The Conservatives continue to receive more in donations than Labour (which relied on unions for more than 85% of its latest donations)

By Jonathan Isaby
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Today the Electoral Commission has published details of donations to political parties during the first quarter of 2011.

The total cash and non-cash donations between January and March 2011 for the three main parties were:

• Conservative Party - £3,878,324
• Labour Party - £2,882,765*
• Liberal Democrats - £810,029

* £2,507,372 of that money to Labour came from trade unions - equivalent to more than 85% of its donations.

The biggest donations to the Conservatives came from:

• JCB Research - £200,000
• Jean I Parmer - £150,000
• Shore Capital Group - £125,000
• Mary Cross - £111,599.34
• David Rowland - £94,970
• IGPL - £90,000
• Michael S Farmer - £82,000
• Investors in Private Capital - £80,400
• Stanley Fink - £68,600
• Emma Pilkington - £64,000
• Ian R Taylor - £57,000
• David Ord Ltd  - £54,600
• Aggregate Industries - £50,000
• David C Allen  - £50,000
• Babyway International - £50,000
• Catherine C Baxendale - £50,000
• Bestway Cash and Carry - £50,000
• Andrew Brannon - £50,000
• Broadland Properties - £50,000
• Nicholas A Clarke - £50,000
• Michael Davis - £50,000
• Alexander A Fraser - £50,000
• Thomas F Harrison - £50,000
• Dennis Keech - £50,000
• Henry Keswick - £50,000
• James R Lupton - £50,000
• Gary Lydiate - £50,000
• David L Mayhew - £50,000
• Robin C Odey - £50,000
• Neil M Ostrer - £50,000
• William P Richards - £50,000
• John T Ross - £50,000
• Paul M Ruddock - £50,000
• Mark Samworth - £50,000
• Hugh Sloane - £50,000
• Edmund G Truell - £50,000