The People's Chamber
ISSUE 78
JUN 5-11, 2026
Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin · Money map

Who actually funds the Sinn Féin

Every declared donation to the Sinn Féin on the Electoral Commission register, aggregated by year, by donor type, by sector and by accounting unit. The headline number on the policy page is £4,619,304 across 342 declared donations from 27 distinct donors. The figures below are the decomposition.

Lifetime declared
£4.6m
342 donations
Distinct donors
27
EC register, all-time
Top 10 donors' share
97.1%
of all lifetime income
Largest single donor
Mr William E Hampton
£2.4m

By donor type

The most diagnostic single decomposition. Tells you who actually owns the party.

Donor typeDonationsTotal% of all-time
Individual194£3m64.3%
Public Fund142£1.5m32.5%
Company6£147k3.2%

Year by year

Declared total per calendar year. Election years and leadership-change years usually spike.

YearDonationsTotalScale
20263£65k
202513£572k
202416£256k
202336£482k
202212£120k
202142£975k
202015£134k
201920£1.6m
201897£221k
201788£147k

Where the money landed · accounting unit

Money that lands at Central HQ funds the party machine. Money that lands at a constituency association funds a single seat. The mix tells you whether the party is centrally bankrolled or locally rooted.

WhereDonationsTotal% of all-time
Central HQ342£4.6m100.0%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#DonorTypeDonationsLifetime total
1Mr William E HamptonIndividual5£2.4m
2House of Commons Department of ResourcesPublic Fund51£756k
3Northern Ireland Assembly Finance OfficePublic Fund77£642k
4Ms Elizabeth known as Pegeen O'SullivanIndividual1£339k
5Republican MerchandisingCompany5£123k
6Northern Ireland AssemblyPublic Fund14£104k
7Martina Anderson MEPIndividual4£28k
8Parnell PublicationsCompany1£24k
9Michelle O'Neill MLAIndividual14£21k
10Alex Maskey MLAIndividual17£16k
11Caral Ní Chuilin MLAIndividual10£13k
12Declan Kearney MLAIndividual11£11k
13Linda Dillon MLAIndividual15£11k
14Conor Murphy MLAIndividual17£11k
15Declan McAleer MLAIndividual12£11k
16Cathal Boylan MLAIndividual11£11k
17Fra McCann MLAIndividual11£10k
18Mairtín ó Muilleoir MLAIndividual8£9k
19Philip McGuigan MLAIndividual11£9k
20Gerry Kelly MLAIndividual9£9k
21Michaela Boyle MLAIndividual11£7k
22Sean Lynch MLAIndividual5£7k
23Deirdre HargeyIndividual6£4k
24Raymond McCartney MLAIndividual5£4k
25Ian Milne MLAIndividual4£3k
26Caoimhe Fleming Archibald MLAIndividual4£3k
27Orlaithi FlynnIndividual3£2k

Source: Electoral Commission donations register, recipient_name = “Sinn Féin”. All-time, all accounting units. Includes both monetary donations and non-cash benefits.