Aidan Heavey

Aidan Heavey is the CEO and founder of Tullow Oil. He was a UK Conservative Party party donor between 2007- 2010.

Political donations

• Michael Gove registered an individual donation from Heavey in October 2011 for £12,500.

Name of donor: Mr Aidan Heavey

Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £12,500

Donor status: individual

(Registered 12 October 2011)

Gove also registered the following donation from Tullow in 2010:

Name of donor: Tullow Oil plc

Address of donor: Building 11 Chiswick Park 566 Chiswick High Road London w4 5YS

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000

Donor status: company

(Registered 26 May 2010)

Electoral Commission records also show that Heavey gave £10,000 to the Tories just before the 2010 UK general election, and another £10,000 six months afterwards.

£ 10,000.00 Conservative Party C0025131 accepted 15/04/2010 £ 10,000.00 Conservative Party C0026813 accepted 26/10/2010