Your Party has one declaredmember of Parliament (MP), Sultana, in theHouse of Commons, with three MPs in theIndependent Alliance, including Corbyn, also in the party but not declared as supporters in Parliament. Sultana had joined the Independent Alliance in July 2025, but exited in September. Two further Independent Alliance MPs had supported Your Party, but have since withdrawn their support. Other key figures involved in Your Party include Corbyn's former chief of staffKarie Murphy and formerNational Assembly of South Africa memberAndrew Feinstein.
There have been disputes between its key figures regarding how the party should have been launched, including a contested launch of paid membership, questions of the role ofsocial conservatism, as well as issues regarding gender imbalance and democratic accountability.[4][5]
Zarah Sultana was re-elected as a Labour Party MP in 2024, but shortly after had thewhip suspended for voting in favour of scrapping the two child benefit cap, and soon became involved in discussions towards a new party.[8] Feinstein, Driscoll and the former Labour MPBeth Winter set up the company MoU Operations Ltd (MoU),[12] incorporated on 2 April 2025, "to support the creation of an alliance of progressive community independents, with Jeremy Corbyn playing a central role in its formation".[13] The directors have said that the company was not involved in the creation of Your Party.[14]
At the start of July 2025, an online meeting of an organising committee was convened by Salma Yaqoob, bringing together various socialist activists.[8][15] The discussions included Corbyn and his allies in Collective, as well as Sultana.[8] A vote was passed in favour of forming a party co-led by Corbyn and Sultana. Corbyn and his allies had abstained, as they wished to wait until a conference setting up a new party was held to vote on the leadership.[15]
On 3 July 2025, Sultana announced online that she was leaving Labour and planned to create a new political party with Corbyn and other independents.[16][17] Independent Alliance MPIqbal Mohamed supported her comments on social media.[18] Corbyn confirmed there were ongoing discussions around forming a new party.[19] Corbyn had not been expecting the announcement,[20][17][21] and it reportedly "frustrated" him.[17] According toThe Times, Corbyn had not agreed to Sultana's statement, and had implored her to delete it after posting.[15]
On 24 July, Corbyn and Sultana launched a website with a mailing list sign-up, and invited supporters to an inaugural conference. Promotion referred to "Your Party – and the new party that develops from it". The "Your Party" name was picked up in the media.[22][23][24] However, Sultana tweeted in response, "It's not called Your Party!", and described it as an interim name.[25][26] The other members of the Independent Alliance expressed support for the creation of a new party, and welcomed Sultana to the group.[27][28]
Corbyn said that more than 80,000 people signed up to the party's mailing list in the first five hours,[29] and in less than a week, the party had received over 600,000 sign-ups.[30]Sky News reported that the party had about 200 councillors already involved, some of whom had come from existing independent groups.[29]
In August 2025, theNew Statesman reported that senior figures within the party were splitting into factions due to disagreements over visions for the party. One faction, which included Driscoll and Feinstein, argued for an alliance involving various independent groups that would grow to include a range of grassroots movements, while the other faction, which included Collective figures like Murphy and Pamela Fitzpatrick, favoured establishing a "cohesive, unified party" first.[31][32][33]
By 22 August, the party was said to have over 800,000 sign-ups,[34] including over 23,000 in Wales,[35] and over 40,000 in Scotland.[36] An online form asking for suggestions for a permanent name opened on 26 August.[37]
On 18 September 2025, Sultana and her team sent out a formal membership invitation by email to those who had expressed interest in the new party, and saw more than 22,000 sign up,[41][42] which raised an estimated £500,000.[43] Sultana announced the membership launch on her social media and attributed rumours about it being fake to "right-wing bad faith actors".[44][45] On her account onX, Sultana posted a new sign-up URL for a membership portal on a different domain to the party's main website.[46][45]
Within hours, the other five members of the Independent Alliance released a joint statement that urged supporters to ignore the "unauthorised email" and cancel any direct debits, and declared that legal advice was being taken.[44][42][47] The statement was posted by Corbyn on X and circulated by email.[44] Another statement posted on the official Your Party X account stated that the data controller had reported the matter to theInformation Commissioner's Office.[41] In January, the Information Commissioner’s Office concluded that its involvement was not required, and advised the party to consider going to the police if it wished to determine whether “serious criminal activity” occurred. The party did not refer itself to the police.[48]
