On 28 July 2011, we published the statements of accounts of parties and accounting units whose income or expenditure exceeded £250,000 in 2010.
This page provides trends of income, expenditure and net assets (or liabilities) for political parties whose income or expenditure is above £250,000.
Figures have not been consolidated with those of the parties' accounting units.
All parties and accounting unit's statements of accounts from 2002 and more information about the law can be accessed through the links below:
Register of statements of accounts
Legislation on political party finance
Great Britain
You can view the trends or download the statement of accounts (SOA) of the parties registered in Great Britain with income or expenditure above £250,000:
| British National Party | Trend Chart (BNP) | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Trend Chart (CON) | |
| Co-operative Party [The] | Trend Chart (CO-OP) | |
| Green Party | Trend Chart (GRN) | |
| Labour Party | Trend Chart (LAB) | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trend Chart (LD) | |
| Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales [The] | Trend Chart (PC) | |
| Scottish National Party (SNP) | Trend Chart (SNP) | |
| UK Independence Party (UK I P)* | Trend Chart (UKIP) |
Northern Ireland
Parties registered in Northern Ireland with income or expenditure above £250,000:
| Conservative and Unionist Party [The] | Trend Chart (CON) | |
| Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. | Trend Chart (DUP) | |
| Sinn Féin | Trend Chart (SF) | |
| SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) | Trend Chart (SDLP) | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | Trend Chart (UUP) |
For any request or clarification please email pef@electoralcommission.org.uk.
British National Party
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
370,420 |
718,099 |
672,246 |
726,455 |
611,274 |
985,722 |
1,983,947 |
SOA not submitted |
| Expenditure |
342,802 |
738,333 |
766,958 |
707,598 |
661,856 |
1,068,364 |
2,041,149 | |
|
Net assets (liabilities) |
62,432 |
42,198 |
(52,512) |
(35,009) |
(85,591) |
(168,233) |
(361,438) |

Conservative and Unionist Party
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 | |
| Income |
13,619,000 |
20,041,000 |
24,227,000 |
30,866,000 |
| Expenditure |
16,034,000 |
26,238,000 |
39,206,000 |
26,668,000 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
1,284,000 |
(4,943,000) |
(18,082,000) |
(9,011,000) |
|
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
33,509,000 |
32,361,000 |
41,984,000 |
43,143,000 |
| Expenditure |
31,921,000 |
31,927,000 |
37,154,000 |
49,205,000 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
(7,750,000) |
(7,463,000) |
(2,779,000) |
(9,282,000) |
Co-operative Party
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
928,308 |
985,870 |
1,109,837 |
971,034 |
1,159,164 |
983,483 |
970,752 |
1,079,285 |
| Expenditure |
1,015,892 |
982,726 |
1,182,656 |
1,081,386 |
1,169,594 |
1,008,218 |
1,012,752 | 1,049,290 |
|
Net assets (liabilities) |
312,718 |
522,868 |
453,219 |
349,767 |
243,123 |
261,605 |
219,801 | 253,359 |

Green Party
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
232,634 |
473,224 |
413,278 |
426,445 |
366,525 |
546,406 |
813,841 | 770,495 |
| Expenditure |
281,029 |
506,543 |
412,898 |
278,415 |
394,887 |
540,652 |
813,382 |
889,867 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
18,947 |
(14,372) |
23,128 |
171,158 |
142,796 |
148,550 |
149,009 |
29,637 |
Labour Party
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 | |
| Income |
26,940,000 |
29,312,000 |
35,304,000 |
25,823,000 |
| Expenditure |
24,281,000 |
32,109,000 |
49,804,000 |
26,637,000 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
(4,411,000) |
(11,576,000) |
(27,247,000) |
(24,863,000) |
|
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
32,358,000 |
34,012,000 |
26,798,000 |
36,270,000 |
| Expenditure |
24,848,000 |
26,202,000 |
24,732,000 |
33,840,000 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
(15,999,000) |
(12,116,225) |
(16,624,000) |
(7,476,000) |
Liberal Democrats
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
4,096,280 |
5,060,121 |
8,582,035 |
5,781,395 |
5,520,499 |
5,473,256 |
6,497,013 | 9,637,354 |
| Expenditure |
4,005,149 |
4,614,418 |
8,783,485 |
4,598,981 |
5,862,841 |
6,013,956 |
6,679,089 |
9,973,077 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
247,038 |
691,703 |
297,970 |
1,514,460 |
1,127,783 |
457,118 |
109,651 |
(348,960) |
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
535,688 |
535,587 |
560,644 |
878,593 |
527,279 |
998,571 |
798,805 | 667,114 |
| Expenditure |
582,283 |
472,298 |
491,412 |
739,075 |
803,620 |
678,313 |
768,982 | 932,708 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
63,304 |
126,593 |
195,825 |
588,343 |
312,002 |
574,883 |
611,557 | 378,935 |

