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Add EC register donations: Conservative Party £25,500.00 14/05/2008 Sir Thomas Cowie Conservative Party £25,500.00 09/11/2006 Sir Tom Cowie Conservative Party £500,000.00 15/04/2005 Sir Tom Cowie

(There are other donations too in 2005 and 2007, doublecheck beyond 2008

Josh please add above, plus pic and also fix up old reference styles --Melissa Jones (talk) 06:17, 11 February 2015 (GMT)

MJ to REVIEW old info below Timesonline does not display table of 30 top political donors (http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list_2006/article377274.ece) for 2005

Some press on Cowie from 2005-7

Sunday Times (London)

April 23, 2006, Sunday

The Sunday Times giving index

BYLINE: compiled by Philip Beresford with Stephen Boyd

SECTION: FEATURES; The Rich List 2006; Pg. 5

LENGTH: 411 words

denotes family wealth 2006 wealth Recent donations Giving index Main beneficiaries Page.

1 Robert Edmiston £ 410m £ 43.7m 10.67 Religious/humanitarian/education (29)

2 Sir Tom Hunter £ 780m £ 78.3m 10.03 Humanitarian/education/children (20)

3 Sir Elton John £ 205m £ 20.5m 10.00 Aids/medical/children/football/music (38) 4 George Weston * £ 932m £ 69.9m 7.50 Education/medical/social/arts/religion (21) 5 Leo Noe* £ 380m £ 27.1m 7.13 Education/religious/humanitarian (29)

6 Lord Sainsbury * £ 1,600m £ 102.1m 6.38 Education/medical/arts/humanitarian (15)

7 Johan Eliasch £ 361m £ 22.5m 6.23 Environmental (31)

8 Everard Goodman £ 140m £ 5.0m 3.56 Education/medical (46)

9 Stanley Fink £ 110m £ 3.7m 3.36 Children's health/education (53)

10 Lord Gavron £ 60m £ 1.9m 3.21 Arts/education/social/disabled (76)

11 Sir Tom Cowie £ 60m £ 1.9m 3.19 Education/medical/children/regional (76)

12 Eric Clapton £ 135m £ 4.3m 3.17 Drugs rehabilitation/tsunami/medical (47)

13 Philip Richards £ 95m £ 3.0m 3.16 Religious (60)

14 Peter Harrison * £ 195m £ 5.9m 3.05 Education/sport/science (43)

15 Rod Aldridge £ 68m £ 2.0m 2.94 Education (74)

16 Sir David Potter £ 82m £ 2.4m 2.91 Education/medical/conservation (67)

17 Richard Caring £ 500m £ 13.2m 2.64 Children/humanitarian/medical/Jewish (27)

18 Jon Aisbitt £ 98m £ 2.4m 2.45 Education/general (59)

19 Sir Peter Vardy £ 150m £ 3.4m 2.28 Education/medical (45)

20 Guy Hands* £ 200m £ 4.5m 2.25 Regional/education (39)

21 Roger De Haan* £ 850m £ 15.6m 1.83 Regeneration/education/environment (19)

22 Ramesh Sachdev* £ 279m £ 4.7m 1.69 Medical/elderly/homeless (32)

23 Sir Peter Ogden £ 132m £ 1.8m 1.33 Education (47)

24 Philip Hulme £ 144m £ 1.8m 1.24 Youth/social/homeless/disabled/penal (46)

25 Jack Petchey £ 525m £ 6.4m 1.23 Education/youth (26)

26 Mike Gooley £ 260m £ 3.0m 1.15 Health/arts/environment/tsunami (33)

27 Eddie Davies £ 99m £ 1.1m 1.07 Kew Gardens, Alpine House (58)

28= Chris Ingram * £ 60m £ 0.6m 0.92 Medical/conservation/children/homeless (77)

28= Jon Moulton £ 61m £ 0.6m 0.92 Medical/education/youth (76)

30 Arif Patel * £ 105m £ 0.9m 0.89 Humanitarian/tsunami/medical (54)

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THE JOURNAL (Newcastle, UK)

February 25, 2006 Saturday Edition 1

GNER Labour gift `not linked to bid'

BYLINE: By Ross Smith, The Journal

SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 34

LENGTH: 308 words

Rail group GNER donated £11,000 to the Labour Party before a crucial decision over new train services to the North-East.

