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On Labour and Tory Memberships and Income
Aug. 23rd, 2018 05:06 pmSome snippets of data, perhaps even knowledge, gained by putting various bits of information from this BBC article reporting on the income and membership of the Tory and Labour Parties.
Total Income for Labour £55.7m
Total Income for the Tories £45.9m
Labour out fund-raise the Tories by nearly £10m in 2017.
Labour Membership 564,443. Tory Membership 124,000. Labour have 440 thousand more members than the Tories. Or, another way of looking at it are 4 times the size. Brandon Lewis, the Tory Party official says there about 300,000 affiliate Tories and such like through things Conservative Clubs.
Annual standard membership costs a Labour member £50, and a Tory member £25. With membership fee income of £16.1m and £0.835 respectively the membership fee income yield per member is Labour £28.52 and Tory £6.73. Membership discounts therefore 43% for Labour, 73% for the Tories.
Donation Income for Labour £18.2m, Tories £34.0m. Donation per member £32.24 Labour, £273.92 Tory.
Non membership income, Labour £24.4m, Tories £11.1m.
This is considerably to the advantage of the Labour Party.
They have more income. Their members give more in membership fee i.e. direct debit type committed giving, which are less likely to be forgotten. The Tories seem to be discounting there membership more. The Labour Party has more income from non-members.
The conventional wisdom is that the Tories have more money and can therefore spend more on things like general election preparations. This doesn't seem to be true at the moment.
Total Income for Labour £55.7m
Total Income for the Tories £45.9m
Labour out fund-raise the Tories by nearly £10m in 2017.
Labour Membership 564,443. Tory Membership 124,000. Labour have 440 thousand more members than the Tories. Or, another way of looking at it are 4 times the size. Brandon Lewis, the Tory Party official says there about 300,000 affiliate Tories and such like through things Conservative Clubs.
Annual standard membership costs a Labour member £50, and a Tory member £25. With membership fee income of £16.1m and £0.835 respectively the membership fee income yield per member is Labour £28.52 and Tory £6.73. Membership discounts therefore 43% for Labour, 73% for the Tories.
Donation Income for Labour £18.2m, Tories £34.0m. Donation per member £32.24 Labour, £273.92 Tory.
Non membership income, Labour £24.4m, Tories £11.1m.
This is considerably to the advantage of the Labour Party.
They have more income. Their members give more in membership fee i.e. direct debit type committed giving, which are less likely to be forgotten. The Tories seem to be discounting there membership more. The Labour Party has more income from non-members.
The conventional wisdom is that the Tories have more money and can therefore spend more on things like general election preparations. This doesn't seem to be true at the moment.
