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Party chiefs raise £8.8m
A total of £8.8 million was donated to Britain's political parties in the third quarter of this year, the Electoral Commission has revealed.
Publishing the latest donation details, the elections watchdog said that Labour once again raised the most money, with income of £3.7 million.
However the Conservatives were not far behind, bringing in a total of £3.5 million.
The Liberal Democrats trailed with income of £915,523.
Among the nationalists, the SNP raised more than Plaid Cymru. Alex Salmond's troops received £95,043 while some £29,293 went to the Welsh nationalists.
Both nationalists, however, trailed behind the UK Independence Party which received £175,576 in donations during the July to September period.
Among other details, the Co-operative Party received £128,489 while the New Party received £107,000.
Donations to the Green Party and its Scottish counterpart totalled £48,116, while the far right BNP raised £21,250.
Party support
The breakdown of donations once again revealed Labour's reliance on union funding.
Individual donations included one of £377,750 from Unison, £354,629 from Amicus, £265,125 from the TGWU and £208,245 from Usdaw.
Other donations included £603 from Scottish first minister Jack McConnell and £600 from health minister Stephen Ladyman.
Nicky Gavron, Labour's deputy mayor in London, donated £6,650 during the reporting period.
For the Conservatives, party co-chairman Lord Saatchi made a donation of £24,250 while former Vodafone boss Christopher Gent gave £20,000.
Liberal Democrat frontbencher Norman Baker gave his party £1,850 while fellow MP Evan Harris donated £1,450.
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Published: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:51:43 GMT+00
Donations July - September 2004
- Labour - £3.7 million
- Conservatives - £3.5 million
- Lib Dems - £915,523
- UKIP - £175,576
- Co-op Party - £128,489
- New Party - £107,000
- SNP - £95,043
- Green Party - £48,116
- Plaid Cymru - £29,293
- BNP - £21,250
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