Which UK constituencies get bankrolled

UK political donations don’t all land at central party HQ. Each declared donation carries an accounting unit telling you which sub-unit of the party kept the money. Filtering out central HQ, regional liaisons, parliamentary funds and councillor associations leaves the constituency-level pots. The top of the list is dominated by affluent shire seats with safe incumbents and a handful of strategic marginals. The EC’s official register doesn’t pivot this column. This page does.

For context: of the £723,057,709 of declared donations ≥ £1,500 with an accounting unit, £649,043,809 (94%) went to central HQ, parliamentary or regional pools, and £43,176,752 (6%) to constituency-level associations like those below.

Top 200 constituency associations by total received

#	Association	Party	Donations	Total received	Largest single donor
1	Scottish Labour Party	Labour Party	359	£4,364,853	PG Paper Company Limited£200,000
2	Twickenham and Richmond	Liberal Democrats	196	£924,246	Richmond Upon Thames Lib Dem Council Group£35,000
3	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrats	88	£753,023	Mary Nuttall£98,666
4	Richmond Park CLP	Labour Party	18	£665,501	Barnes and Richmond Labour Club and Institute£598,285
5	Watford	Liberal Democrats	102	£594,355	Mr Charles M Rotman£60,000
6	Cities of London & Westminster	Conservative and Unionist Party	110	£570,698	Mr Mahomed A Galadari£25,000
7	Poole	Conservative and Unionist Party	26	£546,223	Hamworthy Hall Trustees£460,000
8	St Albans	Liberal Democrats	107	£530,650	Mrs Philippa Oakeshott£25,000
9	Richmond Park	Conservative and Unionist Party	47	£527,852	Mr Zacharias Goldsmith£90,086
10	Finchley & Golders Green	Conservative and Unionist Party	44	£518,994	Jean I Parmer£200,000
11	Surrey Heath	Conservative and Unionist Party	97	£512,113	Mr Kenneth C Gunbie£25,000
12	Sheffield	Green Party	118	£498,739	Nicholas WP Clegg£15,000
13	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrats	105	£488,013	Mr Tim J Farron£30,000
14	West Suffolk	Conservative and Unionist Party	33	£486,800	Ms Rosemary J Simpson£200,000
15	Parliamentary Party In The Lords	Liberal Democrats	202	£447,974	House of Lords Fees Office£30,712
16	Tatton	Conservative and Unionist Party	118	£440,889	Emerson Developments (Holdings) Ltd£15,000
17	West Midlands Region	Green Party	28	£426,371	Leamington Fund£64,500
18	Manchester Local Campaign Forum	Labour Party	66	£415,579	Manchester Labour Group£21,000
19	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Conservative and Unionist Party	4	£410,000	Mr Byron S Huson£400,000
20	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrats	106	£394,347	Ms Monica B Tyrrell£50,000
21	Northern Ireland Assembly Party	SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)	43	£384,596	Northern Ireland Assembly£26,655
22	Kingston Borough	Liberal Democrats	54	£376,616	Christopher D Leach£30,600
23	Sutton	Liberal Democrats	129	£360,874	Luke A Taylor£10,000
24	Hereford, North Hereford and South Hereford	Liberal Democrats	60	£336,127	HEREFORD AND COUNTY LIBERAL CLUB COMPANY LIMITED(THE)£16,477
25	Cambridgeshire County Co-Ordinating Committee	Liberal Democrats	96	£315,516	Mr Roderick Cantrill£18,963
26	Harlow	Conservative and Unionist Party	74	£308,400	Fitriani H Hay£30,000
27	Alliance Assembly Party	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	45	£296,765	Northern Ireland Assembly£18,208
28	Newbury	Conservative and Unionist Party	75	£292,013	Mr Timothy Oakley£15,000
29	Haringey Borough	Liberal Democrats	112	£288,559	Duncan T Greenland£10,000
30	Scottish Parliamentary Party	Liberal Democrats	63	£286,076	Scottish Parliament.£11,876
31	Westmorland, Furness and Eden	Liberal Democrats	63	£285,276	OUT OF EDEN LIMITED£20,000
