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The election of Jeremy Corbyn has spurred tens of thousands of people to join the Labour Party - sending their membership figures soaring to its highest level in decades.

The Party's membership grew by 14,500 in under 24 hours - with more joining every hour.

Party sources confirmed that the total party membership now stands at more than 325,000 - the highest number since 1999.

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The party were unable to confirm how many of the newcomers had converted from 'registered supporter' status to full membership.

But Labour MP Ian Mearns said there was a "real mixture" of registered supporters and fresh members.

The Conservative Party does not routinely publish membership figures, but the current Labour figure is more than double the last reported Tory membership of 150,000 in 2014.

More than 600,000 people signed up for a vote in the Labour leadership contest - between registered supporters, members of affiliated trade unions and full members.

More than half a million of those survived the well publicised 'cull' of alleged infiltrators from other parties.