In these pages, you will find summary tables and analysis of the donations reported by political parties through their quarterly reports.
This page provides analysis of donations and public funds since 2001 (when the legislation came into force):
- Donations and public funds summary since 2001
- Public funds received by parties since 2001
- Donations and public funds in 2010
- Donations and public funds in 2009
Recent Publications
Please follow the links below to view detailed analysis of:
- Quarter 3 2011: summary tables, analysis, downloads of donations, public funds and loans reported for the period July, August and September 2011
- Quarter 2 2011: summary tables, analysis, downloads of donations, public funds and loans reported for the period April, May and June 2011;
- Quarter 1 2011: summary tables, analysis, downloads of donations, public funds and loans reported for the period January, February and March 2011;
- Quarter 4 2010: summary tables, analysis, downloads of donations, public funds and loans reported for the period October, November and December 2010;
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PLEASE NOTE: these figures do not include all donations accepted by political parties. The law requires political parties only to report donations above £7,500 to the party HQ and above £1,500 to the party's accounting units. Before 1 January 2010, these thresholds were respectively £5,000 and £1,000. |
Source data can be found in our PEF Online donations search, which we maintain with the statutory returns submitted by registered political parties.
Donations and public funds received from 2001
Table 1: Donations and public funds trend from quarter 1 2001
Total amount of donations and public funds reported by registered political parties in Great Britain since quarter 1 2001.
Figures are expressed in millions and subject to change if donations are reported late in future quarters.
| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |||||
| Donations | Public funds | Donations | Public funds | Donations | Public funds | Donations | Public funds | |
| Below with reporting threshold of £7,500 for central party and £1,500 for accounting units | ||||||||
|
2011 |
8.8 |
2.1 |
8.7 |
2.8 |
10.0 |
2.1 |
- |
- |
|
2010 |
19.2 |
2.2 |
26.2 |
1.1 |
7.2 |
0.7 |
6.6 |
4.1 |
| Below with reporting threshold of £5,000 for central party and £1,000 for accounting units | ||||||||
|
2009 |
9.9 |
2.1 |
13.3 |
2.7 |
9.6 |
1.9 |
17.0 |
2.5 |
|
2008 |
8.2 |
2.4 |
10.8 |
2.2 |
13.6 |
2.0 |
9.5 |
2.3 |
|
2007 |
9.9 |
1.5 |
11.6 |
2.4 |
9.8 |
2.0 |
16.8 |
2.5 |
|
2006 |
11.2 |
1.8 |
9.1 |
1.7 |
7.3 |
1.8 |
9.3 |
2.7 |
|
2005 |
20.6 |
1.6 |
12.7 |
1.5 |
5.3 |
1.9 |
5.9 |
1.7 |
|
2004 |
5.6 |
1.0 |
9.1 |
1.8 |
7.3 |
1.5 |
10.0 |
1.4 |
|
2003 |
7.0 |
1.5 |
4.9 |
1.5 |
3.7 |
1.5 |
7.0 |
1.4 |
|
2002 |
5.6 |
1.2 |
4.0 |
1.2 |
4.1 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
1.1 |
|
2001 |
3.3 |
0.7 |
18.5 |
1.2 |
3.7 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
1.0 |
Donations accepted by political parties
Chart 1: Donations trend to political parties since 2004
This chart shows the trend of all reportable donations received by political parties from 2004 to date. Public funds and donations from impermissible and unidentifiable donors are not included.
Please note that the thresholds for reporting donations changed in Quarter 1 2010. To find out more please see the note at the top of the page.
Figures below are expressed in millions.
Chart 2: Donations received by year broken down by party
This chart shows the the development of donations reported since 2001, broken down by party.
Public funds
Chart 3: Public funds by parties from 2001
This chart shows all public funds paid to political parties since 2001, broken down by party and type of payment.
In brackets in the legend is the name of the public body responsible to make the payment.
PLEASE NOTE: following the 2010 UK general election, the distribution of public funds has changed. For more information, please visit Parliament website.
Donations and public funds in 2010
This section provides a summary of donations and public funds received by political parties in 2010.
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Table 2. Donations received by parties during the year 2010.
The table below provides total for donations received by parties in 2010. Donations include cash, non-cash, donations from exempt trusts, visits, donations from impermissible and unidentifiable donors.
Please note that the reporting threshold changed in 2010. To find out more please see note at the top of the page.
