diff --git a/synapse/handlers/sync.py b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
index 41a15ee020..844f3ea8b7 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/sync.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
@@ -3096,6 +3096,7 @@ class SyncHandler:
             sync_result_builder.forced_newly_joined_room_ids
         )
         newly_left_rooms: list[str] = []
+        left_announcement_room_ids: set[str] = set()
         room_entries: list[RoomSyncResultBuilder] = []
         invited: list[InvitedSyncResult] = []
         knocked: list[KnockedSyncResult] = []
@@ -3200,6 +3201,7 @@ class SyncHandler:
                     knocked.append(knock_room_sync)
 
             if room_id in sync_result_builder.announcement_room_ids:
+                left_announcement_room_ids.add(room_id)
                 continue
 
             # Always include leave/ban events. Just take the last one.
@@ -3311,7 +3313,9 @@ class SyncHandler:
 
         room_entries.extend(
             await self._get_announcement_room_entries(
-                sync_result_builder, sync_result_builder.announcement_room_ids
+                sync_result_builder,
+                sync_result_builder.announcement_room_ids,
+                left_room_ids=left_announcement_room_ids,
             )
         )
 
@@ -3327,6 +3331,7 @@ class SyncHandler:
         self,
         sync_result_builder: "SyncResultBuilder",
         room_ids: AbstractSet[str],
+        left_room_ids: AbstractSet[str] = frozenset(),
     ) -> list["RoomSyncResultBuilder"]:
         """Returns entries for the given announcement rooms that have an
         announcement to show, i.e. a non-state event.
@@ -3336,9 +3341,15 @@ class SyncHandler:
         most recent events hold an announcement. On an initial sync, a room is
         included if its most recent events hold an announcement.
 
+        Rooms in `left_room_ids` are included even without an announcement, so
+        that the client replaces the user's real membership with the synthetic
+        join and gets the room's current state.
+
         Args:
             sync_result_builder
             room_ids: The announcement rooms to consider.
+            left_room_ids: Rooms among `room_ids` that the user left or was
+                removed from since the `since_token`.
         """
         since_token = sync_result_builder.since_token
         now_token = sync_result_builder.now_token
@@ -3357,7 +3368,7 @@ class SyncHandler:
             room_id
             for room_id, (events, _, _) in room_to_events.items()
             if not all(event.is_state() for event in events)
-        }
+        } | (left_room_ids & room_ids)
 
         if since_token and sync_result_builder.full_state:
             recent_room_to_events = await self.store.get_room_events_stream_for_rooms(
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/test_sync.py b/tests/rest/client/test_sync.py
index e5725ddbb7..0504180cc2 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/test_sync.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/test_sync.py
@@ -2242,6 +2242,9 @@ class ServerAnnouncementsSyncTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
     def _timeline_ids(self, room: JsonDict) -> list[str]:
         return [event["event_id"] for event in room["timeline"]["events"]]
 
+    def _timeline_types(self, room: JsonDict) -> list[str]:
+        return [event["type"] for event in room["timeline"]["events"]]
+
     def _state_types(self, room: JsonDict) -> set[str]:
         return {event["type"] for event in room["state"]["events"]}
 
@@ -2342,8 +2345,9 @@ class ServerAnnouncementsSyncTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         )
 
     def test_removed_member(self) -> None:
-        """A member removed from the room by the config does not get their leave,
-        then gets later announcements as a non-member, on initial sync too.
+        """A member removed from the room by the config switches straight to the
+        synthetic join and the room's current power levels, then gets later
+        announcements as a non-member, on initial sync too.
         """
         since = self._sync(self.former_tok)["next_batch"]
 
@@ -2352,7 +2356,14 @@ class ServerAnnouncementsSyncTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         ]
         self.get_success(self.handler.reconcile_rooms())
         response = self._sync(self.former_tok, since)
-        self._assert_not_delivered(response)
+        room = self._assert_delivered(response, self.former)
+        self.assertNotIn(EventTypes.Message, self._timeline_types(room))
+        power_levels = [
+            event
+            for event in room["state"]["events"] + room["timeline"]["events"]
+            if event["type"] == EventTypes.PowerLevels
+        ][-1]
+        self.assertNotIn(self.former, power_levels["content"]["users"])
 
         event_id = self._announce("hello")
         room = self._assert_delivered(
@@ -2380,6 +2391,17 @@ class ServerAnnouncementsSyncTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         room = self._assert_delivered(response, self.former)
         self.assertEqual(self._timeline_ids(room)[-2:], event_ids)
 
+    def test_member_leaving(self) -> None:
+        """A member who leaves the room on their own switches straight to the
+        synthetic join, even when no announcement is sent.
+        """
+        since = self._sync(self.former_tok)["next_batch"]
+
+        self.helper.leave(self.room_id, self.former, tok=self.former_tok)
+
+        room = self._assert_delivered(self._sync(self.former_tok, since), self.former)
+        self.assertEqual(self._timeline_ids(room), [])
+
     def test_initial_sync_after_leaving(self) -> None:
         """A former member who left on their own gets a single, synthetic join
         on initial sync, even when their real leave is among the recent events.