Labour sees 26,000 members quit party since Jeremy Corbyn reelection as leader.

Up to 7,000 said to have resigned last month following leader's three-line whip on MPs commanding them to support triggering of Article 50.

Labour has lost nearly 26,000 members since last summer, according to leaked data.

The apparent shedding of card-carrying supporters has led one former chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) to warn the "tide is turning".

More than three-quarters of those to leave the party last year had joined after the 2015 general election, a period that saw membership grow rapidly under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

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