Michael Bishop

Sir Michael Bishop is the Executive Chairman of British Midland (he has been Chairman since 1978). He attended the £350-a-head gala dinner at the Bournemouth Pavilion ballroom during the 1999 Labour Party Conference. The dinner was expected to raise £250,000 for the Labour Party. Sir Michael Bishop was a former Tory supporter, who lent planes to John Major's election campaign.

He is also the Deputy Chairman of Airtours plc and a Non-Executive Director of Kidde plc. He was Chairman of Channel 4 Television from 1993-97.

British Midland gave more than £5,000 in sponsorship to the Labour Party in 1999-2000.