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	558	8	£92,555,906
2	Unite the Union	639	30	£36,531,667
3	UNISON	1,008	14	£27,153,451
4	GMB	1,064	21	£26,678,389
5	House of Commons Fees Office	106	5	£19,689,529
6	Lord David Sainsbury	98	16	£16,107,736
7	The Electoral Commission	107	14	£13,109,930
8	Mr Christopher Harborne	16	1	£12,740,000
9	Lord David Sainsbury of Turville	20	2	£11,951,654
10	National Conservative Draws Society	155	1	£11,088,043
11	Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers	324	1	£9,780,465
12	Christopher Harborne	3	2	£9,052,617
13	Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers	190	1	£8,189,935
14	Communication Workers Union	570	12	£8,022,544
15	House of Lords	56	2	£7,204,107
16	House Of Commons Fees Office.	62	1	£7,180,589
17	Co-operative Group Ltd	34	2	£6,423,736
18	Graham H Edwards	42	1	£5,745,292
19	Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)	167	1	£5,671,426
20	Martin Taylor	45	8	£5,289,492
21	Mohamed Younes Mansour Lotfy Mansour	4	1	£5,262,435
22	THE PHOENIX PARTNERSHIP (LEEDS) LTD	3	1	£5,027,200
23	Francis X Hester	1	1	£5,000,000
24	Electoral Commission	42	4	£4,812,309
25	Mr Gary Lubner	21	2	£4,508,250
26	JC Bamford Excavators Ltd	105	3	£4,356,561
27	IPGL Ltd	110	8	£4,229,698
28	Electoral Commission.	15	1	£4,114,955
29	Northern Ireland Assembly	765	8	£4,042,704
30	Sir Michael L Davis	59	1	£4,010,949
31	Mr Ben Peter Delo	2	1	£4,000,000
32	Quadrature Capital Limited	1	1	£4,000,000
33	Mr JEREMY HOSKING	60	1	£3,771,744
34	Amicus	210	4	£3,517,007
35	Mr William E Hampton	12	1	£3,412,866
36	Mr John E Gore	10	1	£3,391,549
37	Lakshmi Mittal	5	3	£3,210,000
38	Mr Peter Hargreaves	1	1	£3,200,000
39	Scottish Parliament	97	5	£3,172,650
40	Mr Ehud Sheleg	19	2	£3,147,854
41	Transport and General Workers Union	141	3	£3,146,530
42	Jeremy Elliott San	3	1	£3,000,000
43	Countywide Developments Ltd	54	2	£2,917,112
44	House of Lords Fees Office	45	2	£2,861,176
45	Unite - AMICUS Section	126	1	£2,820,668
46	Nigel Doughty	8	2	£2,770,201
47	Mr Malcolm S Healey	15	1	£2,760,000
48	J.C.B. Services	6	1	£2,742,833
49	J.S. Bloor (Services) Ltd	12	1	£2,724,000
50	Ecotricity Limited	6	1	£2,613,000
51	Communication Workers Union (CWU)	358	5	£2,596,170
52	THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE REFORM TRUST LIMITED	146	2	£2,566,394
53	Flowidea Ltd	56	5	£2,541,111
54	Corporate Policy Unit	106	3	£2,534,743
55	Lord Sainsbury of Turville	2	1	£2,505,000
56	Lord Michael S Farmer	40	1	£2,497,173
57	Richard D Harpin	87	1	£2,424,318
58	Mr John Griffin	12	1	£2,380,250
59	Mr Martin Taylor	16	3	£2,329,100
60	5th Avenue Partners Ltd	3	1	£2,319,065
61	Sir Michael Hintze	50	2	£2,305,245
62	Department of Finance and Administration	21	4	£2,297,670
63	Mr Colin Weir	5	2	£2,250,000
64	Mrs Christine Weir	5	2	£2,250,000
65	Mr Andrew E Law	45	2	£2,168,359
