Simon Wolfson

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Simon Adam Wolfson (born 27 October 1967) is a British businessman who has donated substantial sums to the Conservative Party. He currently chief executive of the clothing retailer Next and is the son of former Next chairman David Wolfson. He was appointed a Trustee of the right-wing think-tank Policy Exchange on 2 December 2008. He is a trustee of The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust [1] which funds Policy Exchange and Civitas.

Wolfson was appointed a Conservative peer in May 2010.[2]

He married Ellie Shawcross in June 2012.[3]

Donations to the Conservative Party

Received by Date accepted Donations
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 19 January 2006 £50,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 14 August 2006 £4,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 22 January 2007 £60,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 19 February 2009 £69,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 13 December 2007 £54,250
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 5 December 2008 £60,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 14 May 2009 £6,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 11 November 2009 £4,000

The table on the right shows Simon Wolfson's donations to the Conservative Party registered with the Electoral Commission as at 27 April 2010. [4] The donations listed amount to a total of £238,250 over less than four years.

External resources

Notes

  1. Screengrab of Charity Commission, The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust > Contact & trustees, created 8 July 2010
  2. Peerages, honours and appointments, number10.gov.uk, 28 May 2010.
  3. Next’s Lord Wolfson ties the knot, Retail Week, 28 June 2012.
  4. Electoral Commission, Register of donations to political parties [Accessed 27 April 2010]