32	Lambeth Local Campaign Forum	Labour Party	23	£281,362	Lambeth Labour Group£50,000
33	Ulster Unionist Assembly Party	Ulster Unionist Party	64	£278,624	Northern Ireland Assembly£10,692
34	Bury	Liberal Democrats	14	£278,140	Summerseat Liberal Club£248,591
35	South East Regional Branch	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	30	£277,828	Techtest Ltd£150,000
36	Exeter CLP	Labour Party	71	£269,983	Exeter City Council Labour Group£12,146
37	Maidenhead	Conservative and Unionist Party	54	£259,904	Mr David E Brownlow£20,000
38	Newcastle upon Tyne	Liberal Democrats	56	£250,024	Newcastle upon Tyne Lib Dem Council Group£16,500
39	East Staffordshire	Conservative and Unionist Party	40	£249,737	JCB Research£25,000
40	Newham Local Campaign Forum	Labour Party	21	£247,000	Newham Labour Group£34,000
41	Welwyn Hatfield	Conservative and Unionist Party	57	£246,937	JC Bamford Excavators Ltd£25,000
42	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrats	64	£244,342	Mr Mike Thornton£14,000
43	The Cotswolds	Conservative and Unionist Party	16	£243,566	Mr Simon Keswick£100,000
44	Cambridge	Liberal Democrats	56	£242,896	Mr Gerald Avison£15,000
45	Winchester District	Liberal Democrats	74	£240,357	Joan Read£43,400
46	Eastbourne	Liberal Democrats	45	£234,480	Mr David E Brownlow£25,000
47	North Devon	Liberal Democrats	43	£231,536	SOUTH MOLTON AND DISTRICT SOCIAL & LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB LIMIT£31,459
48	Portsmouth	Liberal Democrats	97	£231,489	Mr Mike Hancock£7,482
49	Newcastle Upon Tyne Central	Conservative and Unionist Party	3	£224,500	Marjorie Carnaby£212,500
50	Highlands	Liberal Democrats	35	£223,649	Orion Engineering Services£25,000
51	Tower Hamlets Borough Party	Labour Party	48	£221,709	Investec PLC£20,000
52	Southwark Local Campaign Forum	Labour Party	17	£219,130	Southwark Labour Group£48,926
53	Hampstead & Highgate	Conservative and Unionist Party	38	£217,524	Crescent Properties (Hampstead) Ltd£22,750
54	Torridge and Tavistock	Liberal Democrats	18	£215,100	Bideford Liberal Club£170,018
55	Guildford	Conservative and Unionist Party	61	£213,697	Andrew Dixon£10,000
56	Ipswich CLP	Labour Party	72	£212,899	Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers£10,000
57	Yorkshire and the Humber	Liberal Democrats	56	£209,081	Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd£20,000
58	Hertfordshire County Co-ordinating Committee	Liberal Democrats	73	£208,993	Hertfordshire Lib Dem Council Group£11,500
59	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrats	60	£207,707	Matthew A Oakeshott£20,000
60	South West Surrey	Conservative and Unionist Party	44	£203,499	The Rt Hon Jeremy R Hunt£20,000
61	Colchester	Conservative and Unionist Party	72	£200,826	Mr Bob Russell£25,000
62	South Cambridgeshire	Liberal Democrats	37	£198,966	Ms Heidi Allen£20,635
63	Bedford	Conservative and Unionist Party	45	£198,483	Thomas E Wootton£25,000
64	Yeovil	Liberal Democrats	44	£195,927	The Yeovil C.I.F. Trust Fund£20,000
65	Meon Valley	Conservative and Unionist Party	26	£195,760	George M Hollingbery£26,303
66	Camden Borough	Liberal Democrats	56	£189,780	Mr Duncan Greenland£17,163
67	Hastings & Rye	Conservative and Unionist Party	42	£188,710	Sir Christopher S Wates£10,000
68	Wirral	Liberal Democrats	6	£187,131	Wirral Liberal Club£127,710
69	Oldham	Liberal Democrats	39	£187,066	Oldham Lib Dem Council Group£11,250
70	Westminster North	Conservative and Unionist Party	46	£186,385	Lev V Mikheev£20,000
71	Mid Sussex	Liberal Democrats	42	£184,448	Frontier Estates Limited£10,000
72	West Dorset	Liberal Democrats	41	£184,413	West Dorset Lib Dem Council Group£10,000
73	Nottingham South	Conservative and Unionist Party	24	£183,769	The R H Group Ltd£18,411
74	Barnet Local Campaign Forum	Labour Party	30	£181,917	Barnet Labour Group£28,396
