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[[IM Group]] is a car-import business chaired by [[Robert Edmiston]], a multi-millionaire businessman.<ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref> Edmiston helps to fund the [[Conservative Party]], the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] and the [[West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance]] and is a member of the [[Midlands Industrial Council]].<ref>Robert Booth, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/09/taxpayers-alliance-conservative-pressure-group Who is behind the Taxpayers Alliance], ''The Guardian'', 9-October-2009, Accessed 24-January-2011</ref><ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref><ref>Robert Winnett and Holly Watt, Tories forced to name club of millionaire supporters, ''the Sunday Times'', 15-October-2006</ref>
 
[[IM Group]] is a car-import business chaired by [[Robert Edmiston]], a multi-millionaire businessman.<ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref> Edmiston helps to fund the [[Conservative Party]], the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] and the [[West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance]] and is a member of the [[Midlands Industrial Council]].<ref>Robert Booth, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/09/taxpayers-alliance-conservative-pressure-group Who is behind the Taxpayers Alliance], ''The Guardian'', 9-October-2009, Accessed 24-January-2011</ref><ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref><ref>Robert Winnett and Holly Watt, Tories forced to name club of millionaire supporters, ''the Sunday Times'', 15-October-2006</ref>
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IM is registered by the Electoral Commission as having donated £50,000 on 8 February 2016 to [[Grassroots Out]], one of the campaigns trying to persuade voters to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June 2016.  <ref name="EC">Electoral Commission, [http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Donations?currentPage=5&rows=10&sort=Value&order=desc&tab=1&open=filter&et=perpar&date=Reported&from=2016-04-01&to=2016-05-03&prePoll=true&postPoll=false&optCols=AccountingUnitsAsCentralParty&optCols=IsSponsorship&optCols=RegulatedDoneeType&optCols=CompanyRegistrationNumber&optCols=Postcode&optCols=NatureOfDonation&optCols=PurposeOfVisit&optCols=DonationAction&optCols=ReportedDate&optCols=IsReportedPrePoll&optCols=ReportingPeriodName&optCols=IsBequest&optCols=IsAggregation Grassroots Out Donor Search], accessed 12 May 2016</ref>
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==Donations==
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Recorded by the Electoral Commission:
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" float="left" align="left" width="100%">
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Date</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Name of donor</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Amount</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Donated to</th>
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<td align="center">29/08/2008</td>
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<td align="center">IM Group Limited</td>
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<td align="center">£2,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">Mr [[Andrew Mitchell]] MP</td>
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<td align="center">17/02/2009</td>
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<td align="center">IM Group Limited</td>
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<td align="center">£7,500.00</td>
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<td align="center">Ms [[Philippa Stroud]]</td>
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<td align="center">04/02/2013</td>
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<td align="center">IM Group Limited</td>
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<td align="center">£20,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Christian Fellowship]]</td>
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<td align="center">22/10/2013</td>
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<td align="center">IM Group Limited</td>
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<td align="center">£25,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Christian Fellowship]]</td>
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<td align="center">04/11/2014</td>
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<td align="center">IM Group Limited</td>
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<td align="center">£25,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Christian Fellowship]]</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">20/01/2015</td>
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<td align="center">IM Group Limited</td>
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<td align="center">£250,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative and Unionist Party]]</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">14/04/2015</td>
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<td align="center">IM Group Limited</td>
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<td align="center">£10,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative and Unionist Party]]</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">08/02/2016</td>
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<td align="center">IM Group Limited</td>
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<td align="center">£50,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Grassroots Out]]</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">08/02/2016</td>
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<td align="center">IM Group Limited</td>
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<td align="center">£50,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Grassroots Out]]</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">26/04/2016</td>
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<td align="center">IM Group Limited</td>
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<td align="center">£100,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Grassroots Out]]</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">25/04/2016</td>
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<td align="center">IM Group Limited</td>
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<td align="center">£850,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Vote Leave]]</td>
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</tr>
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</table><ref name="EC"/>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
  
 
[[Robert Edmiston]] | [[Conservative Party]] | [[Midlands Industrial Council]] | [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] | [[West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance]]
 
[[Robert Edmiston]] | [[Conservative Party]] | [[Midlands Industrial Council]] | [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] | [[West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance]]
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==Notes==
  
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[[Category: Conservative Party Donors]] [[Category: Brexit]] [[Category: UK]][[Category:Brexit ‘leave’ donor]]
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Latest revision as of 09:47, 28 December 2017

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IM Group, Source: IM Group

IM Group is a car-import business chaired by Robert Edmiston, a multi-millionaire businessman.[1] Edmiston helps to fund the Conservative Party, the Taxpayers' Alliance and the West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance and is a member of the Midlands Industrial Council.[2][3][4]

IM is registered by the Electoral Commission as having donated £50,000 on 8 February 2016 to Grassroots Out, one of the campaigns trying to persuade voters to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June 2016. [5]

Donations

Recorded by the Electoral Commission:

Date Name of donor Amount Donated to
29/08/2008 IM Group Limited £2,000.00 Mr Andrew Mitchell MP
17/02/2009 IM Group Limited £7,500.00 Ms Philippa Stroud
04/02/2013 IM Group Limited £20,000.00 Conservative Christian Fellowship
22/10/2013 IM Group Limited £25,000.00 Conservative Christian Fellowship
04/11/2014 IM Group Limited £25,000.00 Conservative Christian Fellowship
20/01/2015 IM Group Limited £250,000.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
14/04/2015 IM Group Limited £10,000.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
08/02/2016 IM Group Limited £50,000.00 Grassroots Out
08/02/2016 IM Group Limited £50,000.00 Grassroots Out
26/04/2016 IM Group Limited £100,000.00 Grassroots Out
25/04/2016 IM Group Limited £850,000.00 Vote Leave

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Affiliations

Robert Edmiston | Conservative Party | Midlands Industrial Council | Taxpayers' Alliance | West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance

  1. ↑ Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, Birmingham Post, 1-August-2007
  2. ↑ Robert Booth, Who is behind the Taxpayers Alliance, The Guardian, 9-October-2009, Accessed 24-January-2011
  3. ↑ Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, Birmingham Post, 1-August-2007
  4. ↑ Robert Winnett and Holly Watt, Tories forced to name club of millionaire supporters, the Sunday Times, 15-October-2006
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Electoral Commission, Grassroots Out Donor Search, accessed 12 May 2016

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