These preliminary figures for 1995/6 UK business political donations went up on 30/11/96. There will be amendments through to at least June 1997. It is hoped that details of Labour's large pre 1997 election private office funds for senior politicians can be included when reliably available. But at the moment, this site confines itself to company donations and excludes individual gifts from wealthy businessmen.
Unfortunately Labour Research decided not to do any figures for 96/7 "because it was election year", but has instead decided to delay them until 97/8.
A draft party motion calling for product labelling to ensure the public knows which party they are helping to underwrite when making a purchase is also at this site.
Information, courtesy of Labour Research,78 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8HFFax: [+44 / 0] 171 928 0621 Tel: [+44 / 0] 171 928 3649
Labour research is not affiliated to any political party and
in particular is not part of the British Labour Party.
Donations are to the Conservative Party unless otherwise indicated
Aims - Aims of Industry (Conservative front)
CPS - Centre for Policy Studies (Conservative front)
IEA - Institute of Economic Affairs (not a Conservative front)
Lab - Labour Party
Lib - Liberal Democrats
Unsp - no recipient specified
There have been no donations to the Green Party
Figures in brackets are the previous year's donation
Company Financial Donation (Previous
report date 1995/6 year)
Airflow Streamlines (28/2/96) £ 5,000 (£ 3,500) Arco (28/2/96) £ 12,000 (£ 10,000) Ash & Lacy (31/12/95) £ 5,000 (£ 5,000) Austin Reed Group (31/1/96) £ 2,500 (£ 2,500) Barbour Index (30/4/95) £ 3,500 (£ 3,500) Bespak (30/4/95) £ 1,000 (£ 0) Bestway (Holdings) (30/6/95) £ 21,000 (£ 10,000) Black & Decker International (31/12/95) £ 10,000 (£ 10,000) Bowring Group (31/12/95) £ 15,000 (£ 15,000) CPS £ 3,000 (£ 3,000) Brintons (30/6/95) £ 7,500 (£ 3,000) British Vita (31/12/95) £ 6,250 (£ 8,750) Bryant Group (31/5/95) £ 2,500 (£ 5,000) Buccleuch Estates (31/10/95) £ 2,152 (£ 2,840) Caledonia Investments (31/3/96) £ 55,000 (£ 57,500) Caparo Group (31/12/95) Lab £ 47,000 (£ 54,000) Castings (31/3/96) £ 200 (£ 200) Castle View Investment Co (Sterling) (31/3/96) £ 500 (£ 0) Cater Allen Holdings (30/4/95) £ 5,000 (£ 0) CE Heath (31/3/96) £ 10,000 (£ 10,000) CH Bailey (31/3/96) £ 2,000 (£ 0) Charter (31/12/95) £ 30,000 (£ 30,000) Chubb Security (31/3/96) £ 75,000 (£ 0) CJ Lang & Son (30/4/95) £ 540 (£ 500) Clugston Group (31/1/96) £ 1,500 (£ 1,500) Coral Products (30/4/95) £ 300 (£ 0) Cosalt (31/8/95) £ 1,000 (£ 1,500) Cowie Group (31/12/95) £ 25,000 (£ 25,000) Critchley Group (31/3/96) £ 250 (£ 250) Dixons Group (30/4/95) £ 25,000 (£ 25,000) Electra (30/9/95) £ 5,000 (£ 5,000) Emerson Developments Holdings (30/4/95) £ 1,150 (£ 250) English & Scottish