Tory donations top £570,000 in first week of election campaign – down from £5.7m in 2019
By Alexandra Rogers, political reporter
The Conservatives have raised just 10% of the donations they managed to collect in 2019 under Boris Johnson in the first week of the election campaign.
Electoral Commission data released today shows the Tories raised £574,918 in the period 30 May to 5 June, compared with the £5.7m they received from 6-12 November five years ago.
The figures show political parties reported £3.2m in donations in the first week of the election campaign.
Mr Sunak’s party raised £574,918 through donations alone, on top of £22,453 that came from public funds.
Meanwhile, Labour generated £926,908 from donations alone and £652,411 from the public funds that are given to opposition parties with more than two MPs.
They show a complete turnaround in Labour’s fortunes from the 2019 election, when the party raised just £218,500 in the first week of that campaign.
This time round, the single biggest donation given to Labour totalled £500,000 from film company Toledo Productions.
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