Five big unions made up Labour’s top general election campaign donors, the latest political funding figures reveal.
Labour received just under £10m in donations during the election period, compared to the Tories colossal £24,840,627.
The quarter containing the election saw the highest political donations on record, beating the previous record held by the 2015 general election. The time frame was April 1st – June 30th.
Unite was Labour’s biggest donor, and the biggest political donor overall, giving the party coffers a £4,165,935 boost.
GMB was the next largest contributor to the campaign war chest, handing the party £1,253,711, and the CWU were next with a £1,039,794 donation. Unison gave £922,586 in this period, and Usdaw £411,340.
Of the top 20 single donations given in the quarter, 14 were handed to the Conservatives, just one to the Lib Dems and the rest were to Labour.