As the regulator of political parties' finance, our role is to foster integrity and transparency of party and election finance.
In this section, you will find analysis of the statutory information provided by political parties and contained in our registers.
We aim to make information on party finance more accessible, intelligible and searchable and work proactively to encourage greater scrutiny of the information.
UK general election: campaign expenditure
On 2 September 2010 we published campaign expenditure of political parties (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and third parties that spent up to £250,000 at the 2010 UK general election campaign.
To view a summary of parties' expenditure and other information, please follow the link below:
Quarter 2 2010
On 23 August 2010 we published information on the donations received and borrowing by political parties during April to June (Quarter 2 2010).
Analysis of the donations and borrowing reported by parties can be viewed through the link below:
More analysis
Please follow the links below to view our analysis of:
- 2009 Statements of accounts: trend analysis of Great Britain and Northern Ireland political parties' statement of accounts with direct links to the returns (published 29 July 2010)
- Party funding: analysis of donations and public funds since 2001, with details for the year 2009 and 2008
- Quarter 1 2010: analysis of donations, borrowing and public funds reported by Great Britain parties in the period January to March 2010 (published 26 May 2010)
- European Parliament election 2009 Campaign Expenditures: summary figures and details of Great Britain, Northern Ireland parties and third parties' expenditure at the the 2009 European election with direct links to returns and invoices (published 6 January 2010)
Contact us
For full details of financial information such as donations, borrowings, statements of accounts and campaign expenditures, please visit our registers database
Click here to find out more information regarding legislation on political parties' finance.
For questions, requests or clarifications, please contact the Party and Elections Finance Directorate by email (pef@electoralcommission.org.uk) or telephone (020 72710616).