The company has been locked in a battle with rival Grand Central over the right to run extra services on the East Coast Main Line.

The Office of Rail Regulation said four weeks ago it was "minded to approve" Grand Central's new services linking Sunderland, Hartlepool and Stockton to London, but would turn down a bid for extra GNER trains between Leeds and the capital. However, it has since put back a final decision to next month, to follow a private hearing with the two companies on March 6.

Figures for political donations in the final three months of 2005, published yesterday, showed GNER had given £6,000 to Labour on October 4 and £5,000 on November 11.

But GNER said there was no link with the track-access application.

Spokesman John Gelson said: "This was sponsorship of events such as northern night at the Labour Party conference, which raise the profile of the North-East." Yesterday's announcement brings the total donated by the firm to the party to £24,639 in cash and £2,760 in benefits since the Electoral Commission began compiling the figures in 2001.

All has been given since Grand Central submitted its bid for track access in October 2004.

Grand Central managing director Ian Yeowart said: "I'm surprised, let's put it that way.

"It's up to them what they want to do with their money and I'm sure people can't be bought. We don't make political donations." A spokesman for the Office of Rail Regulation said: "The Labour Party have nothing to do with the track-access decisions."

Labour also received £8,170 from Northumbrian Water and £8,000 from Sovereign Strategy, the lobbying firm run by former North-East Euro-MP Alan Donnelly.

The Conservative Party was given £1,500 by Wearside car magnate Sir Tom Cowie.

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EVENING CHRONICLE (Newcastle, UK)

February 2, 2006, Thursday Edition 1

School's dream

BYLINE: By The Evening Chronicle

SECTION: NEWS, Pg. 12

LENGTH: 232 words

  A North East school is set to realise its dream of becoming a specialist college.

Blackfyne Community School in Consett, County Durham, has won its race against time to become a Sports College despite fears it could fall short of cash needed.

But the Sir James Knott Trust stepped in at the last minute to pledge the final 5,000 needed to make the 50,000 target.

Under plans announced by Education Minister Jacqui Smith the school becomes a specialist sports colleges to the delight of acting head teacher Christine Parker, who started the ball rolling in December 2004.

The whole process, she says, has been a rollercoaster ride, with months of hard work from the bid writing team and the sponsorship team having paid off.

Mrs Smith said: "A huge thank you must go out to the Sir Tom Cowie Charitable Foundation who pledged 45,000 towards the required 50,000. Sir Tom stepped in right at the last minute when 10,000 of the funding was deemed to be ineligible.

"A big thank you also goes out to the Sir James Knott Trust who pledged 5,000 and all of the generous support and donations from parents and friends of Blackfyne Community School."

Improvements will be made in the gymnasium and sports hall, a new state-of-the-art PE and English ICT suite provided, lockers for students and better quality of teaching and learning in PE, English and the whole school.

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The Independent (London)

October 3, 2005, Monday

TORIES IN BLACKPOOL: CANDIDATES BATTLE FOR SUPPORT OF MILLIONAIRES

BYLINE: BY NIGEL MORRIS

SECTION: First Edition; NEWS; Pg. 9

LENGTH: 544 words

HIGHLIGHT: Bookie's favourite: Wheeler is backing Fox; Lord Harris of Peckham: Backing David Cameron

The leadership rivals could lavish as much as £500,000 between them in their battle to win the Tory crown.

Each camp has been discreetly wooing potential donors who will be able to bankroll their candidate up to the allowed spending limit of £100,000.

Liam Fox scored a coup yesterday when he secured the backing of Stuart Wheeler, the multimillionaire spread-betting tycoon.

Mr Wheeler, who gave the party £5m during William Hague's leadership, has invited all the potential candidates to dinner in recent months.

He has decided to back Mr Fox because of the shadow Foreign Secretary's staunchly Eurosceptic views. Mr Wheeler said: 'He has the quality also that he says what he means and I think that's crucial. He cares a lot about the family and I think that's crucial for all kinds of reasons.'

