Transform (political party)

The Transform Party (also known as Transform Politics, or simply Transform) is a political party active in Great Britain. A merger of four political groups, the Breakthrough Party, Left Unity, the Liverpool Community Independents and the People's Alliance of the Left, Transform aims to build a new left-wing political party to challenge both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.

History
On 24 July 2023, Transform launched, with backing from Maia Thomas, who previously set up a Black Lives Matter group in Exeter. The party claim to "fill a socialist void" left by Labour, as members believed it is moving "too far right" under Keir Starmer's leadership. In August, they received support from trans activist, India Willoughby. It was officially founded as a party on 25 November, where they held an inaugural conference. In December, independent King's Lynn councillor Jo Rust confirmed that she had joined the party, though still sits as an independent.

Transform announced three candidates for the 2024 general election: in Bishop Auckland and Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor under the Transform banner and in Liverpool Garston under the Liverpool Independents banner. They also published a "Left List" of over eighty independents (some deselected former Labour members), Green candidates, and other left candidates, particularly those running against right-wing Labour MPs.