Who funds Westminster

The 200 biggest UK political donors by lifetime giving. The Electoral Commission’s own search lets you filter by recipient. It does not let you ask: who has this donor backed? This page does. Click any donor to see every party, MP, constituency association and APPG they have funded.

#	Donor	Donations	Recipients	Lifetime total
1	House of Commons	549	8	£88,379,365
2	Unite the Union	654	32	£38,282,768
3	UNISON	995	15	£28,052,918
4	GMB	1,062	21	£26,831,348
5	House of Commons Fees Office	104	5	£19,717,564
6	Lord David Sainsbury	107	18	£18,490,236
7	Mr Christopher Harborne	19	1	£16,165,000
8	THE PHOENIX PARTNERSHIP (LEEDS) LTD	10	1	£15,172,200
9	The Electoral Commission	106	14	£13,230,037
10	National Conservative Draws Society	161	1	£11,612,425
11	Lord John Sainsbury	7	1	£10,752,435
12	Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers	318	1	£9,759,665
13	Christopher Harborne	3	2	£9,052,617
14	Lord David Sainsbury of Turville	18	2	£8,916,654
15	Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers	186	1	£8,738,763
16	Communication Workers Union	599	13	£8,148,557
17	House of Lords	58	2	£7,439,944
18	House Of Commons Fees Office.	59	1	£7,044,172
19	Co-operative Group Ltd	35	2	£6,648,436
20	Mr Peter Hargreaves	2	1	£6,400,000
21	Electoral Commission	43	4	£5,785,623
22	Graham H Edwards	39	1	£5,702,792
23	Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)	152	2	£5,423,515
24	Mr Gary Lubner	23	2	£5,358,250
25	Martin Taylor	47	9	£5,281,800
26	Mohamed Younes Mansour Lotfy Mansour	4	1	£5,262,435
27	Mr John E Gore	15	1	£5,231,549
28	Sir Michael L Davis	56	1	£4,732,449
29	JC Bamford Excavators Ltd	108	3	£4,338,854
30	Electoral Commission.	16	1	£4,222,979
31	IPGL Ltd	117	11	£4,087,619
32	Mr Ben Peter Delo	2	1	£4,000,000
33	Quadrature Capital Limited	1	1	£4,000,000
34	Northern Ireland Assembly	709	8	£3,826,695
35	Mr JEREMY HOSKING	63	1	£3,762,390
36	Ecotricity Limited	9	1	£3,673,000
37	Amicus	210	4	£3,517,007
38	Transport and General Workers Union	141	3	£3,146,530
39	Lakshmi Mittal	4	2	£3,135,000
40	Scottish Parliament	94	5	£3,092,450
41	Countywide Developments Ltd	49	2	£3,074,612
42	Jeremy Elliott San	3	1	£3,000,000
43	J.S. Bloor (Services) Ltd	13	1	£2,974,000
44	David Sainsbury	11	3	£2,880,151
45	Flowidea Ltd	58	5	£2,877,611
46	House of Lords Fees Office	45	2	£2,862,477
47	Unite - AMICUS Section	126	1	£2,820,668
48	Nigel Doughty	8	2	£2,770,201
49	J.C.B. Services	6	1	£2,742,833
50	Lord Michael S Farmer	43	1	£2,639,673
51	Communication Workers Union (CWU)	346	5	£2,567,323
52	Corporate Policy Unit	104	3	£2,552,964
53	Professor Christopher Barry Wood	56	1	£2,540,329
54	Lord Sainsbury of Turville	3	2	£2,507,500
55	THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE REFORM TRUST LIMITED	140	2	£2,456,071
56	Richard D Harpin	83	1	£2,439,919
57	Mr William E Hampton	11	1	£2,412,866
58	Ms Francesca Perrin	13	1	£2,387,000
59	Mr Martin Taylor	16	3	£2,327,100
60	5th Avenue Partners Ltd	3	1	£2,319,065
61	Sir Michael Hintze	43	1	£2,297,958
