| foundation = {{start date|2024|07}}
| foundation = {{start date|2024|07}}
| website = {{url|https://majorityuk.org}}
| website = {{url|https://majorityuk.org}}
| country = United Kingdom
| country = United Kingdom
| founder = Jamie Driscoll
| founder = Jamie Driscoll
| membership = ~1,000
| membership = ~1,000
Political party in United Kingdom
Majority is a left-wing political organisation in the United Kingdom founded in 2024 by supporters of Jamie Driscoll.
It has worked been described as a movement for a progressive alliance, and as a political party.[1]
Majority was founded in 2024 by people who had campaigned for Jamie Driscoll in the 2024 North East mayoral election.[2][3] Driscoll called on Labour Party members to leave the party, and to join Majority.[4] On 16 December 2024, Driscoll registered Majority with the Electoral Commission to field candidates across Great Britain.[5]
In the 2025 Longbenton and Benton ward by-election, Majority as well as North Tyneside Community Independents endorsed the Green Party candidate Jim Howard.[6]
In the 2025 South Jesmond ward by-election, Majority endorsed the Green Party candidate Sarah Peters.[7]
In August 2025, Jamie Driscoll announced he was standing 2026 Newcastle City Council election in Monument ward, and said that a progressive alliance of Majority, the Green Party and independents could win control of Newcastle City Council.[7] Driscoll also announced that Majority had almost 1,000 due-paying members.[7]
In September 2025, Majority hosted a conference with Zarah Sultana, discussing the prospects of a potential new left-wing party.[8][9] Approximately 330 attended.[8] Driscoll and Sultana both said how Majority’s relationship with a new party would be up to Majority’s own membership.[9]
Platform and support
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The organisation is left-wing,[2][4] with anti-racist and pro-public ownership values.[10]
As an organisation supporting a progressive alliance, Majority has backed Green and independent candidates, as well as progressive Labour candidates who agree to support Majority’s platform and operate under the Nolan Principles.[11][2] Majority’s members themselves are Greens, ex-Labour members, as well as unaffiliated and Labour members.[2]
Majority has held people’s assemblies to determine their policies on given issues.[10]
- ^ “The power of place: building independent power from local communities”. Red Pepper. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ a b c d Jobson, James (2 October 2024). “Can the Majority uproot Labour?”. North East Bylines. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ Jamie, Driscoll (28 September 2024). “Majority: a new politics based on truth”. North East Bylines. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ a b Jobson, James (28 December 2024). “If not Labour, then who?”. North East Bylines. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ “View registration – The Electoral Commission”. search.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ “Progressive groups unite behind Green Party candidate in Longbenton and Benton by-election”. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ a b c Holland, Daniel (18 August 2025). “Ex-mayor Jamie Driscoll to stand for election in Newcastle under ‘progressive alliance’ plans”. Chronical Live. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ a b Anya, Cook (8 September 2025). “Packed out Majority Conference with Zarah Sultana and Jamie Driscoll”. North East Bylines. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ a b Brown, Mark; Brown, Mark (7 September 2025). “Labour is dead, says Zarah Sultana as she calls for patience over party launch”. The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ a b Hames, Richard (8 July 2025). “What We Know About the New Left Party So Far”. Novara Media. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ Holland, Daniel (24 September 2024). “Ex-mayor Jamie Driscoll to launch new political organisation to create ‘progressive alliance’“. Chronical Live. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
