Your Party (UK)

For the short-lived earlier UK party, see Your Party (2004).
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Your Party
Founders
Founded24 July 2025
Preceded byIndependent Alliance
Political positionLeft-wing
Website
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Former Labour Party and now independent MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana announced a new left-wing party, currently using the temporary name Your Party, in the UK on 24 July 2025.

The "Your Party" name is used on the party's sign-up website. A permanent name is set to be decided at the party's founding conference in autumn 2025. The party is associated with the Independent Alliance, a group of 6 independent MPs in the House of Commons, which Sultana joined in July 2025.

Background

The idea of a new left-wing party had been considered for some time. Jeremy Corbyn was, for many years, a member of the Labour Party and had been its leader. However, having been suspended from the party following his reaction to a report into antisemitism,[1] he stood in the 2024 general election in Islington North as an independent and was elected. He then formed a parliamentary group, the Independent Alliance, with four independent MPs who were elected on pro-Gaza platforms. In December 2024, The Spectator said that the Independent Alliance was likely to form a political party in 2025.[2] According to The Spectator, three of the members, Shockat Adam, Adnan Hussain and Ayoub Khan, were in favour of the creation of a political party to build momentum, but Corbyn was more hesitant.[2]

The Financial Times said that there has been anger among the left about the Labour Party shifting to the right under Starmer's premiership.[3]

History

Sultana announcement

Zarah Sultana, who had been elected as a Labour Party MP in 2024 but subsequently had had the whip suspended, announced in July 2025 that she was leaving Labour and planned to create a new political party with Corbyn and other independents.[4] Iqbal Mohamed of the Independent Alliance supported her comments on social media.[5] Corbyn confirmed there were ongoing discussions around forming a new party.[6]

Corbyn had not been expecting the announcement[7][4] and it had "frustrated" him.[4] According to The Times, Corbyn had not agreed to Sultana's statement, and had implored her to delete it after posting. The statement had come about following a vote among socialists involved in the discussions (including Corbyn and Sultana), where they voted in favour of forming a party co-led by the two figures. Corbyn's allies had abstained, as they wished to wait until a conference was held to vote on the leadership.[8]

Launch

On 24 July 2025, initially via a post on X, Corbyn and Sultana launched a website where people could sign up and inviting 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.[9][10][11] However, Sultana tweeted in response, "It's not called Your Party!", and it has been described as an interim name.[12]

Corbyn said that more than 80,000 people signed up to the party's mailing list in the first five hours,[13] and the party said it was over 300,000 by 25 July.[14] In less than a week, the party had received over 600,000 sign-ups.[15] As of 7 August, the party says it has over 700,000 sign-ups[16] (including over 23,000 in Wales).[17]

The other members of the Independent Alliance supported the creation of a new party[18] and welcomed Sultana to the Independent Alliance.[19]

BBC News said that the party seems likely to be established in time for the 2026 local elections.[12] Sky News reported that the party had about 200 councillors already involved, some of whom had come from existing independent groups.[13] Multiple former councillors, including former Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Leader Hedley McCarthy, have joined the party.[20][13] The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) has been involved in discussions for the new party and has offered to hand over its Electoral Commission registration.[21]

In late July 2025, six members of Hastings Borough Council and a member of Islington London Borough Council joined the party after resigning from the Labour Party.[22] In August one councillor on Coventry City Council and one on Cambridge City Council resigned from Labour to join the party.[23][24][25]

Run up to the inaugural conference

The inaugural conference will be held in Autumn 2025[26] and will decide the party's name[27] and policies.[28][29] Sultana stated that she would personally choose the name "The Left" or "The Left Party".[30][31][28] Corbyn suggested that "Your Party" could stick, but invited more ideas for the name.[32] Another reported possible name is "The People's Party".[33]

In August 2025, Sky News reported that the leadership of the party is a contentious topic internally. Allies of Corbyn suggested that he wanted an open leadership contest at the conference, though Sultana is reportedly less favourable of this idea, preferring a co-leadership model between the two; in response, she posted on X that she believed in an open vote and would like to co-lead, but that it would be up to the members to decide.[29] Leanne Mohamad, an independent activist who came within 528 votes of winning the Ilford North constituency in 2024, and Fiona Lali, leading member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, have also been spoken about as potential leadership options.[29]

Ideology and policies

There will be an inaugural conference to decide the party's policies, but in a joint statement on the launch website,[34] Corbyn and Sultana mentioned wealth redistribution, nationalisation, investing in social housing and opposing the privatisation of the National Health Service. The party is also expected to call for an end to the sale of arms to Israel, action against climate change, and protection of the right to protest.[12]

Following the launch, Corbyn also stressed a focus on grassroots organisation.[12] A former Labour councillor, Amna Abdullatif, stated that support for the Gaza Strip will be central to the party.[35]

Structure

The Daily Telegraph reported on 25 July that Corbyn and his allies were in the process of forming a steering committee for the new party, which would operate independently from the Peace & Justice Project, a campaign movement led by Corbyn.[36]

Former Labour MP Beth Winter, former Labour Mayor of the North of Tyne Jamie Driscoll, and former National Assembly of South Africa member Andrew Feinstein are advising the party.[20]

In Parliament

The party is affiliated with 6 currently independent MPs, all belonging to the Independent Alliance.[37]

It was reported that the party is attempting to convince a number of sitting Labour MPs, including those from the Socialist Campaign Group, to defect and join the party.[33]

Alliances

Following the announcement of the party, there were calls to unite the broader left, conversations which focused on an alliance between the Green Party and the new party. Zack Polanski, who is standing to be leader of the Green Party of England and Wales in a leadership contest, said he would be open to the idea. The campaign group founded by Owen Jones, 'We Deserve Better', also called for an alliance.[38]

However, Corbyn said in an interview that he did not support an alliance, preferring to work with the Green Party on particular issues in Parliament where the two parties had common ground.[38]

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