Tory Party Funding

The data: The growth of City donations to the Conservative Party

February 8th, 2011 | by Nick Mathiason and Yuba Bessaoud | Published in All Stories, Get the Data, Open Society, Tory Party Funding  |  8 Comments

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City financing of the Conservative Party has doubled under David Cameron to over 50% of total Tory funding, an investigation by the Bureau reveals.

The table below shows how donations to the CPCO from City backers have risen sharply over the past five years.

Year	Total Financial Services industry cash contributions to CPCO	Yearly total cash donations to CPCO (all donors)	Financial Service industry contribution as a % of total cash donations
2005	£2,748,527	£11,142,090	24.67%
2006	£6,196,999	£16,395,889	37.8%
2007	£6,175,695	£16,728,005	36.91%
2008	£5,364,319	£13,691,446	39.17%
2009	£10,849,884	£20,813,184	52.12%
2010	£11,420,974	£22,482,411	50.79%
TOTAL	£42,756,398	£101,253,025

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1. Bankster bucks bought Britain’s Tory Party | eats shoots 'n leaves says:
   

   February 8th, 2011 at 11:55 pm (#)

   [...] A chart showing the rapid growth of the bankster buck cash deluge is here. [...]

2. Paul Staines says:
   

   February 9th, 2011 at 12:42 am (#)

   Where is the breakdown of these figures?

   Are you conflating individuals with City institutions?

3. Russell says:
   

   February 9th, 2011 at 10:22 am (#)

   This being the same party leading a government that invited 25 “top business heads” to “advise” on how to run the country and spend taxpayers’ money. Egypt and Tunisia now seem that step so much closer.

4. Tories, the City and donations | westminster blog | Jim Pickard and Alex Barker share their views on the UK’s political scene for the Financial Times – FT.com says:
   

   February 9th, 2011 at 10:40 am (#)

   [...] Plus the proportion of City money going to the Tories has actually fallen from 52 per cent in 2009 to 51 per cent last year, if you look closely at the figures in the report by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. [...]

5. City provides half of Tory funds | The Economic Voice says:
   

   February 9th, 2011 at 10:42 am (#)

   [...] figures in the report show that City finance to the party increased soon after Cameron took over then again in the latter [...]

6. HHS says:
   

   February 10th, 2011 at 3:42 pm (#)

   Will the BIJ be publising the Union donations to the Labour Party and how the Unions influence the Labour Party in bring this country to its knees or do the unions also have influence and control over the BIJ as they did in the coal miners strike of the 80s.

7. Tory dependence on City money should come as no surprise | Left Foot Forward says:
   

   February 11th, 2011 at 8:26 pm (#)

   [...] it was when David Cameron became leader. Research by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that £11.4 million of the Conservative party’s £22.5m total cash donations last year came [...]

8. Interesting stats says:
   

   June 6th, 2011 at 1:01 pm (#)

   Interesting to note that Labour’s funding for the six months to end of March 2011 was 95% from unions, 5% from individuals and companies.
   http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92d7c504-8fa0-11e0-954d-00144feab49a.html#axzz1OUppqUEd