The Labour Party has some 400k plus voting members, while the Tory Party has under 200k. Yes, those 200k Tory members fund their party with a lot more than the 400k Labour members put into Labour, but that's because there are more Tory millionaires than Labour millionaires. The more someone earns, the greater the likelihood they would support lower taxes, which is a cornerstone of Tory policy.
However, if the 400k Labour members signed up as Tory Party members, they could convert the Tory Party beyond all recognition. Tories cannot do such a takeover on the Labour Party as there simply aren't enough of them.
It would be like the attempt the Tufton Street funded 'Restore Trust' movement made to control the National Trust as part of the right wing Culture War. Restore Trust failed, however, as they simply didn't have the numbers to overwhelm the National Trust and, in fact, swelled genuine NT membership as a consequence. Restore Trust recently lost a legal case against The Good Law Project and had to reveal its links to climate denialism and the fiscally irresponsible Institute of Economic Affairs.
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