UK general election donations and borrowing

All donations and borrowing reported from 2001 can be viewed through our registers:

PEF Online

Click here to view our press release for quarter 1 2010 donations and borrowing.

Weekly donations and borrowing

During a UK general election, political parties are required to report donations and borrowing on a weekly basis. Parties must report donations and borrowing exceeding £7,500 received by the central party. They do not need to report those received by accounting units.

The weekly reporting period began on 6 April and ended on polling day, 6 May.

The table below outlines the weekly periods, the deadlines for submission of the weekly returns and the day on which we published the returns.

Period	Deadline to submit the returns	Publication by the Commission
Tuesday 6 April - Monday 12 April	Monday 19 April	Tuesday 20 April by 5pm
Tuesday 13 April - Monday 19 April	Monday 26 April	Tuesday 27 April by 5pm
Tuesday 20 April - Monday 26 April	Monday 3 May	Tuesday 4 May by 5pm
Tuesday 27 April - Monday 3 May	Monday 10 May	Tuesday 11 May by 5pm
Tuesday 4 May - Thursday 6 May	Thursday 13 May	Friday 14 May by 5pm

For guidance and more information on reporting weekly returns, please visit our Guidance section.

View details of donations and borrowing reported

Full details of all weekly donations and borrowing reported by political parties during the 2010 UK general election can be viewed by downloading one of the files below:

You can also view our press releases for each week:

Summary tables

Table 1: Total donations reported by political parties each week during the 2010 general election.

Party	Week 1		Week 2		Week 3		Week 4		Week 5		Total
Party	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No
Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship"	-	-	60,000*	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	60,000	1
Conservative Party	1,455,812	33	2,221,341	47	645,250	22	1,375,189	34	1,620,010	35	7,317,602	171
Co-operative Party	-	-	-	-	33,745	1	-	-	-	-	33,745	1
Labour Party	783,159	7	1,490,000	14	1,416,863	8	475,000	3	1,118,177	6	5,283,199	38
Liberal Democrats	20,000	2	120,000	3	64,000	5	500,000	9	20,000	1	724,000	20
Scottish National Party	-	-	10,000	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,000	1
Solihull and Meriden Residents Association	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11,582	1	11,582	1
The Buckingham- shire Campaign for Democracy	-	-	20,000	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	20,000	2
Total	2,258,971	42	3,921,341	68	2,159,858	36	2,350,189	46	2,769,769	43	13,460,128	235

Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest pound.

Parties have 30 days after receiving a donation to carry out permissibility checks and decide whether to accept it.

* Return submitted late. Party incurred a £500 penalty.

Table 2: Total borrowing reported by political parties each week during the 2010 general election.

Party	Week 1		Week 2		Week 3		Week 4		Week 5		Total
Party	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No
Trust	40,000	1	40,000	1	40,000	1	-	-	-	-	120,000	3
Total	40,000	1	40,000	1	40,000	1	0	0	0	0	120,000	3

Table 3: Total public funds reported by political parties each week during the 2010 general election.

Party	Week 1		Week 2		Week 3		Week 4		Week 5		Total
Party	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No	Amount (£)	No
Conservative Party	-	-	-	-	397,426	1	-	-	-	-	397,426	1
Liberal Democrats	-	-	-	-	190,285	2	-	-	-	-	190,285	2
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,229	1	-	-	10,229	1
Scottish National Party	-	-	-	-	12,098	1	38,696	1	-	-	50,794	2
Total	0	0	0	0	599,808	4	48,925	2	0	0	648,733	6