JEREMY CORBYN attracted a fresh wave of at least 15,500 members to the Labour Party, it was revealed yesterday, just 24 hours after he was announced the new leader.

The party now has at least 325,000 members, a Labour spokesman told the Star. This shot up from the 270,000 recorded last month before the leadership ballots were sent out.

Labour membership is currently the highest since 1999 and thousands more people are expected to join over the coming weeks.

It is not known what proportion of new members were registered supporters that paid £3 to vote in the leadership race.

The surge is larger than the 13,601 members that voted for Blairite candidate Liz Kendall, who got nearly 19,000 votes in total.

Transport union RMT rejected claims yesterday that it has restored its affiliation with the Labour Party, although it reiterated its support for Corbyn’s “stunning victory.”

Speaking at a fringe meeting at the TUC in Brighton, general secretary Mick Cash said: “The speculation over RMT reaffilliation is miles wide of the mark.

“That issue is not under discussion and the earliest that the matter could be raised is at our next AGM in June 2016.”

The Conservative Party is being overshadowed by growing Labour. Its membership has halved since PM David Cameron took the helm, according to 2013 statistics published by the Commons.

The Tories failed to respond to the Star when asked for an up-to-date membership figure.

Corbyn, who started in the race as the “rank outsider” with odds to win of 200/1, succeeded Ed Miliband with a massive 59.5 per cent of the vote in the first round.

Andy Burnham received 19 per cent, Yvette Cooper 17 per cent and Kendall 4.5 per cent.

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