Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 68415

Political Parties: Finance

Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

Conservative — Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 59356 on Political Parties: Finance, whether political parties can accept the don

Answer

Sir Jeremy Wright
Political parties may only accept donations, including donations in kind of research services, from permissible sources. However, there are currently no restrictions on where donors themselves raise funds. The Commission has highlighted this weakness in t...
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