In her counter-statement on X, Sultana said that she had acted "in line with the roadmap set out to members" and "to safeguard the grassroots involvement" after having been "sidelined by the MPs named in [the] statement", adding that Your Party was being run as a "sexist boys' club" due to a lack ofgender balance on the party's Working Group.[42][47][41] She also alleged that Corbyn's former chief of staffKarie Murphy had been handed "sole financial control",[41] and informed that membership fees were received by the company MoU Operations Ltd, in which Corbyn and his team had no direct involvement.[42][49][45] Sultana urged Corbyn to meet with her to discuss the dispute and to make all agreements public.[42][44] At the annual conference of the Peace and Justice Project on 20 September, Corbyn defended Murphy, saying he was "appalled" when people attacked her.[50]
PoliticsHome reported that a split was now "inevitable" according to "several" party sources[42] while some external observers speculated about the collapse of the project.[51][52] Corbyn allies who spoke toBBC News and to theMiddle East Eye did not believe reconciliation was likely but claimed that the party building process would follow the agreed schedule, with key decisions left to members at the November conference.[49][51] Corbyn's former policy directorAndrew Fisher andThe Guardian journalistOwen Jones both warned that a prolonged dispute would lead to a transfer of support to theGreen Party,[49][41] and former Corbyn spokesman Matt Zarb-Cousin called on Corbyn and Sultana to both join the Green Party.[53]The Guardian reported on the following day that the "public split" contributed to a "surge" in the Green Party membership, with the party gaining over 1,400 members in 24 hours.[54]
On 19 September, Sultana wrote she had instructed defamation lawyers to take action against the authors of "false and defamatory statements" concerning her launch of the membership portal, and described the "attacks" as "baseless" and "politically-motivated".[55] On 20 September, Jamie Driscoll, Andrew Feinstein and Beth Winter, the directors of MoU Operations Ltd, published a letter saying they had "tried to mediate between Jeremy and Zarah for some weeks" and "demanded a meeting [to which one side had] not responded despite multiple attempts", and promising to communicate a mechanism for refunds.[56] On 21 September, Sultana announced in a further statement she would desist from legal action "as an act of good faith" and was "determined to reconcile" during ongoing talks with Corbyn.[57]
On 24 September 2025, Corbyn announced the launch of the official membership portal for the party via a video on social media, based on the same domain as the party's original website.[58][59] The party said that members that signed up using the previous membership system would be carried over automatically.[60] Later that day, Sultana reaffirmed that she was a member of the party.[61][62][63]
Following a joint appearance by Sultana and Corbyn atThe World Transformed in October, Sultana said that the pair were still able to work together and compared their relationship to that ofOasis' Gallagher brothers.[64]
The Daily Telegraph andThe Guardian reported that legal issues were preventing members who had signed up with the first membership portal controlled by MoU Operations Ltd (MoU) from transferring their details and funds to the new system.[65][66]The Guardian also reported that figures in Your Party UK Ltd would be taking legal action against MoU's directors.[65] Feinstein, Winter and Driscoll subsequently resigned as directors of MoU, with Sultana taking control as the sole director of the company from 28 October.[13][14][67]
On 29 October, the party published its draft founding documents, including plans for its constitution, the rules of the party, organisational strategy and a political statement. Party members could use an online crowd editing tool to suggest edits and suggestions, before a final version was created to be voted on at the inaugural conference.[68][69]
On 3 November, it was announced that Your Party membership stood at 50,000, which was below the 100,000–200,000 members that insiders had expected to sign up.[70] Reports suggested that the total amount of money held by MoU was around £1,300,000, with £800,000 from the initial donations and the rest from Sultana's membership launch.[71][43] An offer by Sultana to transfer £600,000 from MoU in a series of phases was opposed by the Independent Alliance MPs.[72][73] The first £200,000 was transferred on 13 November.[43] Ahead of the party's inaugural conference, Sultana stated that she had transferred £600,000 (of the initial donations), with any remaining money to follow when liabilities were settled[74] and "the legal details are ironed out".[2]
On 14 November, Adnan Hussain withdrew his support for Your Party over "persistent infighting" within the party. In a statement on social media he also claimed that there had been prejudice towards himself and other Muslim MPs within the party, including the use of "offensive slurs". Hussain confirmed that he would continue to sit as an Independent Alliance MP.[75][76][77]