62	Department of Finance and Administration	21	4	£2,297,670
63	Gary Lubner	24	6	£2,252,567
64	Mr Colin Weir	5	2	£2,250,000
65	Mrs Christine Weir	5	2	£2,250,000
66	Jeremy Hosking	16	5	£2,211,367
67	Mr Andrew E Law	44	2	£2,197,149
68	Bearwood Corporate Services Ltd	85	2	£2,165,343
69	Mr David Sainsbury	4	2	£2,079,454
70	Trailfinders Limited	5	2	£2,065,000
71	Highstone Group Ltd	27	1	£2,056,718
72	Better For the Country Ltd	3	2	£2,052,375
73	Labour Together Limited	104	12	£2,008,252
74	Lord na Sainsbury	1	1	£2,000,000
75	Amit Lohia	1	1	£2,000,000
76	Unite - TGWU Section	45	1	£1,973,528
77	Mr Jeremy Hosking	17	4	£1,948,500
78	Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd	77	9	£1,926,582
79	Mr Alexander A Fraser	10	1	£1,861,900
80	Conservative and Unionist Party	218	4	£1,852,064
81	Mr John C Armitage	15	1	£1,832,500
82	Mr Ehud Sheleg	18	2	£1,824,004
83	House of Lords Fees Office.	51	1	£1,762,505
84	Mr Ian Roper Taylor	36	2	£1,749,735
85	Lycamobile UK Ltd	13	1	£1,735,082
86	Lubov Chernukhin	64	3	£1,727,798
87	Mr John Mills	8	1	£1,686,761
88	AEEU	52	1	£1,659,066
89	JCB Research	46	2	£1,611,240
90	Bridgemere UK PLC	11	1	£1,600,000
91	House of Commons Fees office	30	1	£1,582,826
92	International Motors Ltd	27	3	£1,558,512
93	Mr Malik Karim	28	1	£1,556,327
94	Christopher John Rea	11	1	£1,555,500
95	Christopher Charles Sherriff Harborne	4	1	£1,515,000
96	Mr Malcolm S Healey	11	1	£1,510,000
97	Mark E Petterson	125	1	£1,467,823
98	Access Industries (UK) Ltd	8	1	£1,435,950
99	Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust	41	8	£1,413,487
100	Mr David John Grainger	5	1	£1,360,000
101	Mr John Griffin	11	1	£1,350,700
102	The Spring Lunch	34	2	£1,350,150
103	Unison	78	10	£1,340,922
104	Northern & Shell Media Group Ltd	2	1	£1,300,000
105	Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd	19	1	£1,288,638
106	Fire Brigades Union	113	4	£1,281,383
107	Lord Michael Anthony Ashcroft	17	1	£1,256,104
108	House of Commons Department of Resources	82	1	£1,253,817
109	Mr Derek Webb	6	1	£1,252,500
110	Department of Finance & Administration	27	3	£1,247,833
111	Sir David Garrard	15	8	£1,246,870
112	TGWU	60	1	£1,243,915
113	Midlands Industrial Council	32	3	£1,225,999
114	Sir Ronald Cohen	5	1	£1,200,000
115	Mr Gary Lubner	15	1	£1,176,844
116	Lord James Roger Lupton	23	1	£1,169,275
117	Lord Michael D Glendonbrook	6	1	£1,150,000
118	Ecotricity Group Limited	15	1	£1,144,644
119	USDAW	67	17	£1,121,018
120	Mary V Doran	1	1	£1,100,000
121	Brian Souter	3	1	£1,100,000
122	Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Office	130	1	£1,093,501
123	Mr Crispin Odey	8	3	£1,072,771
124	ADAM MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS LTD	41	1	£1,058,688
125	IM Group Ltd	31	3	£1,058,260
126	Growth Financial Services Ltd	20	2	£1,048,000
127	Ms Ann R Said	14	1	£1,037,423
128	Mr Stuart Roden	11	1	£1,023,500
129	Scottish Unionist Association Trust	187	1	£1,010,074
130	David Harding	3	2	£1,010,000
131	Joanne Rowling	2	1	£1,004,000
132	Diana Van Nievelt Price	2	1	£1,001,000