66	Bearwood Corporate Services Ltd	85	2	£2,165,343
67	Ecotricity Group Limited	13	1	£2,104,644
68	Mr David Sainsbury	4	2	£2,079,454
69	Highstone Group Ltd	27	1	£2,056,718
70	Trailfinders Limited	4	2	£2,015,000
71	Better For the Country Ltd	2	2	£2,002,375
72	Amit Lohia	1	1	£2,000,000
73	Lord na Sainsbury	1	1	£2,000,000
74	Unite - TGWU Section	45	1	£1,973,528
75	Labour Together Limited	87	6	£1,958,790
76	Gary Lubner	25	5	£1,954,233
77	Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd	80	9	£1,950,582
78	Professor Christopher Barry Wood	53	1	£1,906,419
79	Ms Francesca Perrin	11	1	£1,887,000
80	Mr Alexander A Fraser	10	1	£1,861,900
81	Mr Ian Roper Taylor	40	2	£1,854,685
82	Conservative and Unionist Party	224	3	£1,741,976
83	House of Lords Fees Office.	51	1	£1,737,489
84	House of Commons Fees office	34	1	£1,722,411
85	Mr John Mills	8	1	£1,686,761
86	AEEU	52	1	£1,659,066
87	Mark E Petterson	139	1	£1,633,442
88	Mr John C Armitage	14	1	£1,607,500
89	Lubov Chernukhin	67	3	£1,602,570
90	JCB Research	45	2	£1,601,240
91	Jeremy Hosking	13	5	£1,557,533
92	Christopher John Rea	11	1	£1,555,500
93	Mr Malik Karim	25	1	£1,548,804
94	Bridgemere UK PLC	10	1	£1,537,500
95	Mr Gary Lubner	15	1	£1,526,844
96	Mr Stuart Roden	11	1	£1,518,500
97	Christopher Charles Sherriff Harborne	4	1	£1,515,000
98	Mr Jeremy Hosking	18	4	£1,508,500
99	International Motors Ltd	23	3	£1,450,012
100	Access Industries (UK) Ltd	8	1	£1,435,950
101	Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust	42	8	£1,422,423
102	Unison	79	8	£1,336,532
103	Alan Eldad Howard	5	1	£1,331,130
104	The Spring Lunch	34	2	£1,329,300
105	Fire Brigades Union	118	4	£1,321,073
106	Northern & Shell Media Group Ltd	2	1	£1,300,000
107	Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd	19	1	£1,288,638
108	Mr Derek Webb	7	1	£1,262,500
109	Lord Michael Anthony Ashcroft	17	1	£1,256,104
110	Sir David Garrard	17	9	£1,251,870
111	TGWU	60	1	£1,243,915
112	ADAM MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS LTD	44	1	£1,241,770
113	Mr Jonathan Wood	8	3	£1,235,000
114	Midlands Industrial Council	32	3	£1,225,999
115	House of Commons Department of Resources	81	1	£1,200,029
116	Sir Ronald Cohen	5	1	£1,200,000
117	Growth Financial Services Ltd	17	3	£1,174,000
118	Lord Michael D Glendonbrook	6	1	£1,150,000
119	Mr David John Grainger	4	1	£1,110,000
120	USDAW	69	16	£1,104,018
121	Mary V Doran	1	1	£1,100,000
122	Brian Souter	3	1	£1,100,000
123	Mr Peter Wood	4	2	£1,081,000
124	Lord James Roger Lupton	18	1	£1,075,175
125	Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Office	132	1	£1,072,545
126	IM Group Ltd	31	3	£1,070,010
127	Department of Finance & Administration	25	3	£1,035,664
128	Huntswood Associates Limited	46	1	£1,029,748
129	Ms Ann R Said	12	1	£1,012,005
130	Joanne Rowling	2	1	£1,004,000
131	Diana Van Nievelt Price	2	1	£1,001,000
