TOP 10 DONORS TO POLITICAL PARTIES 2001 - 2012

Since 2001

1. Unite the Union (Labour, £41,426,890.79, 277 donations)

2. UNISON (Labour, £19,665,505.39, 142 donations)

3. GMB (Labour, £15,713,686.31, 122 donations)

4. David Sainsbury (Labour, £15,421,637.55, 59 donations)

5. Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers (ASDAW)

(Labour, £12,295,695.09, 65 donations)

6. Communication Workers Union (CWU)(Labour£7,631,697.50 , 81 donations)

7. Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd (Co-operative Party, £5,402,319.06 ,49 donations)

8.Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd (Lib Dems,

£5,391,345 ,42 donations)

9. Lakshmi Mittal (Labour, £5,125,000 ,4 donations)

10. Paul Getty (Conservatives, £5,000,000 1 donation) 

SOURCE

 http://test.unlockdemocracy.com/page/-/publications/Donations%20Report%20Q1%202012.pdf