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	521	8	£85,230,083
2	Unite the Union	639	33	£35,727,885
3	UNISON	994	14	£26,969,282
4	GMB	1,052	22	£26,049,705
5	House of Commons Fees Office	98	5	£19,581,183
6	Lord David Sainsbury	111	17	£18,794,236
7	Mr Christopher Harborne	17	1	£14,715,000
8	The Electoral Commission	104	14	£12,890,291
9	National Conservative Draws Society	157	1	£11,488,925
10	Lord John Sainsbury	7	1	£10,752,435
11	THE PHOENIX PARTNERSHIP (LEEDS) LTD	9	1	£10,172,200
12	Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers	317	1	£9,757,665
13	Christopher Harborne	3	2	£9,052,617
14	Lord David Sainsbury of Turville	17	2	£8,881,654
15	Communication Workers Union	587	12	£8,175,056
16	Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers	169	1	£7,614,717
17	House of Lords	61	2	£7,491,616
18	Co-operative Group Ltd	37	2	£7,287,236
19	House Of Commons Fees Office.	56	1	£7,254,796
20	Mr Peter Hargreaves	2	1	£6,400,000
21	Graham H Edwards	41	1	£5,795,792
22	Electoral Commission	43	4	£5,695,696
23	Martin Taylor	48	9	£5,651,792
24	Mr John E Gore	14	1	£5,083,049
25	IPGL Ltd	113	10	£4,601,983
26	Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)	159	2	£4,565,384
27	Mr Ben Peter Delo	2	1	£4,000,000
28	Ben Delo	2	1	£4,000,000
29	Quadrature Capital Limited	1	1	£4,000,000
30	Sir Michael L Davis	52	1	£3,918,949
31	Ecotricity Limited	9	1	£3,673,000
32	Amicus	210	4	£3,517,007
33	Electoral Commission.	14	1	£3,461,440
34	Northern Ireland Assembly	646	8	£3,357,421
35	JC Bamford Excavators Ltd	111	3	£3,259,508
36	Transport and General Workers Union	140	2	£3,138,030
37	Lakshmi Mittal	4	2	£3,135,000
38	Mr JEREMY HOSKING	53	1	£3,110,463
39	Scottish Parliament	95	5	£3,095,636
40	Jeremy Elliott San	3	1	£3,000,000
41	Countywide Developments Ltd	49	2	£2,959,112
42	House of Lords Fees Office	46	2	£2,894,408
43	David Sainsbury	11	3	£2,880,151
44	Flowidea Ltd	56	5	£2,846,111
45	Unite - AMICUS Section	126	1	£2,820,668
46	Nigel Doughty	8	2	£2,770,201
47	J.C.B. Services	5	1	£2,740,833
48	Mr Gary Lubner	18	1	£2,726,844
49	Lord Michael S Farmer	45	1	£2,708,673
50	Lord Sainsbury of Turville	7	3	£2,671,847
51	Professor Christopher Barry Wood	64	1	£2,629,522
52	Mr Gary Lubner	17	2	£2,610,750
53	Sir Michael Hintze	48	1	£2,593,258
54	Communication Workers Union (CWU)	358	5	£2,585,170
55	Corporate Policy Unit	99	3	£2,470,272
56	THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE REFORM TRUST LIMITED	141	2	£2,416,076
57	Mr William E Hampton	11	1	£2,412,866
58	Ms Francesca Perrin	15	1	£2,412,000
59	Richard D Harpin	81	1	£2,357,387
60	Mr Martin Taylor	15	3	£2,319,600
61	5th Avenue Partners Ltd	3	1	£2,319,065
62	Department of Finance and Administration	21	4	£2,297,670
63	Gary Lubner	25	7	£2,277,567
64	Mr Colin Weir	5	2	£2,250,000
65	Mrs Christine Weir	5	2	£2,250,000
66	J.S. Bloor (Services) Ltd	12	1	£2,224,000
67	Labour Together Limited	112	12	£2,220,174
68	Jeremy Hosking	15	4	£2,201,367
69	Mr Andrew E Law	44	2	£2,193,749
70	Bearwood Corporate Services Ltd	85	2	£2,165,343
71	Ecotricity Group Limited	16	1	£2,144,644
72	Mr David Sainsbury	4	2	£2,079,454
73	Trailfinders Limited	5	2	£2,065,000
74	Highstone Group Ltd	27	1	£2,056,718
75	Better For the Country Ltd	3	2	£2,052,375
76	Lord na Sainsbury	1	1	£2,000,000
77	Unite - TGWU Section	45	1	£1,973,528
78	Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd	75	9	£1,892,853
79	Mr Alexander A Fraser	10	1	£1,861,900
80	Lubov Chernukhin	65	3	£1,824,570
81	Mr Ehud Sheleg	17	2	£1,804,004
82	House of Lords Fees Office.	49	1	£1,782,642
83	Mr John C Armitage	14	1	£1,782,500
84	Conservative and Unionist Party	217	4	£1,777,281
85	Lycamobile UK Ltd	14	1	£1,761,882
86	Mr Ian Roper Taylor	37	2	£1,730,485
87	Mr John Mills	8	1	£1,686,761
88	AEEU	52	1	£1,659,066
89	Mark E Petterson	128	1	£1,612,265
90	JCB Research	46	2	£1,611,240
91	Bridgemere UK PLC	11	1	£1,600,000
92	International Motors Ltd	28	3	£1,563,512
93	House of Commons Fees office	29	1	£1,544,689
94	Mr Malik Karim	27	1	£1,528,779
95	Mr Stuart Roden	12	1	£1,523,500
96	Christopher Charles Sherriff Harborne	4	1	£1,515,000
97	Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust	42	8	£1,438,487
98	Access Industries (UK) Ltd	8	1	£1,435,950
99	Mr David John Grainger	5	1	£1,360,000
