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General election 2010: party donations, week by week

Each week, the Electoral Commission publishes the big party donations of the campaign. Find out who gave what to whom
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Donations by party by the end of week 2 of the campaign

The Conservatives raised £2.2m in large donations during the second week of the general election campaign, compared to just under £1.5m for Labour, Press Association reports. The figures are from the Electoral Commission.

That compares to the first week, when the Conservative party received more than £1.46m pounds.

The Tories received 47 donations between 13 April - Monday 19 April. Labour received 14 donations, totalling £1.49m. The Liberal Democrats received just three, totalling £120,000.

Research firm JCB Research gave £250,000 to the Tories - for Labour it was £400,000 from Sir Alan Sugar's Amshold.

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  • panchopuskas panchopuskas

    20 Apr 2010, 9:19PM

    Democracy at work. A bit like the "Vote Lib Deb get anybody BUT Lib Dem".

    Maybe we should get the Yanks to invade us and implant some real democracy like in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Droff Droff

    20 Apr 2010, 10:00PM

    Thanks Chase3

    Well, I think we know where to start:

    https://www.libdems.org.uk/make_a_donation.aspx

    Just donated £20.

    Me too, and raise you five.
    Democracy is worth a small sacrifice, for all its faults. Maybe this will help buy a little back from the Axis of Murcroft

  • teaandchocolate teaandchocolate

    20 Apr 2010, 10:26PM

    Well at least we know which party hasn't been bought.

    It should be easier for the LIb Dems to blast in some uncomfortable economic policies when they assume power.

    Looking forward to it very much.

  • dougbamford dougbamford

    20 Apr 2010, 11:18PM

    The Tories get all that money from their rich friends and yet they are still ballsing up their easiest election in a generation. Hah.

    Their claim that they represent change is incredibly hollow since a) they consider themselves the rightful leaders, b) their close links to the establishment, c) their total rejection of electoral reform.

    I vote for a 50% PR electoral system so that we all get a chance to vote for the party we really prefer as well as a local MP.

  • dougbamford dougbamford

    20 Apr 2010, 11:20PM

    The Tories get all that money from their rich friends and yet they are still ballsing up their easiest election in a generation. Hah.

    Their claim that they represent change is incredibly hollow since a) they consider themselves the rightful leaders, b) their close links to the establishment, c) their total rejection of electoral reform.

    I vote for a 50% PR electoral system so that we all get a chance to vote for the party we really prefer as well as a local MP.

  • dougbamford dougbamford

    20 Apr 2010, 11:35PM

    I commend the lib dem donors above. However, it seems apt to mention that you need 58,000 others to do the same in order to match a few rich Tory tax dodgers - thats democracy.

  • Decimal Decimal

    21 Apr 2010, 11:57AM

    Thank you for the link :)
    I note that private holding company IPGL have donated *£250,000* to the Conservatives' campaign.

    Quote from their web site:
    "Over the past 20 years the group has had considerable success in building broking, retail CFD, fund management, insurance and gaming companies."

    So, we can see where David Cameron's priorities will lie when he surges to power, can't we? No chance of hedge funds getting a kicking from him then!

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