132	Mr David Tilles	2	1	£1,000,109
133	Toledo Productions Limited	2	1	£1,000,000
134	John Gore	1	1	£1,000,000
135	Mr Michael D Gooley	2	1	£1,000,000
136	Ms Joanne Murray	1	1	£1,000,000
137	Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE	1	1	£1,000,000
138	Lord Paul Hamlyn	2	1	£1,000,000
139	Mark Coombs	4	1	£1,000,000
140	Peter K Hargreaves	1	1	£1,000,000
141	Mr Patrick H Gregory	1	1	£1,000,000
142	Leave Means Leave Limited	1	1	£990,000
143	Lycamobile UK Ltd	10	1	£983,182
144	Mr Mark J Bamford	2	1	£983,000
145	Lord David E D Brownlow	20	1	£970,117
146	Sun Mark Ltd	51	9	£967,011
147	Mr Michael Farmer	11	3	£963,750
148	Mr Gordon Peter Docherty	3	1	£960,000
149	Mr Crispin Odey	7	3	£949,963
150	Investors in Private Capital Ltd	18	2	£933,720
151	KPMG LLP	56	3	£923,559
152	Mr Edwin G Morgan	1	1	£917,739
153	Rock Services Limited	13	1	£915,386
154	Sudhir Choudhrie	126	1	£914,289
155	Mr Michael Hintze	26	10	£907,993
156	Scottish Unionist Association Trust	187	1	£903,482
157	David Ord Ltd	30	1	£899,863
158	Communication Workers Union CWU	76	1	£890,437
159	Central England Co-operative	39	1	£878,598
160	Mr Alasdair J D Locke	16	1	£877,662
161	House of Lords Fees office	32	1	£874,449
162	Thakeham Homes Limited	16	1	£861,020
163	PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	23	3	£858,782
164	Jersey House (Developments) Ltd	8	1	£850,000
165	Mr Mark J C Bamford	2	1	£849,000
166	Electoral Reform Society Limited	8	2	£842,319
167	Bassim Haidar	22	4	£841,151
168	Fees Office - Dept. of Finance and Administration	1	1	£833,755
169	Scottish Parliament Corporate Body	124	5	£824,869
170	The Rt Hon Peter Andrew Cruddas	8	1	£806,454
171	Lord Stanley Fink	31	1	£806,150
172	Andrew E Law	39	1	£801,297
173	Carlton Club Political Committee	96	4	£797,700
174	Mr David P Ross	36	1	£780,300
175	Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians	87	1	£778,122
176	Mr Christopher J Rea	9	1	£777,000
177	Mr Danny Luhde-Thompson	5	1	£770,000
178	David Rowland	4	1	£765,200
179	James Adam Reuben	9	1	£763,750
180	Dr Anna Lisbet Rausing	27	1	£760,600
181	J C Bamford Excavators Ltd	20	5	£753,500
182	Mr Howard Paul Shore	10	1	£750,940
183	Mrs Fiona Cottrell	3	1	£750,000
184	Jon Aisbitt	3	1	£750,000
185	Mr Yan Huo	12	1	£749,200
186	Co-operative Party	396	3	£741,744
187	IIR Ltd	8	2	£736,721
188	Mr Leopold Noe	15	1	£735,500
189	Mr Andrew Brannon	39	3	£733,494
190	Scottish Business Groups Focus on Scotland	2	1	£725,000
191	Andrew Dixon	31	1	£716,717
192	Rosa Haden	1	1	£711,435
193	Focus on Scotland	3	1	£711,000
194	Mr Oluwole O Kolade	27	1	£710,792
195	CC Property Company Ltd	34	2	£706,500
196	Andrew Bell	6	1	£705,000
197	David G Stevens	36	1	£700,745
198	TREEMAN ROCKAFELLA LIMITED	4	1	£700,000
199	Ministry of Sound Ltd	42	4	£694,946
200	Mrs Ann R Said	8	1	£690,550

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.