As the regulator of political parties' finance, our role is to foster the 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, searchable and to work proactively to encourage greater scrutiny of the information.
All information provided in this section is taken from our PEF Online Registers that contains details of donations, borrowing, accounts, campaign expenditure of political parties and other political organisations.
Party funding
Please follow the link below to view summary information and detailed analysis on the donations reported by political parties in their quarterly reports.
Party funding: trend analysis of donations and public funds reported every quarter since 2001, with summaries for the years 2010 and 2009 (Updated 23 November 2011).
Please follow the links below for detailed analysis on:
- Quarter 3 2011: analysis of donations, borrowing and public funds reported by Great Britain parties in the period July to September 2011 (published 23 November 2011)
- Quarter 2 2011: analysis of donations, borrowing and public funds reported by Great Britain parties in the period April to June 2011 (published 24 August 2011)
- Quarter 1 2011: analysis of donations, borrowing and public funds reported by Great Britain parties in the period January to March 2011 (published 25 May 2011)
- Quarter 4 2010: analysis of donations, borrowing and public funds reported by Great Britain parties in the period October to December 2010 (published 23 February 2011)
Follow the link below to view detail of all donations reported by political parties since 2001:
Referendum expenditure
2011 UK Parliamentary Voting System referendum and National Assembly for Wales referendum
Please follow the links below for detailed analysis and data on:
- Permitted participants' expenditure: UK parliamentary voting system referendum (5 May 2011): Expenditure of registered campaigners at the referendum on the UK parliamentary voting system. The page provides summary tables and direct links to returns and invoices.
- Permitted participants' expenditure: National Assembly for Wales referendum (3 March 2011): Expenditure of registered campaigners at the referendum on the law-making powers of the National Assembly for Wales. The page provides summary tables and direct links to returns and invoices.
Election expenditure
2011 devolved elections
Please follow the link below for headline figures and access to the returns and invoices submitted for:
- Political party and third party expenditure: 2011 devolved elections (5 May 2011): Campaign expenditure of political parties and third parties at the 2011 elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The page provides headline figures and direct links to returns and invoices submitted to the Commission (Published 1 September 2011).
- Candidates' expenses: 2011 devolved elections (5 May 2011): data on expenses incurred by candidates at the 2011 elections in Wales (published 19 October 2011), Northern Ireland (published 20 October 2011) and Scotland (published 27 October 2011).
2010 UK general election and 2009 European Parliamentary elections
Campaign expenditure: Information about the combined spending and limits for the European and UK Parliamentary elections (Published 2 December 2010).
Please follow the links below for detailed analysis and data on:
- Parties and third parties' expenditure: 2010 UK Parliamentary general election (6 May 2010): Campaign expenditure of Great Britain and Northern Ireland political parties and third parties at the 2010 general election. The page provides summary tables, direct link to returns and invoices submitted and comparative analysis (Updated 2 December 2010)
- Candidates' expenses: 2010 UK Parliamentary general election (6 May 2010): data on expenses incurred by candidates at the 2010 general election (Published 10 December 2010).
- 2009 European Parliamentary elections (4 June 2009): Campaign expenditure of Great Britain and Northern Ireland political parties and third parties at the 2009 European Parliamentary election. The page provides summary tables, direct link to returns and invoices submitted and comparative analysis (Published 6 January 2010)
Statements of Accounts
2010 statements of accounts over £250,000 - published 28 July 2011
Please follow the links below to view:
- 2010 statements of accounts: trend analysis of statements of accounts from Great Britain and Northern Ireland political parties whose gross income and/or total expenditure exceeded £250,000 in 2010. Also includes direct links to the returns (published 28 July 2011)
- Register of statements of accounts: all statements of accounts of parties and accounting units from 2002.
Contact us
For full details of financial information such as donations, borrowings, statements of accounts and campaign expenditure, please visit our PEF Online Registers.
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).
