour has produced and published a number of essays across a range of topics on its website, and has held meetings and conferences routinely to establish its strategy and political positions.

Several Open Labour activists and members were elected to Parliament in the 2017 United Kingdom general election, including Open Labour Treasurer Alex Sobel, Jo Platt, Emma Hardy, Anna McMorrin, Paul Sweeney, Marsha de Cordova, and Lloyd Russell-Moyle.

In 2021, the organisation said its membership stood at 1,500 and it plans to make a number of endorsements for upcoming local and devolved elections.

[8] Their beliefs include advocating an economic platform of transforming the UK economy to a higher-investment, environmentally conscious and more democratic model.

They are also generally pro-European, and call for Labour to maintain a close relationship with Europe and its sister parties on the continent, and for solidarity with those campaigning for social justice here and internationally.