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Labour Party leadership: Trade union electors ‘may hit 6 figures’

THE number of trade unionists signing up as Labour supporters to vote in the leadership election could reach six figures, a party insider told the Star yesterday.

Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD) spokesman Jon Lansman made the prediction yesterday after Labour published new membership figures.

As well as 246,469 full members, the statistics show that the party currently has 9,115 registered supporters and 3,788 affiliated supporters.

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