Summary of political parties’ donations and borrowing for quarter four 2015 (October to December) The Electoral Commission is an independent body set up by the UK Parliament. We regulate party and election finance and set standards for well- run elections. Registered political parties are required to report quarterly donation and borrowing returns to us within 30 days of the end of each calendar quarter. This document is a summary of donations and borrowing reported to us in the quarter four 2015 returns. Find full analysis and breakdown of the figures for quarter four 2015 here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/political- parties-campaigning-and-donations/donations-and-loans-to-political- parties/quarterly-donations-and-loans Read our news release on the quarter four donations and loans here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/journalist/electoral-commission- media-centre/news-releases-donations/political-parties-latest-donations-and- borrowing-figures-published22 Donations Table 1: Reported donations to all political parties over the last four quarters Quarter Donations Public funds Donations total excluding public funds Q4 2015 £9,225,096 £2,235,621 £11,460,787 Q3 2015 £6,088,450 £3,413,776 £9,502,226 Q2 2015 £21,059,522 £1,738,649 £22,798,170 Q1 2015 £30,746,702 £2,366,125 £33,112,827 Total £67,119,770 £9,754,171 £76,874,010 Table 2: Donations to political parties accepted in quarter four 2015 (October to December) Party Donations Public funds Total excluding accepted in public funds Quarter four 2015 British National Party £180,000 - £180,000 Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol £40,789 - £40,789 Conservative Party £5,152,334 £303,740 £5,456,074 Co-operative Party £16,000 - £16,000 English Democrats £1,500 - £1,500 Green Party £46,230 £52,203 £98,433 Labour Party £2,669,241 £1,496,657 £4,165,968 Liberal Democrats £828,657 - £828,657 Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales £22,000 - £22,000 Scottish Green Party £16,032 - £16,032 Scottish National Party (SNP) £54,030 £293,152 £347,182 The Radical Party £2,000 - £2,000 UK Independence Party (UKIP) £196,282 £89,869 £286,151 Total £9,225,096 £2,235,621 £11,460,787 Table 3: Donations accepted in previous quarters and reported late in quarter four 2015 Party Central Party Accounting unit Value Number Value Number Conservative Party £3,908 3 £11,176 1 Co-operative Party - - £42,500 4 Green Party - - £2,368 2 Liberal Democrats - - £36,385 10 Total £3,908 3 £92,429.00 17 Table 4: Top donors for quarter four 2015 Donor Name Total amount (£) Recipient Unite the Union £938,297 Labour Party Unison £353,498 Labour Party GMB £327,460 Labour Party Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied £317,475 Labour Party Workers Mr Alexander A. Fraser £250,000 Conservative Party Countywide Developments Ltd £232,920 Conservative Party Mr David E. D. Brownlow £210,000 Conservative Party National Conservative Draws Society £154,000 Conservative Party Sun Mark Ltd £150,610 Conservative Party Flowidea Ltd £150,000 Conservative Party Mr Dennis Stanley Radmore £150,000 British National Party Public funds Table 5: Total of public funds accepted by parties in quarter four 2015 by type Party Short money Cranborne Financial Policy Total (House of money (House assistance to Development Grant Commons)1 of Lords)2 parties (Scottish Parliament)3 Conservative Party - - £29,444 £274,296 £303,740 Green Party £52,203 - - - £52,203 Labour Party £1,030,609 £126,327 £70,112 £269,609 £1,496,657 Scottish National Party £293,152 - - - £293,152 (SNP) UK Independence - - - £89,869 £89,869 Party (UKIP) Total £1,375,964 £126,327 £99,556 £633,774 £2,235,621 1 Allocated to opposition parties in the House of Commons to assist with costs 2 Allocated to opposition parties in the House of Lords to assist with costs 3 Allocated to opposition parties in the Scottish Parliament to assist with costs Late reporting There were 431 registered political parties in Great Britain during Quarter 4 2015. 