75	Lewes	Liberal Democrats	58	£181,106	Justyna A Robinson£10,000
76	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrats	37	£179,499	Matthew A Oakeshott£20,000
77	Northumberland	Conservative and Unionist Party	31	£179,435	Cllr Richard W Wearmouth£15,000
78	Witney	Conservative and Unionist Party	46	£178,114	Alasdair PM Breach£12,500
79	Luton North CLP	Labour Party	9	£177,843	Leagrave Trust£100,000
80	Slough CLP	Labour Party	54	£175,649	Slough Labour Group£18,311
81	Oxford & Abingdon CLP	Labour Party	36	£170,564	Oxfordshire County Council Labour Group£11,600
82	Bristol West	Conservative and Unionist Party	38	£169,823	Coteval Ltd£23,908
83	Cheadle	Liberal Democrats	42	£169,610	Mr Peter Williams£10,000
84	East Surrey	Conservative and Unionist Party	31	£169,034	EIRP Ltd£40,000
85	Croydon	Conservative and Unionist Party	23	£163,750	Croydon Council Conservative Group£40,000
86	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CLP	Labour Party	5	£161,554	Mr David Walsh£153,554
87	St Austell and Newquay	Liberal Democrats	42	£160,854	Joanna N Kenny£15,975
88	Croydon South	Conservative and Unionist Party	31	£158,533	Three Daggers (Operating) Ltd£20,000
89	Goldalming and Ash	Conservative and Unionist Party	18	£157,811	The Rt Hon Jeremy R Hunt MP£24,451
90	Stoke on Trent	Conservative and Unionist Party	22	£157,217	DWP & Sons LTD£20,000
91	Torbay	Liberal Democrats	33	£157,161	Robert Hunt£39,234
92	Stroud CLP	Labour Party	41	£155,641	Ecotricity Group Limited£20,000
93	Kensington and Chelsea Borough	Liberal Democrats	31	£153,090	Sir Timothy Sainsbury£25,000
94	Hackney Local Campaign Forum	Labour Party	40	£153,004	Hackney Labour Group£15,225
95	Hampstead and Highgate	Conservative and Unionist Party	26	£152,961	Crescent Properties (Hampstead) Ltd£12,000
96	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative and Unionist Party	14	£151,333	Mr Herbert D Ellis£40,000
97	Norwich North and South CLP	Labour Party	37	£148,752	John Garrett£12,000
98	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Conservative and Unionist Party	8	£148,700	Mr Peter Beak£125,000
99	Haltemprice & Howden	Conservative and Unionist Party	14	£147,906	Midlands Industrial Council£35,000
100	Runnymede & Weybridge	Conservative and Unionist Party	32	£147,271	Mr Dimitry Leus£24,000
101	Lambeth and Southwark	Conservative and Unionist Party	1	£147,000	North Lambeth Trust£147,000
102	Westminster Borough	Liberal Democrats	27	£146,680	Alistair G Barr£20,000
103	Southwark Borough	Liberal Democrats	25	£146,137	James T Macpherson£25,000
104	Ipswich	Conservative and Unionist Party	29	£145,980	Mr Andrew J Cook£25,000
105	West Berkshire and Newbury	Liberal Democrats	50	£145,776	Bernard P Clark£10,000
106	Islington Borough	Liberal Democrats	54	£144,894	Mr Dominic Mathon£12,000
107	North Derbyshire	Conservative and Unionist Party	24	£144,488	Lord David Ellis Brownlow£17,000
108	Aberdeenshire	Conservative and Unionist Party	15	£144,121	Agnes N Muiry£69,014
109	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	Conservative and Unionist Party	1	£142,320	Andrew Charalambous£142,320
110	Sheffield Local Campaign Forum	Labour Party	30	£141,613	Sheffield Labour Group£16,900
111	Beaconsfield	Conservative and Unionist Party	40	£140,575	Catherine C Martin£15,000
112	Merton Federation	Conservative and Unionist Party	38	£137,553	Prism Finance£25,000
113	Borough Of Brent	Liberal Democrats	30	£137,188	Brent Council Lib Dem Group£36,252
114	Woking	Conservative and Unionist Party	25	£135,213	Andrew Dixon£10,000
115	Milton Keynes Labour Party	Labour Party	44	£134,061	Milton Keynes Labour Group£8,000
116	Central Ayrshire	Conservative and Unionist Party	2	£132,512	Mr Peter Beak£125,000
117	Chichester	Liberal Democrats	29	£131,313	Euan RH O'Sullivan£10,000
118	Rossendale & Darwen	Conservative and Unionist Party	24	£127,512	Northern Campaign Group£15,000