Around the same time, Jamie Driscoll toldThe House that he was not a member of Your Party and would not be joining,[43] and subsequently joined the Green Party a month later.[78] Iqbal Mohamed left Your Party on 21 November.[79] In a statement on X, Mohamed cited the "many false allegations and smears made against me and others, and reported as fact without evidence".[80][81] He also said that Zarah Sultana had "voluntarily left the Independent Alliance and the Your Party stewarding group on 18 Sept 2025"[80][82] (the date that she launched the first membership portal). Sultana has said that she was "excluded".[83] Mohamed said that he would continue serving as an independent MP, working with his colleagues in the Independent Alliance.[80][81]
Jeremy Corbyn giving his speech at the conference on 29 November 2025
The party's inaugural conference was held on 29 and 30 November 2025 at theACC inLiverpool, following a number of regional assemblies. About 2,500 members selected via asortition process participated in the conference,[84][85] less than initial goals of 13,000 attendees.[86] Delegates voted on the party's founding documents, including its constitution, standing orders, organisational strategy and a political statement, using aone-member-one-vote system.[68][87]
Although she arrived at the venue, Sultana did not attend the first day of the conference in protest at the exclusion of delegates for holding membership of other political parties, including members of theSocialist Workers Party.[88] In another incident, members of theRevolutionary Communist Group were removed from the venue.[89][90] The conference subsequently voted to allow such dual memberships.
On the second day of the conference, the delegates voted against having any single leader, instead opting for the party to have acollective leadership consisting of a Central Executive Committee with a chairperson who was required not to be an MP, the position supported by Sultana.[91] The delegates also voted to permanently adopt the then-temporary name Your Party, rejecting the alternate names of Our Party, Popular Alliance, and For The Many.[92]
The inaugural conference had a multitude of international speakers from democratic socialist parties all across Europe to showcase support for Your Party, including Erik Uden forDie Linke, Benjamin Pestieau for theBelgian Worker's Party, andNadege Abomangoli forFrance Unbowed.[93]
By 1 December 2025, the party had a membership of 55,000.[85][94] On 6 December,The Telegraph reported that theElectoral Commission was investigating a complaint made by groupLabour Against Antisemitism that the name 'Your Party' could breach thePolitical Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 by misleading voters.[95] On 7 December, Sultana called for discussion around possible electoral alliances with the Greens.[96]
As of January 2026[update], elections for the Central Executive Committee are underway, with the results due to be announced on 26 February 2026.[87] Under the collective leadership model, Corbyn and Sultana are ineligible for the chair and vice-chair roles due to their status as members of Parliament.[97] The CEC election has been described by party insiders as a "proxy war" between Corbyn and Sultana.[98][99] Sultana endorsed a "Grassroots Left" slate of candidates, and Corbyn endorsed an opposing slate named "The Many".[100]
In January, the party announced it will not field candidates for the2026 local elections, and will instead endorse "community independents" aligned with the party's platform.[97] Your Party did not stand a candidate in the2026 Gorton and Denton by-election as the CEC was not formed in time.[101]
The party's first conference in Scotland was held on 7 and 8 February 2026 inDundee to establish its Scottish branch.[102] Your Party Scotland members voted to stand candidates for the2026 Scottish Parliament election on a strategy of standing candidates on the regional list in a limited number of regions.[103] Members also voted for Your Party Scotland to be an organisationally independent party that remains in alliance with Your Party in England and Wales, adopted a collective leadership structure, and adopted policy positions supportingScottish independence and mandating representatives to "never vote for cuts".[104]
Party members in Wales will decide the party's strategy for the2026 Senedd election.[97] Former Welsh Labour MPBeth Winter said in February she was no longer a member of Your Party.[105]
In their joint statement formally announcing the new party in July 2025, Corbyn and Sultana mentioned policy areas such aswealth redistribution,nationalisation, investing insocial housing and opposing the privatisation of theNational Health Service. They stated that members would decide on the party's direction, leadership and policies at an inaugural conference.[106]
