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[[The Leader's Group]] is a donor club of the [[Conservative Party]] and is described as the 'premier supporter group'.<ref name="leaders group">[http://www.conservatives.com/Donate/Donor_Clubs.aspx 'Donor Clubs'], ''Conservative party website''.</ref> In order to become a member of the group an annual membership fee of £50,000 must be paid. As a member of [[The Leader's Group]] you can expect to ' join [[David Cameron]] and other senior figures from the Conservative Party at dinners, post-PMQ lunches, drinks receptions, election result events and important campaign launches'. <ref name="leaders group"/>
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[[The Leader's Group]] is a donor club of the [[Conservative Party]] and is described as the 'premier supporter group'.<ref name="leaders group">[http://www.conservatives.com/Donate/Donor_Clubs.aspx 'Donor Clubs'], ''Conservative party website''.</ref> To become a member of the group an annual membership fee of £50,000 must be paid. As a member of [[The Leader's Group]] you can expect to 'join [[David Cameron]] and other senior figures from the Conservative Party at dinners, post-PMQ lunches, drinks receptions, election result events and important campaign launches'. <ref name="leaders group"/>
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Set up in 2003, David Cameron's [[The Leader's Group|Leader’s Group]] 'has grown to become a key part of Tory fundraising' according to the [[Daily Mail]], which revealed in January 2014 that the elite dining group had donated more than £43.1 million to the party since 2001. Secrecy surrounding its events has raised suspicions; no list of members has ever been published nor details of the topics discussed ever revealed. The Conservatives continue to refuse to release public information about the group<ref> Jason Groves, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544318/Revealed-The-43m-paid-elite-group-donors-access-Tories-including-David-Cameron.html#ixzz2sL8dp1nz Revealed: The £43m paid by elite group of donors for access to top Tories including David Cameron], ''Daily Mail'', 23 January 2014, acc 4 February 2014 </ref> beyond details of those who have attended the events every quarter since 2012.
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The chairman of the Group is [[Howard Leigh]].
  