Scottish National Party
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
908,200 |
1,305,775 |
1,118,148 |
1,836,405 |
2,562,970 |
1,768,384 |
1,842,127 |
1,861,995 |
| Expenditure |
1,394,090 |
999,141 |
1,242,764 |
1,384,154 |
2,803,560 |
1,700,401 |
1,737,609 |
2,167,720 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
(906,404) |
(649,093) |
(796,475) |
(344,224) |
(584,814) |
(516,831) |
(412,313) |
(718,038) |
UK Independence Party (UK I P)
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010* | |
| Income |
504,939 |
1,744,659 |
676,952 |
435,827 |
792,658 |
602,003 |
1,221,422 |
1,342,737 |
| Expenditure |
635,271 |
1,702,549 |
665,292 |
415,578 |
774,177 |
588,570 |
1,201,617 |
1,361,029 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
(101,085) |
(58,975) |
(47,315) |
(27,066) |
(8,585) |
4,848 |
24,653 |
6,361 |
*2010 figures are from 'United Kingdom Independent Party Ltd' accounts. This is a registered accounting unit which took on all financial affairs of the central party in 2010.
Conservative and Unionist Party
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 | |
| Income | 1,459 | 7,896 | 2,995 | 5,099 |
| Expenditure | 7,595 | 3,197 | 2,054 | 4,626 |
| Net assets (liabilities) | (3,858) | 841 | 1,782 | 3,425 |
|
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income | 3,706 | 42,539 | 215,706 | 408,127 |
| Expenditure | 5,633 | 29,817 | 216,427 | 391,359 |
| Net assets (liabilities) | 399 | 13,221 | 12,499 | 47,209 |
Democratic Unionist Party
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
192,225 |
353,523 |
343,653 |
313,994 |
374,386 |
213,197 |
348,191 | 268,456 |
| Expenditure |
269,458 |
542,433 |
418,940 |
258,990 |
333,940 |
297,060 |
480,158 | 335,678 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
121,717 |
(40,434) |
(92,721) |
(37,717) |
2,729 |
48,866 |
(83,101) |
(150,323) |
SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
717,427 |
813,889 |
639,658 |
381,944 |
663,674 |
291,931 |
398,829 |
346,946 |
| Expenditure |
749,567 |
580,442 |
580,736 |
422,259 |
794,365 |
290,169 |
499,583 |
413,238 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
(93,147) |
142,601 |
216,160 |
175,845 |
45,154 |
46,916 |
(53,838) |
(120,131) |
Sinn Féin
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
749,737 |
620,114 |
706,814 |
819,332 |
1,068,535 |
1,115,391 |
1,177,727 |
1,289,335 |
| Expenditure |
594,198 |
824,121 |
705,481 |
642,120 |
960,205 |
1,148,992 |
1,183,693 |
1,212,375 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
213,998 |
9,991 |
11,324 |
188,536 |
296,866 |
263,265 |
257,295 |
334,256 |
Ulster Unionist Party
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | |
| Income |
725,855 |
632,491 |
592,347 |
382,553 |
376,369 |
383,504 |
392,868 |
440,949 |
| Expenditure |
964,512 |
718,839 |
826,180 |
560,464 |
782,016 |
397,734 |
357,430 |
398,295 |
| Net assets (liabilities) |
743,968 |
714,743 |
485,819 |
314,883 |
699,084 |
675,822 |
709,405 |
761,334 |
For any request or clarification please email pef@electoralcommission.org.uk.