Investors (31/1/96) £ 5,000 (£ 5,000) Ex-Lands (30/6/95) £ 6,000 (£ 6,000) Exmoor Dual Investment Trust (31/8/95) £ 1,000 (£ 1,000) F Drake & Company of Golcar (31/8/95) £ 270 (£ 120) Fenchurch (30/9/95) £ 1,000 (£ 1,500) FKI (31/3/96) £ 35,000 (£ 35,000) Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (31/12/95) £ 12,500 (£ 12,500) Fuller Smith & Turner (31/3/96) £ 2,500 (£ 2,200) G A Pindar & Son (30/9/95) £ 885 (£ 1,000) Gartmore Shared Equity Trust (30/4/95) £ 5,000 (£ 5,000) George Williamson & Co (31/3/96) £ 15,250 (£ 14,700) Gerrard & National Holdings (31/3/96) £ 15,000 (£ 15,000) GKN (31/12/95) £ 25,000 (£ 25,000) Glaxo Wellcome (31/12/95) CPS £ 12,000 (£ 12,000) GLC (30/6/95) Lab £ 30,000 (£ 0) Glynwed International (31/12/95) £ 40,000 (£ 40,000) Greig Fester Group (31/12/95) £ 5,000 (£ 5,000) Greig Middleton & Co (30/4/95) £ 700 (£ 2,750) Guardian Royal Exchange (31/12/96) £ 50,000 (£ 50,000) Halliburton Holdings (31/12/95) £ 6,000 (£ 6,000) Hambros (31/3/96) £ 56,000 (£104,000) Hanson (30/9/95) £100,000 (£100,000) CPS £ 15,000 (£ 15,000) Hardys & Hansons (30/9/95) £ 1,000 (£ 1,250) Haymarket Group (31/12/95) £ 10,000 (£ 0) Helical Bar (31/1/96) £ 10,000 (£ 2,500) Helix Group (31/12/95) £ 850 (£ 750) HFC Bank (31/12/95) £ 1,000 (£ 2,000) Highambury (30/4/95) £ 3,000 (£ 0) Highland Distilleries Co (31/8/95) £ 4,000 (£ 12,000) Hunting (31/12/95) £ 7,500 (£ 7,500) IMI (31/12/95) £ 30,000 (£ 30,000) J & J Denholm (31/12/95) £ 1,000 (£ 750) J Saville Gordon Group (30/4/95) £ 20,000 (£ 15,000) JA Pye (Oxford) Holdings (31/3/96) £ 897 (£ 0) Jenners Princes Street Edinburgh (31/1/96) £ 200 (£ 125) John Menzies (30/4/95) £ 12,000 (£ 12,000) Johnson Matthey (31/3/96) £ 26,800 (£ 27,100) Kelly Packaging (31/3/96) £ 5,025 (£ 1,150) Kingfisher (31/3/96) £ 25,000 (£ 25,000) Lazard Bros (31/12/95) £ 15,000 (£ 35,000) Legal & General Group (31/12/95) £ 30,000 (£ 30,000) Leigh Interests (31/3/96) £ 2,000 (£ 5,000) Leopold Joseph Holdings (31/3/96) £ 1,500 (£ 1,000) Lloyds Chemists (30/6/95) £ 25,000 (£ 30,000) MacTaggart & Mickel (30/4/95) £ 30,000 (£ 32,920) Mail Marketing (Holdings) (30/6/95) £ 1,000 (£ 2,250) Majedie Investments (30/9/95) £ 3,000 (£ 3,500) Marks & Spencer (31/3/96) £ 40,000 (£ 40,000) Marshall Food Group (30/9/95) £ 2,500 (£ 5,000) Matheson & Co (31/12/95) £ 20,000 (£ 20,000) Mayborn Group (31/12/95) £ 1,500 (£ 0) McKechnie (31/7/95) £ 1,000 (£ 1,000) Middlesbrough Conservative Club (31/12/95) £ 1,400 (£ 1,950) Mirror Group (31/12/95) Lab £ 21,000 (£ 0) Morbaine Properties (31/12/95) £ 1,000 (£ 0) Morgan Crucible Company (31/12/95) £ 7,500 (£ 0) Morrison Construction Group (31/3/96) £ 5,000 (£ 5,000) Murray Enterprise (30/9/95) £ 1,000 (£ 1,000) Murray Income Trust (30/6/95) £ 5,000 (£ 5,000) Murray International Trust (31/12/95) £ 6,000 (£ 6,000) Murray Smaller