In the 2020 leadership election 490,731 people voted, of whom 401,564 (81.8%) were full members, 76,161 (15.5%) had affiliated membership and 13,006 (2.6%) were registered supporters.
[22] Membership numbers then fell by tens of thousands in the final years of Nicola Sturgeon's leadership.
[26] Shortly before this, it was revealed that Conservative MP and former junior minister Tim Loughton had been caught applying to become a registered Labour supporter, subsequently claiming that his intention was to "blow the gaff on what a complete farce the whole thing is".
[27] Veteran Labour MP Barry Sheerman also joined calls for the election to be "paused" over the fears of infiltration by other parties.
[34] A number of high-profile individuals have been blocked from voting, including Marcus Chown,[35] Jeremy Hardy, Douglas Henshall,[36] Ken Loach,[35] Francesca Martinez,[36] Mark Serwotka,[37] Pete Sinclair,[38] Mark Steel,[39] Luke Wright[40] and Toby Young.
[43][44] Claims of such a "purge" of Corbyn supporters were rejected by Harman who insisted that the exclusion processes were impartial to candidates.
[45] Scottish newspaper The National printed a page-long satirical cartoon speculating further vote-rigging by Labour's leadership.
[52] Many Labour members came out in support of Campbell using the hashtag #expelmetoo reporting they had similar voted for the Liberal Democrats or other remain parties.
"[66] Once you have registered an online application you will be contacted by a representative of your local Party branch for a membership interview.
If your application to join the Communist Party is refused, you will be refunded your online registration fee, with £1 retained to cover administration costs.