Xuelin Bates

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Lady Xuelin Bates (née Black) works for property development company Advanced Business Park (ABP). In May 2014 the firm were granted a £1 billion deal to redevelop a part of London's Royal Albert Dock by Mayor of London Boris Johnson. ABP share offices in Beijing with London and Partners - 'Johnson's taxpayer funded agency set up to attract foreign investment to London since March 2012'.[1][2]

In 2011 she was a 'pro bono advisor' to 'big society czar' Lord Wei. When she travelled to China with Wei her flights were sponsored by ABP.[3]

Personal life

Political donations

Recorded by the Electoral Commission:[5]

Date Name of donor Amount Donated to Subsidiary (parties only)
09/04/2010 Xuelin Black £50,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
16/09/2010 Xuelin Black £13,300.00 Conservative Party Central Party
17/12/2010 Xuelin Black £20,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
09/09/2011 Xuelin Black £14,012.00 Conservative Party Central Party
07/12/2011 Xuelin Black £14,500.00 Conservative Party Central Party
13/03/2012 Xuelin Black £15,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
15/06/2012 Xuelin Black £15,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
14/09/2012 Xuelin Black £15,860.00 Conservative Party Central Party
24/11/2014 Xuelin Bates £14,100.00 Conservative Party Central Party












Affiliations

Notes

  1. Taimour Fazlani Top Ten Political Screw Ups by UK Politicians in 2014 Media Diversified, 1 January 2015, accessed 5 May 2015.
  2. Peter Walker Boris Johnson rejects claims over billion-pound Chinese property deal Guardian, 13 November 2013, accessed 5 May 2015.
  3. Cod Philosophy Cracking China, 5 June 2014, accessed 5 May 2015.
  4. Gov.UK Lord Bates, accessed 5 May 2015.
  5. Electoral Commission, Donation search: 'Xuelin', accessed 5 May 2015