Party Donations

Posted by Harry Aldridge on 05 27th, 2009 | 4 responses

The latest figures on donations to political parties in Q1 2009 have been published by the Electoral Commission. They make for interesting reading.

Party Cash Non Cash Total
 Amount (£)  No  Amount (£)  No  Amount (£)  No
Conservative Party 3,656,322 206 626,594 39 4,282,916 245
Labour Party 2,687,763 273 113,033 25 2,800,796 298
Liberal Democrats 792,075 103 34,676 18 826,751 121
UK Independence Party 286,059 32 176,890 8 462,948 40
Co-operative Party 343,265 1 7,250 2 350,515 3
Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales 106,239 1 0 0 106,239 1
Scottish Voice 70,000 2 0 0 70,000 2
Scottish National Party 55,921 4 0 0 55,921 4
No2EU: Yes to Democracy 45,000 1 0 0 45,000 1
The Green Party 21,680 6 0 0 21,680 6
British National Party 21,132 4 0 0 21,132 4
Jury Team 17,143 1 0 0 17,143 1
The New Party 16,000 3 0 0 16,000 3
Christian People Alliance 3,400 6 0 0 3,400 6
Mum’s Army 0 0 8,973 1 8,973 1
mums4justice 0 0 8,973 1 8,973 1
Total 8,123,799 643 921,889 93 9,103,487 736

What is fascinating is the low donations received by the BNP and Green parties. Quite who the co-operative party is I have no idea, and how have they raised so much money?

UKIP’s £286,059 includes Stuart Wheeler’s £100,000, and also £23,000 in total from UKIP Peers Lord Pearson and Lord Willoughby De Broke. UKIP MEPs donated over £10,000 between them.

You can go and look for yourself.

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4 Responses to “Party Donations”

  1. Mark Wadsworth says:
    May 27, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    The Co-op Party is a historic offshoot of the Labour Party that is to all intents and purposes the same thing. It's not the political wing of the mutually owned supermarket chain, if you see what I mean.

  2. John_Botting says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    UKIP MEP's only donated £10,000 between them? Thought it would be higher than that. Thats just over £1,000 each! Frankly I would have expected to see more.

  3. JBM1987 says:
    June 1, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    New Labour and Co-op candidates stand on the same ticket. There are a quite a few in the government's upper echelons.

  4. Agzmcizd says:
    June 26, 2009 at 6:44 am

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