Overview
- Delegates opted for a committee-style, member-led leadership with 51.6% support, rejecting a single-leader model favored by Jeremy Corbyn and welcomed by Zarah Sultana.
- Members also backed allowing people from other parties to join if they align with values, a reversal that followed expulsions over alleged Socialist Workers Party membership.
- Sultana boycotted the first day in protest at what she called a witch hunt, while party officials said the removals enforced clearly stated rules on dual membership.
- The party remains split over a disputed membership and donations portal that reportedly raised about £800,000, which Corbyn referred to the information watchdog as mistrust persists.
- Delegates received a shortlist for a permanent name — Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance, For the Many — as leaders grapple with defections, limited conference scale and competition on the left ahead of the May 2026 local elections.