Tories receive more donations than all other parties combined

Conservatives have received more in donations this year than all other political parties put together, figures showed.

Chancellor George Osborne and Prime Minister David Cameron . Picture: PA

More than £6.7 million of the almost £12 million reported to the Electoral Commission between January and March went to the Tories.

Labour took £3.7 million and its sister Co-operative Party another £363,000.

The Liberal Democrats’ coffers were swelled by almost £529,000 and Ukip was given £187,080.

The value of parties’ outstanding loans fell £571,570 to £4,126,079.

The Women’s Equality Party - which contested its first set of elections in May - received £169,474, more than the Scottish National Party (£108,136) and the Green Party (£103,230).

The British National Party recorded £65,000 and Plaid Cymru £5,000.

The biggest single sums were trade union funding for Labour - £764,903 from Unite, £654,634 from Usdaw, £628,856 from Unison and £587,057 from the GMB.

The Tories’ biggest benefactors were Lycamobile UK Ltd (£569,300), financier Alexander Fraser (£258,200) and Michael Davis (£252,500).

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