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'''Peter de Putron''' is a banker who lives in Guernsey and is the brother-in-law of UK financial services minister [[Andrea Leadsom]]. He is the founder of [[De Putron Fund Management]]. | '''Peter de Putron''' is a banker who lives in Guernsey and is the brother-in-law of UK financial services minister [[Andrea Leadsom]]. He is the founder of [[De Putron Fund Management]]. | ||
| − | He has donated £816,000 to the Conservative | + | He has donated £816,000 to the [[Conservative Party]] since Leadsom first successfully ran for parliament at the 2010 election. <ref name="banker">David Leigh, James Ball and Leila Haddou, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/08/andrea-leadsom-family-links-offshore-bank-donations-tories Top Tory has family link with offshore banker who gave party £800,000], ''The Guardian'', 8 July 2014, acc 16 July 2014 </ref> |
| − | David Leigh, James Ball and Leila Haddou, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/08/andrea-leadsom-family-links-offshore-bank-donations-tories Top Tory has family link with offshore banker who gave party £800,000], ''The Guardian'', 8 July 2014, acc 16 July 2014 </ref> | ||
==Donations== | ==Donations== | ||
| − | + | Donations were made to his sister-in-law Andrea Leadsom directly through UK-registered companies controlled by de Putron: [[Gloucester Research]], which changed its name to [[GR Software & Research]], then to [[Trenchant]], and now trades under yet another name, [[G-Research]]. Leadsom's husband, [[Ben Leadsom]], is a director.<ref name="banker"/> | |
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Before being elected Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire in 2010, Leadsom was Managing Director of [[De Putron Fund Management]] between 1997 and 1999.<ref> ‘LEADSOM, Andrea Jacqueline’, ''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U251154 online edn.], Oxford University Press 2013, accessed 9 July 2014.</ref> Using data gathered by the Washington-based organisation the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]], a July 2014 report by ''The Guardian'' found that her brother-in-law Peter de Putron had donated £816,000 to the [[Conservative Party]] since 2010. <ref name="banker">David Leigh, James Ball and Leila Haddou, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/08/andrea-leadsom-family-links-offshore-bank-donations-tories Top Tory has family link with offshore banker who gave party £800,000], ''The Guardian'', 8 July 2014, acc 16 July 2014 </ref> | Before being elected Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire in 2010, Leadsom was Managing Director of [[De Putron Fund Management]] between 1997 and 1999.<ref> ‘LEADSOM, Andrea Jacqueline’, ''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U251154 online edn.], Oxford University Press 2013, accessed 9 July 2014.</ref> Using data gathered by the Washington-based organisation the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]], a July 2014 report by ''The Guardian'' found that her brother-in-law Peter de Putron had donated £816,000 to the [[Conservative Party]] since 2010. <ref name="banker">David Leigh, James Ball and Leila Haddou, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/08/andrea-leadsom-family-links-offshore-bank-donations-tories Top Tory has family link with offshore banker who gave party £800,000], ''The Guardian'', 8 July 2014, acc 16 July 2014 </ref> | ||
| − | + | De Putron has made a total of £680,000 in donations to the right-wing think tank [[Open Europe]], channelled through G-research.<ref name="banker"/> | |
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
Revision as of 09:46, 25 July 2014
Peter de Putron is a banker who lives in Guernsey and is the brother-in-law of UK financial services minister Andrea Leadsom. He is the founder of De Putron Fund Management.
He has donated £816,000 to the Conservative Party since Leadsom first successfully ran for parliament at the 2010 election. [1]
Donations
Donations were made to his sister-in-law Andrea Leadsom directly through UK-registered companies controlled by de Putron: Gloucester Research, which changed its name to GR Software & Research, then to Trenchant, and now trades under yet another name, G-Research. Leadsom's husband, Ben Leadsom, is a director.[1]
Before being elected Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire in 2010, Leadsom was Managing Director of De Putron Fund Management between 1997 and 1999.[2] Using data gathered by the Washington-based organisation the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a July 2014 report by The Guardian found that her brother-in-law Peter de Putron had donated £816,000 to the Conservative Party since 2010. [1]
De Putron has made a total of £680,000 in donations to the right-wing think tank Open Europe, channelled through G-research.[1]
Resources
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 David Leigh, James Ball and Leila Haddou, Top Tory has family link with offshore banker who gave party £800,000, The Guardian, 8 July 2014, acc 16 July 2014
- ↑ ‘LEADSOM, Andrea Jacqueline’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn., Oxford University Press 2013, accessed 9 July 2014.
