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  Only a third of people attending Tory conference are party members
  
  Barely a third of people attending the annual Conservative conference are party members, the
  
  Tories have admitted
  
  Lobbyists and other commercial visitors now almost outnumber grassroots Conservatives at conference.
  
  Thirty-eight per cent of people attending the conference are party members, while 36 per cent are
  
  from commercial or charitable organisations.
  
  The disclosure will add to fears that the party's rank-and-file membership is collapsing, handing
  
  more power to a few wealthy financial backers and professional politicians.
  
  There have been warnings that membership of the Conservative Party may have fallen bellow
  
  100,000 for the first time in post-war history.
  
  Robert Woollard, chairman of the Conservative Grassroots, said: "The fact that just one third of those
  
  attending conference are members, strongly suggests that the party faithful have been pushed too far.
  
  The contempt and disdain shown to the grassroots must stop.

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