133	Mr Howard Paul Shore	11	1	£1,000,940
134	Mr David Tilles	2	1	£1,000,109
135	Toledo Productions Limited	2	1	£1,000,000
136	Mr Michael D Gooley	2	1	£1,000,000
137	Ms Joanne Murray	1	1	£1,000,000
138	Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE	1	1	£1,000,000
139	Lord Paul Hamlyn	2	1	£1,000,000
140	Mark Coombs	4	1	£1,000,000
141	Peter K Hargreaves	1	1	£1,000,000
142	John Gore	1	1	£1,000,000
143	Mr Patrick H Gregory	1	1	£1,000,000
144	Leave Means Leave Limited	1	1	£990,000
145	KPMG LLP	59	3	£983,218
146	Mr Mark J Bamford	2	1	£983,000
147	Central England Co-operative	42	1	£974,276
148	David Ord Ltd	31	1	£969,863
149	Mr Michael Farmer	11	3	£963,750
150	Mr Alasdair J D Locke	17	1	£947,662
151	Sudhir Choudhrie	116	1	£921,968
152	Mr Edwin G Morgan	1	1	£917,739
153	Rock Services Limited	13	1	£915,386
154	Mr Jonathan Wood	6	3	£910,000
155	Lord Stanley Fink	31	1	£908,650
156	Thakeham Homes Limited	16	1	£907,840
157	Mr David P Ross	40	1	£903,300
158	Mr Michael Hintze	25	10	£899,993
159	Communication Workers Union CWU	76	1	£890,437
160	Huntswood Associates Limited	40	1	£870,446
161	David Rowland	5	2	£865,200
162	PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	23	3	£858,782
163	Sun Mark Ltd	45	8	£853,511
164	Investors in Private Capital Ltd	18	1	£851,400
165	The Rt Hon Peter Andrew Cruddas	8	1	£849,854
166	Mr Mark J C Bamford	2	1	£849,000
167	Bassim Haidar	21	4	£843,855
168	Electoral Reform Society Limited	8	2	£842,319
169	Fees Office - Dept. of Finance and Administration	1	1	£833,755
170	Lord David E D Brownlow	19	1	£830,888
171	Mr Andrew Brannon	38	2	£824,904
172	Scottish Parliament Corporate Body	109	5	£818,975
173	Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians	92	1	£818,221
174	Mr Mark Coombs	3	1	£800,000
175	Mr Yan Huo	11	1	£799,200
176	CC Property Company Ltd	35	2	£785,000
177	Mr William H Salomon	43	1	£780,500
178	James Adam Reuben	10	1	£773,604
179	Carlton Club Political Committee	92	3	£772,200
180	Mr Danny Luhde-Thompson	5	1	£770,000
181	House of Lords Fees office	28	1	£768,327
182	Mr Leopold Noe	15	1	£765,988
183	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Ltd	6	1	£763,475
184	Dr Anna Lisbet Rausing	27	1	£760,600
185	Jon Aisbitt	3	1	£750,000
186	Vote Leave	6	3	£745,315
187	Francesca Perrin	17	10	£745,000
188	Andrew E Law	39	1	£737,190
189	IIR Ltd	8	2	£736,721
190	J C Bamford Excavators Ltd	18	6	£736,500
191	Scottish Business Groups Focus on Scotland	2	1	£725,000
192	Heather Coffey	2	1	£716,207
193	Rosa Haden	1	1	£711,435
194	Focus on Scotland	3	1	£711,000
195	Co-operative Party	402	3	£708,049
196	Andrew Bell	6	1	£705,000
197	Community Union	127	10	£704,062
198	Jersey House (Developments) Ltd	7	1	£700,000
199	Ministry of Sound Ltd	42	4	£694,946
200	Dr Peter Andrew Cruddas	21	1	£691,000

Heads up.“House of Commons” and “House of Commons Fees Office” appear in the EC register because they are the legal counterparty for MPs’ Members Estimate “Short Money” payments. Those are not donations in the lobbying sense; the EC simply records the payment trail.