119	Gloucester	Conservative and Unionist Party	33	£127,459	H M Revenue & Customs£15,051
120	Perth and Kinross	Conservative and Unionist Party	22	£126,383	Ms Helen W Mailer£14,083
121	Croydon Local Campaign Forum	Labour Party	20	£125,863	Croydon Labour Group£17,368
122	South Derbyshire	Conservative and Unionist Party	23	£125,850	James Tyler£21,250
123	Hammersmith and Chiswick	Conservative and Unionist Party	20	£125,181	Hammersmith and Fulham Cllrs Association£20,105
124	Cambridge CLP	Labour Party	34	£125,139	Cambridge City Council Labour Group£13,675
125	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrats	25	£124,432	Alan Reid£18,200
126	East Midlands County Committee	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	7	£123,912	Mr Derek Clark£48,228
127	Corby	Conservative and Unionist Party	34	£123,266	The United and Cecil Club£12,000
128	Labour Students	Labour Party	23	£123,089	COMMUNITY£13,700
129	South Northamptonshire	Conservative and Unionist Party	23	£122,695	Peter Byng£43,637
130	Gateshead	Liberal Democrats	38	£121,451	Gateshead Lib Dem Council Group£10,000
131	Braintree	Conservative and Unionist Party	37	£120,998	E. Hobbs (Farms) Ltd£10,000
132	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrats	32	£119,429	James T Macpherson£25,000
133	Taunton and Wellington	Liberal Democrats	31	£119,417	AMOS ELLIS CONSULTING LIMITED£10,000
134	Scottish Co-operative Party	Co-operative Party	12	£117,850	Scotmid Co-operative Society£15,200
135	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrats	20	£117,616	Mr Christopher Bentley£20,000
136	Bournemouth West	Conservative and Unionist Party	22	£117,347	Sixty Six Club£18,010
137	Liverpool Local Campaign Forum	Labour Party	19	£117,100	Liverpool Labour Group£10,800
138	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative and Unionist Party	35	£116,372	Broadland Properties Ltd£15,000
139	Mole Valley	Liberal Democrats	46	£115,786	Andrew Dixon£10,000
140	High Peak	Conservative and Unionist Party	22	£115,644	Mr Patrick Cryne£50,000
141	Enfield North CLP	Labour Party	37	£115,488	Enfield Council Labour Group£10,000
142	Central Devon	Conservative and Unionist Party	37	£114,328	not recorded 1995-05-10£12,938
143	Crewe & Nantwich	Conservative and Unionist Party	19	£113,666	Mr Steven J Williams£25,000
144	Gillingham and Rainham CLP	Labour Party	51	£113,490	GPMU£10,000
145	Hemsworth CLP	Labour Party	2	£113,000	Communication Workers Union£105,000
146	North Ayrshire	Conservative and Unionist Party	4	£112,634	Irvine Unionist Club£100,000
147	Stevenage CLP	Labour Party	31	£112,473	Stevenage Labour Group£10,000
148	Winchester	Conservative and Unionist Party	22	£112,348	Mr Robert G Thorne£20,000
149	Hull	Liberal Democrats	39	£112,069	Mark E Petterson£15,000
150	Peterborough	Conservative and Unionist Party	25	£111,355	Bearwood Corporate Services Ltd£10,956
151	Milton Keynes	Conservative and Unionist Party	37	£110,501	Janice E Flawn CBE£14,000
152	Reigate	Conservative and Unionist Party	9	£110,253	Redhill Constitutional Club Ltd.£60,783
153	North Cotswolds	Conservative and Unionist Party	2	£110,000	Simon Keswick£100,000
154	Kensington, Bayswater, Chelsea and Fulham	Conservative and Unionist Party	27	£109,942	RBKC Conservative Councillors£20,000
155	South East Region	Green Party	19	£109,875	Mr Maurice Millward£25,000
156	Wallasey and Birkenhead	Conservative and Unionist Party	10	£109,500	Grange (Birkenhead) Property Company Ltd£88,000
157	Kensington	Conservative and Unionist Party	29	£108,200	Michael Cocks£10,000
158	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	Labour Party	26	£107,750	Offshore Group Newcastle Limited£15,000
159	Elmbridge	Liberal Democrats	17	£107,350	Mark Brett£20,000