At the time of its launch, the party was expected to be significantly morecritical of Israel compared to Labour,[25][106] with its founding platform setting out Your Party's opposition to selling arms to theIsraeli military.[107] In an interview in August 2025, Sultana claimed that Corbyn, when he was Labour leader, had "capitulated" in adopting theInternational Holocaust Remembrance Alliancedefinition of antisemitism,[21][108] arguing that the definition equates antisemitism withanti-Zionism.[109] Following commentary around these statements, Sultana posted to social media that she was an anti-Zionist.[21] Her comments were criticised by Jewish organisations, including theBoard of Deputies andCampaign Against Antisemitism.[108][110][109] Responding, in a separate interview, Corbyn suggested it was "not really necessary" to "bring all that up",[111] and said that he was more in favour of theJerusalem Declaration.[112] In November, theNew Statesman reported that activists and members had repeatedly pressed Corbyn to clarify his position and confirm that the party would be anti-Zionist. Corbyn responded by restating his support for Palestine.[113]
The party has also been described by observers as embroiled in divided views between members who support progressive stances onLGBT rights andtransgender issues and those who holdsocially conservative beliefs on the matter.[114][115][116][117] The divide was cited as a factor in MPsAdnan Hussain andIqbal Mohamed withdrawing their support for Your Party[118] whileThe Independent cited the more progressive faction around Sultana as ideologically clashing with the socially conservate attitudes among some Muslim communities which Your Party also hopes to win support from.[119] The dispute had emerged in September 2025, after Adnan Hussain publicly agreed with a social media user who said that the fledgling party shouldn't "parrot the same neoliberal idea ofgender ideology" and called for separate spaces for transgender people.[120] Sultana later stated that "trans rights are human rights. Your Party will defend them. No ifs, no buts, and I won’t let anyone get in the way of this fight," without naming Hussain publicly.[121] Corbyn has not taken a stance over whether there should be a zero tolerance approach to allowing such views in the party.[115] During its November 2025 conference, the party's members voted to add the term "trans liberation" to its mission statement to fight the "struggles of all oppressed people."[122]
Interviewed at the Majority conference in September 2025, Sultana named "beatingReform" as the party's "most important goal for the [following] four years".[123] At the party's founding conference, held in November 2025, members voted for the party to describe itself as a "member-ledsocialist party".[85]
At the founding conference of Your Party Scotland, held in February 2026, Scottish members voted to supportScottish independence.[124] At the conference, Corbyn said that if the people of Scotland want to hold an independence referendum then "that is their choice".[125]
The Daily Telegraph reported on 25 July that Corbyn and his allies were in the process of forming asteering committee for the new party, which would operate independently from thePeace & Justice Project, a campaign movement led by Corbyn.[131] The six Independent Alliance MPs would oversee the founding of the party.[8]
There are discussions about trades unions possibly affiliating.[8] The party was registered with theElectoral Commission on 30 September 2025 under the name "Your Party". Corbyn was listed as leader of the party, with Adnan Hussain and Marion Roberts listed asnominating officer and treasurer respectively. The Commission requires a single named leader and does not recognise co-leadership. By December 2025, Andrew Jordan had replaced Adnan Hussain as the nominating officer.[1][132]
Prior to the withdrawal of Hussain and then Mohamed from Your Party in November, all members of the Independent Alliance, including Sultana, had expressed an intention to sit for the new party in the UKHouse of Commons.[133] On 18 November 2025, Zarah Sultana became Your Party's first MP in the House of Commons.[134] The party is also attempting to convince a number of sitting Labour MPs, including those from theSocialist Campaign Group, to defect and join the new party.[135][8]
At the party's inaugural conference, delegates voted to adopt acollective leadership model, in which an elected Central Executive Committee would make executive decisions.[136] The committee will be composed of 24 members: four public office holders (such as MPs, mayors, or councillors), two 'ordinary member' representatives for each of the nineregions of England, and one representative each for Scotland and Wales.[137] The committee will elect a non-MP chair, vice chair, and spokesperson to provide public political leadership.[138]
Polling carried out byYouGov in July 2025 found that 18% of the electorate would be open to consider voting for a new party led by Corbyn.[139][140] In November 2025 they found that this had fallen to 12%.[141][85] Another poll carried out byIpsos in August found that 20% of voters considered themselves very or fairly likely to back the new party, while 31% would be open to voting for a united ticket between the new party and theGreen Party.[142][143] Since the party was announced, it has polled between 4%[144] and 6%[145] in hypothetical voting intention polls.
*Co-operative Party candidates stand jointly with the Labour Party.‡5 independent MPs work together in theIndependent Alliance, 3 of whom are also inYour Party.†Sinn Féin have elected members and offices at Westminster, but asabstentionists do not take their seats.