Markets Trust (31/5/95) £ 5,000 (£ 5,000) Murray Ventures (31/7/95) £ 5,000 (£ 4,000) Murray Vernon Holdings (30/9/95) £ 1,100 (£ 1,050) Newarthill (31/10/95) £ 2,000 (£ 2,000) Nobo Group (30/4/95) £ 1,000 (£ 1,325) Ockham Holdings (31/12/95) £ 10,000 (£ 5,000) Paul Sykes Group (31/3/96) £214,891 (£ 10,411) Pearce Group Holdings (31/12/95) £ 1,500 (£ 500) Pearson (31/12/95) £ 25,000 (£ 25,000) CPS £ 10,000 (£ 10,000) Lab £ 25,000 (£ 25,000) P & O (31/12/95) £100,000 (£100,000) Perpetual (30/9/95) £ 5,000 (£ 0) Political Animal Lobby (30/6/95) Lab £125,000 (£ 0) Lib £ 15,000 (£ 7,500) PSIT (31/3/96) £ 5,000 (£ 5,000) Racal Electronics (31/3/96) £ 75,000 (£ 0) Robert Fleming Holdings (31/3/96) £ 75,000 (£ 75,000) Ropner (31/12/95) £ 2,000 (£ 2,000) Scapa Group (31/3/96) £ 2,500 (£ 10,000) Scottish & Newcastle (30/4/95) £ 50,000 (£ 50,000) Sears (31/1/96) £ 15,000 (£ 15,000) Shepherd Building Group (30/6/95) £ 15,500 (£ 20,000) Siebe (31/3/96) £ 40,000 (£ 40,000) Singer & Friedlander Group (31/12/95) £ 10,000 (£ 0) Slough Estates (31/12/95) £ 21,500 (£ 23,000) Aims £ 2,500 (£ 5,000) CPS £ 2,000 (£ 2,000) IEA £ 2,500 (£ 0) Specialist Computer Holdings (31/3/96) £ 10,000 (£ 10,000) Speyhawk (30/4/95) £ 2,000 (£ 0) Stadium City (30/9/95) £ 50,000 (£100,000) Sun Alliance Group (31/12/95) £ 50,000 (£ 50,000) Sun Life Assurance Society (31/12/95) £ 15,000 (£ 30,000) Lab £ 10,000 (£ 0) Tarmac (31/12/95) £ 20,000 (£ 15,000) Tate & Lyle (30/9/95) £ 15,000 (£ 25,000) Lab £ 7,500 (£ 0) Lib £ 2,500 (£ 2,500) Taylor Woodrow (31/12/95) £ 25,000 (£ 25,000) TBI (31/3/95) £ 20,000 (£ 0) Technic Group (31/12/95) £ 500 (£ 2,750) Timothy Taylor (30/9/95) £ 2,000 (£ 1,000) Tomkins (30/4/95) £ 42,000 (£ 52,000) TR Far East Income Trust (31/8/95) £ 2,500 (£ 5,000) Trailfinders (28/2/96) £100,000 (£ 1,000) TU Fund Managers (31/3/96) Lab £ 2,596 (£ 22,471) UGC (31/12/95) £ 40,000 (£ 40,000) United News & Media (31/12/95) £ 42,000 (£ 33,000) Vaux Group (30/9/95) £ 15,000 (£ 15,000) Vodafone Group (31/3/96) £ 75,000 (£ 0) Wagon Industrial Holdings (31/3/96) £ 5,000 (£ 5,000) Williams Holdings (31/12/95) £ 25,000 (£ 25,000) Willmott Dixon (30/4/95) £ 13,000 (£ 12,500) Wittington Investments (30/9/95) £200,000 (£150,000) Wylies (1989) (30/9/95) £ 3,915 (£ 4,775)
You can EMail me: Simon Gardner (sg@hack.powernet.co.uk) (I am not connected in any way with Labour Research.) |
I'd like to include EMail addresses for as many companies as possible on this page.
If you work for, or have EMail details of any of these companies, please let me know.
It's not as simple as it seems. For instance Wittington Investments is in fact the
holding company for Associated British Foods - the Sunblest bread people and
Kingfisher is the holding company for B&Q and Woolworths shops.
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