Tories top donations list
By Tony Grew - 24th August 2011
The Conservative party accepted donations of £4.2m between April and June of this year, while Labour were given £3.2m.
The top five donors were: Unite the Union, £765,628 (Lab); National Conservative Draws Society, £400,000 (Con); UNISON, £385,263 (Lab); GMB, £368,948 (Lab) and Usdaw, £305,244 (Lab).
The Lib Dems received a total of £972,344 in donations - their top donors were Brompton Capital Limited (£250,000) and C & C Alpha Group (£200,000).
Skipton & Ripon Conservatives received £22,956, topping the constituency donations list, followed by Aberdeenshire East Liberal Democrats (£20,000), Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire Conservatives (£19,000) and Stockton North CLP (£16,056).
Full details of party donations on the Electoral Commission website.
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