Paul Ruddock

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Paul Ruddock is chief executive of hedge fund Lansdowne Partners and a former Goldman Sachs banker. He is a prominent supporter and funder of the Conservative Party.

Donations to UK Conservative Party

Ruddock gave £486,500 to the Tories between 2003 and 2010. [1]

By virtue of donating more than £50,000 Ruddock is a member of Prime Minister David Cameron's elite 'Leader's Group' dining club.

Israel Advocacy

In October 2015, Ruddock signed a letter in The Guardian along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched Culture for Coexistence, an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.[2]

Donation history

Recorded by the Electoral Commission:[3]

Date Name of donor Amount Donated to Subsidiary (parties only)
01/09/2003 Paul M Ruddock £10,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
20/04/2004 Paul M Ruddock £20,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
18/04/2005 Paul Ruddock £20,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
20/01/2006 Paul M. Ruddock £50,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
24/08/2006 Paul M Ruddock £8,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
19/01/2007 Paul M Ruddock £60,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
31/03/2007 Paul M Ruddock £3,095.30 Conservative Party Central party
07/09/2007 Paul M Ruddock £8,500.00 Conservative Party Central party
31/10/2007 Paul M Ruddock £3,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
28/11/2007 Paul M Ruddock £75,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
27/05/2008 Paul M Ruddock £8,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
08/12/2008 Paul M Ruddock £2,886.00 Conservative Party Central Party
20/01/2009 Paul M Ruddock £50,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
29/05/2009 Paul M Ruddock £8,500.00 Conservative Party Central Party
03/09/2009 Paul M Ruddock £108,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
27/11/2009 Paul M Ruddock £7,500.00 Conservative Party Central Party
31/12/2009 Paul M Ruddock £2,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
18/02/2010 Paul M Ruddock £51,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
28/02/2010 Paul M Ruddock £5,439.00 Conservative Party Central party
20/07/2010 Paul M Ruddock £8,500.00 Conservative Party Central party
22/11/2010 Paul M Ruddock £1,666.12 Conservative Party Central party
22/02/2011 Paul M Ruddock £50,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
21/06/2011 Paul M Ruddock £8,500.00 Conservative Party Central party
04/07/2011 Paul M Ruddock £2,012.00 Conservative Party Central party
10/02/2012 Paul M Ruddock £50,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
28/05/2012 Paul M Ruddock £8,500.00 Conservative Party Central party
20/11/2012 Paul M Ruddock £25,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
12/04/2013 Paul M Ruddock £37,500.00 Conservative Party Central party
14/11/2013 Paul M Ruddock £37,500.00 Conservative Party Central party
13/03/2014 Paul M Ruddock £5,184.22 Conservative Party Central party
13/03/2014 Paul M Ruddock £25,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
18/06/2014 Paul M Ruddock £25,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
16/09/2014 Paul M Ruddock £33,500.00 Conservative Party Central party
08/12/2014 Paul M Ruddock £25,000.00 Conservative Party Central party







































Dinner at Downing Street with the Camerons

Affiliations

Notes

  1. Electoral Commission, [http://registers.electoralcommission.org.uk/regulatoryissues/ regdpoliticalparties.cfm?ec= Donations: Paul Ruddock ]
  2. Harriet Sherwood, 'Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts', The Guardian, 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015
  3. Electoral Commission Search 'Ruddock', accessed 7 May 2015.