 
==Donors attending Leader's Group events==
 
==Donors attending Leader's Group events==
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Guests include:
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[[Alexander Temerko]] | [[Andrew Brannon]] | [[Andrew Law]] | [[Michael Bradfield]] | [[Henry Davis]] | [[Countywide Developments]] Ltd (represented by [[Anthony Gallagher]], Director) | [[Offshore Group Newcastle]] Ltd (represented by [[Alexander Temerko]], [[Dennis Clark]] & [[David Edwards]], Directors) | [[Edward Eisler]] | [[Michael Freeman]] | Mr [[Amjad Bseisu]] | [[Bradley Yam]] | [[Charles Wigoder]] | [[Philip Gibbs]] | [[DPK Contractors]] Limited (represented by [[Rishi Khosla]], Director) | [[Mike Gooley]] | [[Arne Groes]] | [[Daniel Green]] | [[James Lupton]] | Dr [[James Hay]] | [[Shore Capital]] Ltd (represented by [[Howard Shore]], Director) | [[Oluwole Kolade]] | Dr [[Mike Lynch]] | [[Lord Farmer]] | [[Ian Mukherjee]] | [[Rajeev Misra]] | Sir [[Henry Keswick]] | [[IPGL]] Limited (represented by [[Michael Spencer]], Director) | [[Melanie Sherwood]] | [[Jitesh Gadhia]] | [[Ali Mosawi]] | [[Broadland Properties]] Ltd (represented by [[John Guthrie]], Director) | [[Kenneth Costa]] | [[Chinook Urban Mining]] Ltd (represented by [[Ferras Zalt]], Director) | The [[Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover]] | [[Babatunde Soyoye]] | [[David Roper]] | [[Roger Orf]] | [[Michael Tory]] | [[Edmund Truell]] | [[Georg von Opel]] | [[Roger Nagioff]] | [[Edward Wray]] | [[Chris Ingram]] | [[United & Cecil Club]] (represented by [[Christopher Fenwick]], Deputy Chairman ) | [[Christopher Rokos]] | [[David Mayhew]] | [[David Ross]] | [[Gary Lydiate]] | [[Hugh Sloane]] | [[Ian Taylor (British businessman)| Ian Taylor]] | [[Jeremy Asher]] | [[John Frieda]] | [[IM Properties PLC & International Motors]] Ltd (represented by [[Lord Edmiston]], Director ) | [[Lord Fink]] | [[Lord Harris of Peckham]] | [[Mark Samworth]] | [[Westfield Shoppingtowns]] Ltd (represented by [[Michael Gutman]], Director ) | [[Neil Ostrer]] | [[Adrian Beecroft| Paul Adrian Beecroft]] | [[J&H Sales]] (International) Ltd (represented by [[Ranjit Baxi]], Director ) | Sir [[John Hall]] | [[Wates Group Services]] Ltd (represented by [[Timothy Wates]], Director and [[James Wates]] director ) | [[Bestway| Bestway Cash & Carry]] Ltd (represented by [[Zameer Choudrey]], Director ) | [[Lady Xuelin Bates]] | Sir [[Martin Arbib]] DL | [[FIL Holdings]] (UK) Ltd (represented by [[Barry Bateman]], Director ) | [[Flowidea]] Ltd (represented by [[Henry Angest]], Director ) | [[William Cook Holdings]] Ltd (represented by [[Andrew Cook]], Chairman ) | [[Michael Davis]] | [[Ravinder Gidar]] | [[Jeremy Isaacs]] | [[Kevin Lomax]] | [[CC Property Company]] Ltd (represented by [[Antoine Mattar]], Director ) | [[Sun Mark]] Ltd (represented by [[Rami Ranger]], Director ) | Sir [[Paul Ruddock]] | [Ann] [[Rosemary Said]] | [[James Stunt]] | Sir [[Michael Hintze]] | [[Sovereign Business Jets]] Ltd ( represented by [[Anastasia Sergeef]] & [[Serge Sergeef]], directors ) | [[Abdul‐Majid Jafar]] | [[Ayman Asfari]] | [[David Ord]] Limited (represented by [[David C Ord]], Director) | [[George E Robinson]] | [[Harilela Hotels]] (UK) Ltd (represented by [[Aron H Harilela]], Director) | [[Malcolm J Scott]] | [[National Conservative Draws Society]] (represented by [[Philip Smith]], Chairman) | [[Rainham Steel Company]] Limited (represented by [[William J Ives]], Director) | [[Norbrook Laboratories]] (GB) Ltd (represented by [[Lord Ballyedmond]], Chairman ) | [[Roderick H Brooks]] | [[Hani Farsi]] | [[Lesley A Jackson]] | [[Michael Batt]] | [[Nisham S Sidhu‐Brar]] | [[Peter Harrison]] | [[B&S Properties]] Ltd (represented by [[Peter Virdee]] ) | [[Ramez Sousou]] | [[Xuelin Black]] | [[Alexander Andrew Fraser]] | [[RAB Capital]] Ltd (represented by [[William Philip Richards]] & [[Michael Alen‐Buckley]], Directors) | [[Alan Lewis]] | [[Babyway International]] Ltd (represented by [[Graham Leslie]], Director) | [[Headstock Distribution]] Ltd (represented by [[Keith Bradshaw]], Director) | [[May Makhzoumi]] | [[JCB Research]] (represented by Sir [[Anthony Bamford]], Director) | [[David Harding]] | [[David Lilley]] | [[Dinesh Dhamija]] | Sir [[Simon Robertson]] | [[Stephen Catlin]] | [[Yan Huo]] | [[Anne Street Partners]] Limited (represented by [[Lord Ashcroft]]) | [[Clerewell]] Ltd (represented by Sir [[Michael Heller]], Director)<ref> Adam Withnall [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-much-for-dinner-with-david-cameron-tories-reveal-list-of-megarich-donors-who-spend-50000-to-dine-with-the-pm-9858102.html How much for dinner with David Cameron? Tories reveal list of ‘mega-rich donors’ who spend £50,000 to dine with the PM] ''Independent'', 13 November 2014, accessed 24 February 2015 </ref>
  
 
===2012===
 
===2012===
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*[Quarter 1]]
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*[[Quarter 3]], 2012: File:Leader's_Group_meals_Q32012.ashx.pdf]‎]
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*Quarter 2: [[File:Q22012.pdf]]
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*Quarter 3: [[File:Q32012.pdf]]
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*Quarter 4: [[File:Leaders Group Q4 2012.pdf]]
  
 
===2013===
 
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*[[Quarter 4]][[File:LG Meals Q4 2013 Disclosure.ashx.pdf|4th quarter‎]]
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*Quarter 1: [[File:Leader's Group Q12013.pdf]]
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*Quarter 2:
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*Quarter 3:
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*Quarter 4: [[File:LG Meals Q4 2013 Disclosure.ashx.pdf]]
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===2014===
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*Quarter 1: [[File:Q12014.pdf]]
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*Quarter 2:
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*Quarter 3: [[File:LG Meals Q3 2014 FINAL.pdf]]
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*Quarter 4: [[File:LG Meals Q4 2014.pdf]]
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==Resources==
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*Holly Watt, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/04/tories-leaders-group-donor-club-david-cameron-conservatives-dinners The Tory Leader's Group donor club: 'A chance for like-minded people to talk'] ''Guardian'', 4 May 2015, accessed 5 May 2015.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 10:45, 5 May 2015

The Leader's Group is a donor club of the Conservative Party and is described as the 'premier supporter group'.[1] To become a member of the group an annual membership fee of £50,000 must be paid. As a member of The Leader's Group you can expect to 'join David Cameron and other senior figures from the Conservative Party at dinners, post-PMQ lunches, drinks receptions, election result events and important campaign launches'. [1]

Set up in 2003, David Cameron's Leader’s Group 'has grown to become a key part of Tory fundraising' according to the Daily Mail, which revealed in January 2014 that the elite dining group had donated more than £43.1 million to the party since 2001. Secrecy surrounding its events has raised suspicions; no list of members has ever been published nor details of the topics discussed ever revealed. The Conservatives continue to refuse to release public information about the group[2] beyond details of those who have attended the events every quarter since 2012.