100	Mr John Griffin	12	1	£1,358,700
101	Unison	76	10	£1,338,299
102	Mr Jeremy Hosking	16	4	£1,308,500
103	Northern & Shell Media Group Ltd	2	1	£1,300,000
104	Fire Brigades Union	118	4	£1,291,373
105	Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd	19	1	£1,288,638
106	Mr Derek Webb	7	1	£1,262,500
107	Mr Malcolm S Healey	10	1	£1,260,000
108	Department of Finance & Administration	27	3	£1,247,833
109	TGWU	60	1	£1,243,915
110	Sir David Garrard	14	8	£1,236,870
111	Midlands Industrial Council	32	3	£1,225,999
112	Lord Michael Anthony Ashcroft	16	1	£1,206,104
113	Huntswood Associates Limited	43	1	£1,205,196
114	Sir Ronald Cohen	5	1	£1,200,000
115	Lord James Roger Lupton	23	1	£1,169,275
116	Lord Michael D Glendonbrook	6	1	£1,150,000
117	USDAW	69	17	£1,112,018
118	Mary V Doran	1	1	£1,100,000
119	Brian Souter	3	1	£1,100,000
120	Mr Peter Wood	4	2	£1,081,000
121	Scottish Unionist Association Trust	192	2	£1,078,091
122	Mr Crispin Odey	8	3	£1,072,771
123	Mr Alasdair J D Locke	18	1	£1,067,662
124	Growth Financial Services Ltd	20	3	£1,063,000
125	The Spring Lunch	31	2	£1,053,150
126	Central England Co-operative	43	1	£1,039,176
127	David Ord Ltd	31	1	£1,034,863
128	Ms Ann R Said	13	1	£1,027,698
129	ADAM MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS LTD	42	1	£1,019,270
130	David Harding	3	2	£1,010,000
131	IM Group Ltd	29	3	£1,006,000
132	Joanne Rowling	2	1	£1,004,000
133	Diana Van Nievelt Price	2	1	£1,001,000
134	Mr Howard Paul Shore	11	1	£1,000,940
135	Mr David Tilles	2	1	£1,000,109
136	Toledo Productions Limited	2	1	£1,000,000
137	Mr Michael D Gooley	2	1	£1,000,000
138	Ms Joanne Murray	1	1	£1,000,000
139	Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE	1	1	£1,000,000
140	Lord Paul Hamlyn	2	1	£1,000,000
141	Mark Coombs	4	1	£1,000,000
142	The Tower Limited Partnership	2	1	£1,000,000
143	Peter K Hargreaves	1	1	£1,000,000
144	John Gore	1	1	£1,000,000
145	Mr Patrick H Gregory	1	1	£1,000,000
146	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Ltd	7	1	£997,822
147	House of Commons Department of Resources	66	1	£990,771
148	Rock Services Limited	15	1	£990,758
149	Leave Means Leave Limited	1	1	£990,000
150	Mr Jonathan Wood	7	3	£985,000
151	Mr Mark J Bamford	2	1	£983,000
152	KPMG LLP	58	3	£973,987
153	Mr Michael Farmer	11	3	£963,750
154	Christopher John Rea	9	1	£955,500
155	Lord Stanley Fink	31	1	£918,650
156	Mr Edwin G Morgan	1	1	£917,739
157	Sudhir Choudhrie	120	1	£906,467
158	Sun Mark Ltd	45	8	£898,511
159	Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Office	113	1	£895,423
160	Communication Workers Union CWU	76	1	£890,437
161	Mr David P Ross	37	1	£883,300
162	Mr Michael Hintze	25	10	£879,963
163	Investors in Private Capital Ltd	18	1	£870,400
164	David Rowland	5	2	£865,200
165	Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians	92	1	£852,635
166	PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	23	3	£848,589
167	Electoral Reform Society Limited	8	2	£842,319
168	Lord David E D Brownlow	21	1	£838,349
169	Fees Office - Dept. of Finance and Administration	1	1	£833,755
170	House of Lords Fees office	30	1	£821,591
171	Scottish Parliament Corporate Body	108	5	£818,963
172	Mr Mark Coombs	3	1	£800,000
173	Mr Yan Huo	11	1	£799,200
174	Mr Andrew Brannon	41	3	£791,494
175	James Adam Reuben	9	1	£763,750
176	Mr Danny Luhde-Thompson	4	1	£760,000
177	Thakeham Homes Limited	14	1	£757,840
178	Mr Ali Mosawi	6	1	£755,000
179	CC Property Company Ltd	34	2	£755,000
180	Mr William H Salomon	42	1	£753,000
181	J C Bamford Excavators Ltd	20	6	£750,500
182	Jon Aisbitt	3	1	£750,000
183	Vote Leave	6	3	£745,315
184	Andrew E Law	41	1	£745,046
185	IIR Ltd	8	2	£736,721
186	Carlton Club Political Committee	84	4	£728,700
187	Scottish Business Groups Focus on Scotland	2	1	£725,000
188	Heather Coffey	2	1	£716,207
189	Co-operative Party	407	3	£713,512
190	Rosa Haden	1	1	£711,435
191	Focus on Scotland	3	1	£711,000
192	Francesca Perrin	15	8	£705,000
193	Mr Christopher J Rea	7	1	£702,000
194	Dr Anna Lisbet Rausing	24	1	£700,600
195	Jersey House (Developments) Ltd	7	1	£700,000
196	Mr Bassim Haidar	12	1	£697,000
197	Ministry of Sound Ltd	43	5	£696,926
198	Mrs Ann R Said	9	1	£696,550
199	Community Union	125	10	£693,950
200	Mr David J Rowland	13	3	£688,500

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.