David Gold, Baron Gold

This article is part of the Revolving Door project of Spinwatch.

David Gold (Lord Gold) is a Conservative peer in the House of Lords, having joined on 1 February 2011.

The Black and White Ball 2015

On 9 February 2015, Gold attended the Conservative Party's 'Black and White Ball' election fundraiser at the Grosvenor Hotel in London. The event was attended by almost the entire Cabinet, Boris Johnson and George Osborne did not attend due to the G20 event, and by party donors including; hedge fund boss Stanley Fink (Lord Fink), who wants Britain to rival offshore tax havens with an equally generous tax regime; founder of Lycamobile, who paid no corporation tax between 2007 and 2014 despite generating millions in revenue, Subaskaran Allirajah; jewellery tycoon Ranbir Singh Suri and lap dancing club owner Peter Stringfellow.

One Tory donor told the Guardian he had been told if he bought a 'premium table at the event for £15,000 he would expect the company of a cabinet minister' and if 'he paid £5,000 for a standard table, he would expect a junior minister'.

To raise additional money at the event, the Party sold one-off prizes. These included dinner at home with Michael Gove and his wife, shoe shopping with Theresa May, a meal at the Carlton Club with Sajid Javid and a session of jogging with Nicky Morgan.

Parliament

• Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee), Lords, 2011-12

Interests

• Director, Marylebone Capital Investments Limited
• David Gold & Associates LLP (high level strategic litigation advisers)
• Chairman, Proven (UK) Limited (investigations)