diff --git a/discord/raw_models.py b/discord/raw_models.py
index 84f849625..d61b45475 100644
--- a/discord/raw_models.py
+++ b/discord/raw_models.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
         IntegrationDeleteEvent,
         ThreadDeleteEvent,
         TypingStartEvent,
+        GuildMemberRemoveEvent,
     )
     from .message import Message
     from .partial_emoji import PartialEmoji
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ __all__ = (
     'RawIntegrationDeleteEvent',
     'RawThreadDeleteEvent',
     'RawTypingEvent',
+    'RawMemberRemoveEvent',
 )
 
 
@@ -348,3 +350,23 @@ class RawTypingEvent(_RawReprMixin):
         self.user: Optional[Union[User, Member]] = None
         self.timestamp: datetime.datetime = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(data['timestamp'], tz=datetime.timezone.utc)
         self.guild_id: Optional[int] = _get_as_snowflake(data, 'guild_id')
+
+
+class RawMemberRemoveEvent(_RawReprMixin):
+    """Represents the payload for a :func:`on_raw_member_remove` event.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 2.0
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    user: Union[:class:`discord.User`, :class:`discord.Member`]
+        The user that left the guild.
+    guild_id: :class:`int`
+        The ID of the guild the user left.
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ('user', 'guild_id')
+
+    def __init__(self, data: GuildMemberRemoveEvent, user: User, /) -> None:
+        self.user: Union[User, Member] = user
+        self.guild_id: int = int(data['guild_id'])
diff --git a/discord/state.py b/discord/state.py
index 6db292c31..c9e21658f 100644
--- a/discord/state.py
+++ b/discord/state.py
@@ -991,19 +991,24 @@ class ConnectionState:
         self.dispatch('member_join', member)
 
     def parse_guild_member_remove(self, data: gw.GuildMemberRemoveEvent) -> None:
-        guild = self._get_guild(int(data['guild_id']))
+        user = self.store_user(data['user'])
+        raw = RawMemberRemoveEvent(data, user)
+
+        guild = self._get_guild(raw.guild_id)
         if guild is not None:
             if guild._member_count is not None:
                 guild._member_count -= 1
 
-            user_id = int(data['user']['id'])
-            member = guild.get_member(user_id)
+            member = guild.get_member(user.id)
             if member is not None:
+                raw.user = member
                 guild._remove_member(member)
                 self.dispatch('member_remove', member)
         else:
             _log.debug('GUILD_MEMBER_REMOVE referencing an unknown guild ID: %s. Discarding.', data['guild_id'])
 
+        self.dispatch('raw_member_remove', raw)
+
     def parse_guild_member_update(self, data: gw.GuildMemberUpdateEvent) -> None:
         guild = self._get_guild(int(data['guild_id']))
         user = data['user']
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 3d9940f06..d92ed6b0c 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -665,15 +665,40 @@ Members
 ~~~~~~~~
 
 .. function:: on_member_join(member)
-              on_member_remove(member)
 
-    Called when a :class:`Member` join or leaves a :class:`Guild`.
+    Called when a :class:`Member` joins a :class:`Guild`.
 
     This requires :attr:`Intents.members` to be enabled.
 
-    :param member: The member who joined or left.
+    :param member: The member who joined.
     :type member: :class:`Member`
 
+.. function:: on_member_remove(member)
+
+    Called when a :class:`Member` leaves a :class:`Guild`.
+
+    If the guild or member could not be found in the internal cache this event
+    will not be called, you may use :func:`on_raw_member_remove` instead.
+
+    This requires :attr:`Intents.members` to be enabled.
+
+    :param member: The member who left.
+    :type member: :class:`Member`
+
+.. function:: on_raw_member_remove(payload)
+
+    Called when a :class:`Member` leaves a :class:`Guild`.
+
+    Unlike :func:`on_member_remove`
+    this is called regardless of the guild or member being in the internal cache.
+
+    This requires :attr:`Intents.members` to be enabled.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 2.0
+
+    :param payload: The raw event payload data.
+    :type payload: :class:`RawMemberRemoveEvent`
+
 .. function:: on_member_update(before, after)
 
     Called when a :class:`Member` updates their profile.
@@ -4042,6 +4067,14 @@ RawTypingEvent
 .. autoclass:: RawTypingEvent()
     :members:
 
+RawMemberRemoveEvent
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. attributetable:: RawMemberRemoveEvent
+
+.. autoclass:: RawMemberRemoveEvent()
+    :members:
+
 PartialWebhookGuild
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~