According to Reform UK’s live membership tracker, there were almost 153,000 members at the time of writing. According to the Guardian, approximately 2.8 million people were registered with the Conservative Party and one million to the Labour Party in the 1950s.

Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, has said that Tommy Robinson is “not what we need”, after Elon Musk praised the imprisoned far-Right activist. Mr Musk, the tech billionaire and vocal supporter of Mr Farage, retweeted posts on X describing Robinson as a “political prisoner” and separately said: “Britain needs Reform now!”

The right wing party says it has tens of thousands of more members than the Tories. But will they really be able to improve its electoral 'ground game'?