160	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative and Unionist Party	24	£106,933	East Riding of Yorkshire Portcullis Club£12,000
161	Somerton & Frome	Conservative and Unionist Party	18	£106,322	The Oak Ball£19,225
162	Waltham Forest	Liberal Democrats	2	£105,500	Mr Robert Wheatley£102,000
163	St Ives	Liberal Democrats	15	£105,490	Anthony P Dunn£30,000
164	Eastern	Green Party	24	£105,146	Mr Michael Taylor£20,000
165	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative and Unionist Party	27	£105,057	Conservative Group Dacorum Borough Council£10,500
166	Hereford & South Herefordshire	Liberal Democrats	28	£104,658	Hereford Liberal Club£25,000
167	Bath	Conservative and Unionist Party	21	£104,044	Mr Gordon Bloor£15,639
168	Bosworth	Liberal Democrats	9	£103,514	Mrs I Sutton£69,214
169	Hereford and South Herefordshire	Conservative and Unionist Party	29	£103,471	Mr Robin C Odey£10,000
170	London Region	Conservative and Unionist Party	9	£101,088	Canary Wharf Group PLC£25,000
171	Putney	Conservative and Unionist Party	18	£100,686	Mr Ryan J Robson£15,000
172	Derby City	Liberal Democrats	41	£100,345	Mr John Keane£5,000
173	Southampton Itchen and Test CLP	Labour Party	38	£99,683	UNISON£9,445
174	Kensington & Chelsea	Conservative and Unionist Party	26	£99,615	Viktor Pomichal£25,000
175	Wales Labour	Labour Party	27	£99,001	Unison£14,000
176	City of Bradford	Liberal Democrats	40	£98,960	Bradford Lib Dem Council Group£6,486
177	Tunbridge Wells	Liberal Democrats	33	£98,586	Dominic JA Mathon£18,000
178	Ealing Central and Acton	Conservative and Unionist Party	30	£98,506	Mr Anthony P Schlesinger£20,000
179	Esher & Walton	Conservative and Unionist Party	19	£98,288	Karkin & Yuksel Legal Services Ltd£10,789
180	East Hampshire	Liberal Democrats	22	£98,083	Sir Desmond H Pitcher£10,000
181	North Shropshire	Liberal Democrats	14	£98,000	Sir Jack Hayward£25,000
182	Sherwood Forest	Labour Party	20	£97,625	Langley Holdings£20,000
183	Bracknell	Conservative and Unionist Party	18	£97,284	The 33 Group Ltd£11,075
184	Southport	Conservative and Unionist Party	20	£97,176	Lord David E D Brownlow£11,500
185	Islington South and Finsbury CLP	Labour Party	29	£97,126	BM Creative Limited£10,000
186	Brigg and Immingham	Conservative and Unionist Party	26	£97,000	Mr Alexander Temerko£10,000
187	Dumfries & Galloway	Conservative and Unionist Party	29	£96,573	Scottish Unionist Association Trust£8,385
188	Basingstoke	Conservative and Unionist Party	24	£96,279	John Hungerford£11,000
189	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrats	32	£95,478	Alexander Culverwell£5,000
190	Shrewsbury	Liberal Democrats	21	£95,217	JCB Research£10,000
191	North East and Central Fife	Liberal Democrats	16	£95,181	Robert P Reid£10,000
192	Huntingdon	Liberal Democrats	22	£93,601	Smithfield Consultants Limited£15,450
193	Wirral West	Conservative and Unionist Party	19	£93,590	Lord Leonard Steinberg£13,576
194	Lancaster and Fleetwood CLP	Labour Party	16	£93,369	Mr Richard Newman-Thompson£57,300
195	Bristol North West	Conservative and Unionist Party	19	£93,000	Ms Fleur Meys£15,000
196	South Leicestershire	Conservative and Unionist Party	22	£92,865	Paul M Hartshorn£10,000
197	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrats	34	£92,821	Homes and Places Division,Sustainable Future Dept£17,738
198	North West Leicestershire	Conservative and Unionist Party	20	£92,624	Andrew J Bridgen£15,000
199	City of Brighton and Hove Labour Party	Labour Party	18	£92,174	Gowlett Trust£10,000
200	Western Counties	Liberal Democrats	17	£91,834	Giee Dawson£23,242

Source: Electoral Commission donations register, accounting_unit_name field. Filtered to £1,500+ entries (the EC’s standard declaration threshold). Constituency classification uses a name heuristic; a small number of mis-labelled units may slip through in either direction.