117 were required to submit a quarterly donation report and 112 to submit borrowing information within the deadline. Of these, the following parties failed to submit a donation or loan report for the Q4 2015 deadline. Donations Abolish The Welsh Assembly Party Apni Party Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" Digital Democracy Everyone's Party For Russia Friends Party Hucknall First Community Forum Immigrants Political Party Kitten Independence Party New Parliament Party Oxfordshire Independent Party Radcliffe Independence Party RISE - Respect, Independence, Socialism and Environmentalism Rochdale First Party Rural Oxfordshire Action Rally - ROAR Support Stafford Group The Diamond Party The Globelization Liberation Dream Party The Independent Party For East Staffordshire The Northern Party United Kingdom Democratic and Demographic Party We Are The Reality Party World Peace Through Song Borrowing A Better Britain – Unionist Party Abolish The Welsh Assembly Party Apni Party Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" Digital Democracy Everyone's Party For Russia Friends Party Hucknall First Community Forum Immigrants Political Party Kitten Independence Party New Parliament Party Oxfordshire Independent Party People Social Freedom Party Radcliffe Independence Party RISE - Respect, Independence, Socialism and Environmentalism Rochdale First Party Rural Oxfordshire Action Rally - ROAR The Diamond Party The Globelization Liberation Dream Party The Independent Party For East Staffordshire The New Society of Worth The Northern Party The UK Progressive Democracy Party United Kingdom Democratic and Demographic Party We Are The Reality Party All other parties are currently exempt from quarterly reporting. Note: Parties that submit nil returns for four consecutive quarters are then exempt from quarterly reporting. The exemption continues to apply unless the party receives reportable donations again at which point the exemption is lifted and the party would again have to submit quartely reports to the Commission. Any potential breaches of the legislation will be considered in line with our usual enforcement policy, which can be viewed here: Borrowing Table 6: Total outstanding borrowing by party as at 30 October 2015 Party Loans4 Credit Connected facilities5 transactions6 Alliance EPP: European £36,680 - - People’s Party UK British National Party £37,000 - - Christian Party "Proclaiming £203,000 - - Christ's Lordship" Conservative Party £994,216 £5,556,000 - English Democrats £166,644 - - Equal and Just Society £8,000 - - Labour Party £1,755,975 £10,000 - Liberal Democrats £501,996 £680,000 £40,000 Plaid Cymru - The Party of £9,413 £50,000 - Wales Scottish National Party (SNP) £165,553 - - Scottish Socialist Party £63,000 £10,000 - Scottish Voice [De-registered £200,000 - - 12/11/15] The Peoples Party For Better £7,800 - - Government The Respect Party £18,417 - - UK Independence Party £529,954 - - (UKIP) Total £4,697,649 £6,306,000 £40,000 4 This is the maximum value of loans entered into by a party. In some instances, amounts may have been repaid and converted to donations. Further detail is available on PEF Online 5 Credit facilities are an agreement where a registered party is entitled to receive a loan of money from time to time from another person (or organisation). The credit facility will generally have an upper limit specified in the credit facility agreement. Examples of common credit facilities include overdrafts and credit cards. The amount displayed is the maximum that can be borrowed and not the amount that is drawn upon at any one time 6 Connected transactions are an arrangement where a person (or organisation) gives any form of security on behalf of a political party in respect of a loan or a credit facility arranged with someone other than the party or the person giving security. Where a person (or organisation) has provided security or a guarantee, it is the maximum that they could be liable to pay. Table 7: New loans reported in quarter four 2015 Full details of loans, including the date on which the loan was entered into, date repayable, interest rate (whether fixed, variable or nil), whether security was given and details of the lender are available at: http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/ Party Total value of new loans Alliance EPP: European People’s Party UK £9,381 Conservative Party £12,000 Labour Party £5,000 Liberal Democrats £632,914 UK Independence Party (UKIP) £51,996 Total £711,291 Table 8: Loans repaid in full or converted to donations reported in quarter four 2015 Changes to terms and conditions of borrowings (such as changes to interest rate and repayment or review date) must also be reported to us. These details are available to view at: http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/ Party Loans converted to Loans repaid in full donations (including partial conversion) Conservative Party £1,500 £135,500 Liberal Democrats £5,500 £509,375 Total £7,000 £644,875 .