Waheed Alli
Lord Waheed Alli is the multi-millionaire founder and former Managing Director of Planet 24 Television, the makers of the Big Breakfast and The Word. [1] He and his partner, Charlie Parsons, made £5 million each when Planet 24 was sold to Carlton in March 1999. He is now Managing Director of Production at Carlton, considered an important New Labour asset by the Chairman, Michael Green (a friend of Margaret Thatcher). He has made Labour Party election broadcasts for free and Planet 24 gave the Labour Party £12,500 in 1998. Alli, the former Head of Investment Research at Save & Prosper, was given his peerage in the same year. [2]
Affiliations
Donations
| Date | Name of donor | Amount | Donated to | Subsidiary (parties only) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/11/2004 | Lord Waheed Alli | £9,200.00 | Labour Party | Scottish Labour Party |
| 31/03/2005 | Lord Waheed Alli | £600.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 28/01/2005 | Lord Waheed Alli | £5,000.00 | Labour Party | Islington South and Finsbury CLP |
| 01/04/2005 | Lord Waheed Alli | £15,000.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 01/04/2005 | Lord Waheed Alli | £1,400.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 01/09/2005 | Lord Waheed Alli | £10,000.00 | The Rt Hon David Lammy MP | |
| 18/08/2005 | Lord Waheed Alli | £1,000.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 06/07/2005 | Lord Waheed Alli | £775.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 11/06/2007 | Lord Waheed Alli | £10,000.00 | The Rt Hon David Lammy MP | |
| 02/09/2008 | Lord Waheed Alli | £1,320.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 10/11/2008 | Lord Waheed Alli | £10,000.00 | Labour Party | Mitcham and Morden CLP |
| 09/11/2009 | BM Creative Limited, C/O WAHEED ALLI | £10,000.00 | Labour Party | Islington South and Finsbury CLP |
| 22/03/2010 | BM Creative management Ltd, c/o Waheed Alli | £5,000.00 | The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP | |
| 24/09/2010 | Waheed Alli | £10,000.00 | The Rt Hon David Miliband MP | Central Party |
| 14/01/2013 | Lord Waheed Alli | £15,000.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 03/05/2013 | Lord Waheed Alli | £1,000.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 21/08/2013 | Lord Waheed Alli | £911.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 31/12/2013 | Lord Waheed Alli | £15,000.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 10/10/2014 | Lord Waheed Alli | £21,000.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 11/12/2014 | Lord Waheed Alli | £5,000.00 | Labour Party | Cities of Brighton and Hove |
Labour leadership contest
In May 2015, Alli donated £2,000 to support Liz Kendall's campaign to succeed Ed Miliband as leader of the Labour Party.[4]
References
- ↑ BBC, Profile: Lord Waheed Alli
- ↑ Available through: Red Star Research search function
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 9 March 2015
- ↑ Parliament.uk Liz Kendall, accessed 21 July 2015.
