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*£25,000 each for the 2019 Conservative leadership campaigns of both [[Jeremy Hunt]] and [[Boris Johnson]] according to the register of MPs’ interests. <ref> Peter Geoghegan, [https://theferret.scot/boris-johnson-jeremey-hunt-climate-change/ Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt], OpenDemocracy and ''The Ferret'', 12 June 2019. last accessed 24 July 2019 </ref>
 
*£25,000 each for the 2019 Conservative leadership campaigns of both [[Jeremy Hunt]] and [[Boris Johnson]] according to the register of MPs’ interests. <ref> Peter Geoghegan, [https://theferret.scot/boris-johnson-jeremey-hunt-climate-change/ Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt], OpenDemocracy and ''The Ferret'', 12 June 2019. last accessed 24 July 2019 </ref>
  
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* Alec Saelens, Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram, [https://thebristolcable.org/2016/05/exclusive-fracking-risks-hidden-by-mayor-from-councillors-and-public/ Exclusive: Fracking risks hidden by Mayor from Councillors and public], Bristol Cable, 3 May, 2016  
 
* Alec Saelens, Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram, [https://thebristolcable.org/2016/05/exclusive-fracking-risks-hidden-by-mayor-from-councillors-and-public/ Exclusive: Fracking risks hidden by Mayor from Councillors and public], Bristol Cable, 3 May, 2016  
  

Latest revision as of 04:00, 24 July 2019

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Bristol Port Company logo, Source: Port of Bristol FC

The Bristol Port Company provides cargo handling services.

It was established in 1991 when co-founders Terence Mordaunt and David Ord bought the Port of Bristol from Bristol City Council. [1] Both men are Conservative Party Donors. Mordaunt is also a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation[2]

First Corporate Shipping is the company's trading name.

Donations

2016

  • Vote Leave - donated £50,000 on 17 March 2016 to the leading anti-EU group for the UK's EU membership referendum on 23 June 2016. [3]

2019

  • £25,000 each for the 2019 Conservative leadership campaigns of both Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson according to the register of MPs’ interests. [4]

External resources

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Bristol Port Company', Bristolport.co.uk, accessed 19 May 2016
  2. ↑ Peter Geoghegan, Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, The Ferret, 12 June 2019
  3. ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 12 May 2016
  4. ↑ Peter Geoghegan, Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, OpenDemocracy and The Ferret, 12 June 2019. last accessed 24 July 2019