The chairman of the Group is Howard Leigh.

Donors attending Leader's Group events

Guests include: Alexander Temerko | Andrew Brannon | Andrew Law | Michael Bradfield | Henry Davis | Countywide Developments Ltd (represented by Anthony Gallagher, Director) | Offshore Group Newcastle Ltd (represented by Alexander Temerko, Dennis Clark & David Edwards, Directors) | Edward Eisler | Michael Freeman | Mr Amjad Bseisu | Bradley Yam | Charles Wigoder | Philip Gibbs | DPK Contractors Limited (represented by Rishi Khosla, Director) | Mike Gooley | Arne Groes | Daniel Green | James Lupton | Dr James Hay | Shore Capital Ltd (represented by Howard Shore, Director) | Oluwole Kolade | Dr Mike Lynch | Lord Farmer | Ian Mukherjee | Rajeev Misra | Sir Henry Keswick | IPGL Limited (represented by Michael Spencer, Director) | Melanie Sherwood | Jitesh Gadhia | Ali Mosawi | Broadland Properties Ltd (represented by John Guthrie, Director) | Kenneth Costa | Chinook Urban Mining Ltd (represented by Ferras Zalt, Director) | The Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover | Babatunde Soyoye | David Roper | Roger Orf | Michael Tory | Edmund Truell | Georg von Opel | Roger Nagioff | Edward Wray | Chris Ingram | United & Cecil Club (represented by Christopher Fenwick, Deputy Chairman ) | Christopher Rokos | David Mayhew | David Ross | Gary Lydiate | Hugh Sloane | Ian Taylor | Jeremy Asher | John Frieda | IM Properties PLC & International Motors Ltd (represented by Lord Edmiston, Director ) | Lord Fink | Lord Harris of Peckham | Mark Samworth | Westfield Shoppingtowns Ltd (represented by Michael Gutman, Director ) | Neil Ostrer | Paul Adrian Beecroft | J&H Sales (International) Ltd (represented by Ranjit Baxi, Director ) | Sir John Hall | Wates Group Services Ltd (represented by Timothy Wates, Director and James Wates director ) | Bestway Cash & Carry Ltd (represented by Zameer Choudrey, Director ) | Lady Xuelin Bates | Sir Martin Arbib DL | FIL Holdings (UK) Ltd (represented by Barry Bateman, Director ) | Flowidea Ltd (represented by Henry Angest, Director ) | William Cook Holdings Ltd (represented by Andrew Cook, Chairman ) | Michael Davis | Ravinder Gidar | Jeremy Isaacs | Kevin Lomax | CC Property Company Ltd (represented by Antoine Mattar, Director ) | Sun Mark Ltd (represented by Rami Ranger, Director ) | Sir Paul Ruddock | [Ann] Rosemary Said | James Stunt | Sir Michael Hintze | Sovereign Business Jets Ltd ( represented by Anastasia Sergeef & Serge Sergeef, directors ) | Abdul‐Majid Jafar | Ayman Asfari | David Ord Limited (represented by David C Ord, Director) | George E Robinson | Harilela Hotels (UK) Ltd (represented by Aron H Harilela, Director) | Malcolm J Scott | National Conservative Draws Society (represented by Philip Smith, Chairman) | Rainham Steel Company Limited (represented by William J Ives, Director) | Norbrook Laboratories (GB) Ltd (represented by Lord Ballyedmond, Chairman ) | Roderick H Brooks | Hani Farsi | Lesley A Jackson | Michael Batt | Nisham S Sidhu‐Brar | Peter Harrison | B&S Properties Ltd (represented by Peter Virdee ) | Ramez Sousou | Xuelin Black | Alexander Andrew Fraser | RAB Capital Ltd (represented by William Philip Richards & Michael Alen‐Buckley, Directors) | Alan Lewis | Babyway International Ltd (represented by Graham Leslie, Director) | Headstock Distribution Ltd (represented by Keith Bradshaw, Director) | May Makhzoumi | JCB Research (represented by Sir Anthony Bamford, Director) | David Harding | David Lilley | Dinesh Dhamija | Sir Simon Robertson | Stephen Catlin | Yan Huo | Anne Street Partners Limited (represented by Lord Ashcroft) | Clerewell Ltd (represented by Sir Michael Heller, Director)[3]

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2013

2014

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 'Donor Clubs', Conservative party website.
  2. ↑ Jason Groves, Revealed: The £43m paid by elite group of donors for access to top Tories including David Cameron, Daily Mail, 23 January 2014, acc 4 February 2014
  3. ↑ Adam Withnall How much for dinner with David Cameron? Tories reveal list of ‘mega-rich donors’ who spend £50,000 to dine with the PM Independent, 13 November 2014, accessed 24 February 2015
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