Figures are rounded to the nearest pound and are subject to changes if donations are reported late in the future.
| Party | Donations | |
| £ | No | |
| Conservative Party | 31,783,476 | 1,634 |
| Labour Party | 19,861,173 | 1,296 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,889,221 | 782 |
| UK Independence Party | 996,135 | 110 |
| Co-operative Party | 946,225 | 32 |
| Scottish National Party | 353,590 | 15 |
| British National Party | 174,000 | 2 |
| Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" | 160,000 | 2 |
| Green Party | 146,832 | 48 |
| Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales [The] | 142,415 | 4 |
| The Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy | 50,000 | 3 |
| New Party [The] | 40,000 | 6 |
| Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu | 38,500 | 10 |
| Freedom and Responsibility | 28,286 | 10 |
| Scottish Green Party | 26,063 | 3 |
| Jury Team | 19,500 | 2 |
| Solihull and Meriden Residents Association | 11,582 | 1 |
| Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern | 11,099 | 4 |
| Mums' Army | 8,973 | 1 |
| mums4justice | 8,973 | 1 |
| Christian People Alliance | 6,405 | 5 |
| Grand Total | 59,702,447 | 3,971 |
Chart 4: Development of donations by quarter
This chart shows the amount of donations received by the top five receiving parties broken down by quarter.
Chart 5: Donations accepted in 2010
Donations accepted by political parties during the year 2010 (excluding Public funds, impermissible donations and donations from unidentifiable donors).
Chart 6: All donations by donor type 2010
All donations accepted by political parties broken down by type of donor.
Chart 7: Breakdown of donations by donations value - all parties
The chart below shows the total amount of donated in 2010 broken down by the value of the donations.
Chart 8: Public funds 2010
All public funds paid to political parties during the year 2010.
In brackets is the name of the body responsible for paying the provision.
| Party | Short money | Cranborne money | Financial assistance | Policy Development Grants | Total |
| Conservative Party | £1.640,775 | £253,910 | £66,003 | £28,230 | £1,988,918 |
| Labour Party [The] | £3,685,125 | £195,140 | £319,807 | £155,773 | £4,355,846 |
| Liberal Democrats | £595,976 | £85,377 | £105,114 | £459,371 | £1,245,837 |
| Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales [The] | £45,525 | £0 | £0 | £158,722 | £204,247 |
| Scottish National Party | £127,858 | £0 | £0 | £178,386 | £306,244 |
| Total | £6,095,258 | £534,428 | £490,924 | £980,482 | £8,101,092 |
Donations and public funds in 2009
This section provides a summary of donations and public funds received by political parties in 2009.
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Table 2. Donations and Public Funds received by all parties during the year 2009.
The table below provides total for donations and public funds received by all parties in 2009. Donations include cash, non-cash, donations from exempt trusts, visits, donations from impermissible and unidentifiable donors.
Figures are rounded to the nearest pound and are subject to changes if donations are reported late in the future.
| Party | Donations | Public Funds | Total | |||
| £ | No | £ | No | £ | No | |
| Conservative Party | 27,085,928 | 1,604 | 5,428,014 | 13 | 32,513,942 | 1,617 |
| Labour Party | 15,213,494 | 1,183 | 1,007,201 | 6 | 16,220,695 | 1,189 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,886,634 | 1,020 | 2,326,175 | 15 | 6,212,809 | 1,035 |
| UK Independence Party | 1,403,987 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 1,403,987 | 184 |
| Co-operative Party | 924,916 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 924,916 | 59 |
| Scottish National Party | 160,879 | 20 | 260,142 | 18 | 421,021 | 38 |
| Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales | 142,656 | 27 | 271,187 | 23 | 413,843 | 50 |
| Green Party | 352,163 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 352,163 | 143 |
| Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" | 273,937 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 273,937 | 12 |
| No2EU: Yes to Democracy | 97,995 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 97,995 | 26 |
| The New Party | 72,500 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 72,500 | 11 |
| Scottish Voice | 70,000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70,000 | 2 |
| Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu | 69,491 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 69,491 | 11 |
| Jury Team | 50,000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50,000 | 3 |
| British National Party | 45,332 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 45,332 | 14 |
| mums4justice | 35,890 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35,890 | 4 |
| Mums' Army | 26,918 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26,918 | 3 |
| United Kingdom First | 25,441 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25,441 | 8 |
| East Hert People | 22,048 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22,048 | 2 |
| Scottish Green Party | 11,547 | 2 | 8,952 | 1 | 20,499 | 3 |
| Fari Play Fair Trade | 16,040 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16,040 | 2 |
| Christian People Alliance | 13,630 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 13,630 | 24 |
| Yes 2 Europe | 12,000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12,000 | 4 |
| Communist Party of Britain | 10,084 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10,084 | 2 |
| Mebyon Kernow - The Party of Cornwall | 9,411 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9,411 | 4 |
| Pirate Party UK | 210 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 50,033,130 | 4,375 | 9,301,670 | 76 | 59,334,800 | 4,451 |
Chart 5: Development of donations by quarter
This chart shows the amount of donations received by the top five receiving parties broken down by quarter.
Chart 6: Donations accepted in 2009
Donations accepted by political parties during the year 2009 (excluding Public funds, impermissible donations and donations from unidentifiable donors).
Chart 7: All donations by donor type 2009
All donations accepted by political parties broken down by type of donor.
Chart 8: Public funds 2009
All public funds paid to political parties during the year 2009.
In brackets is the name of the body responsible for paying the provision.
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