David Cameron, the shadow Education Secretary, has won the support of a series of high-profile backers attracted by his modernising message.

Best-known is the retail magnate Lord Harris of Peckham, previously a regular donor to the party, who is said to be worth more than £160m.

Mr Cameron has also picked up the backing of Roddie Fleming, the director of the Fleming Family & Partners banking group, Sir Tom Cowie, the founder of the transport giant Arriva, and Lord Cradlington, the chief executive of the Huntsworth communications group.

David Davis has several declared millionaire financial backers and more are expected to support the leadership frontrunner.

Robin Birley, a nightclub owner, is to loan the shadow Home Secretary a private helicopter for campaigning. He has said of Mr Davis: 'He is the most conservative of the candidates. He has got courage and charisma.'

Also on board are Henry Angest, a banker with an estimated £40m fortune, Sir Anthony Bamford, the head of the JCB construction equipment firm, and best-selling novelist Frederick Forsyth.

Lord Kalms, the founder of the Dixons retail chain and a vehement opponent of the single European currency, is also a big fan of Mr Davis " and has threatened to quit the party if Kenneth Clarke wins the leadership.

The former chancellor, however, has attracted the support of Sir Christopher Gent, the Europhile chief executive of Vodafone. Lord Steinberg, the non- executive chairman of Stanley Leisure, who has praised Mr Clarke as the 'man with the most experience', and Sir Michael Bishop, the chairman of BMI British Midland, are also backing him.

A spokesman for the Clarke campaign said: 'We've had a few substantial donations, but also lots of offers from party members ranging from £10 and upwards.'

Sir Malcolm Rifkind is yet to make public any donors. However, he has received the 'strong support' of Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay, the Scottish Tory donor, who sold his conferences business, the Institute of International Research, for $ 1.4bn this year. A spokesman for Sir Malcolm said he anticipated 'no problem' raising the cash for his leadership campaign.

Meanwhile, the former Tory party treasurer, Lord Ashcroft, is keeping everyone guessing over who will capture his support. But he hinted at his preference, saying he 'would not be unhappy' with a run-off between David Davis and David Cameron for the leadership.

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THE JOURNAL (Newcastle, UK)

September 27, 2005, Tuesday Edition 1

Driver dies in accident

BYLINE: By The Journal

SECTION: NEWS, Pg. 5

LENGTH: 373 words

  A motorist has died after his car hit traffic signs in Gateshead.

The 65-year-old man from Crook in County Durham hit the two signs at the junction of the A167 Durham Road with Shipcote Terrace and Shipcote Lane on Sunday night.

Anyone with information on the incident has been asked to ring Northumbria Police on [0191] 454-7555.

Man attacked

A MAN is in hospital in a critical condition after being punched in a street attack.

The 44-year-old man from Jarrow, South Tyneside, was attacked in Nile Street, North Shields, on Saturday night after getting into a dispute with a group of five men who were arguing with a woman. He suffered a head injury.

Anyone with information should ring police on [0191] 214-6555 extension 63144.

Charity visit

CANCER charity Macmillan will be visiting Sunderland with its mobile information centre from October 4 to 7.

The unit will be in Market Square, outside Bridges Shopping Centre, each day from 10am to 4pm. Anyone with questions or concerns can call in to pick up information leaflets or have a confidential chat with a Macmillan Cancer Relief Specialist.

Sir Tom's gift

BUSINESSMAN Sir Tom Cowie has donated the proceeds of his biography to Sunderland University.

The founder of the Cowie Group which went on to become transport group Arriva has donated 8,500 to the university from the sale of A True Entrepreneur, which was written by TV agony aunt and Journal columnist Denise Robertson.

The Northern Echo

June 24, 2005

SCHOOL IS NOW IN BUSINESS

SECTION: Pg. 6

LENGTH: 190 words

MOTOR magnate Sir Tom Cowie went back to school this week to officially open a new (GBP) 300,000 business centre named in his honour.

The purpose-built centre at Thornhill School Business and Enterprise College, in Sunderland, was built with a (GBP) 50,000 donation from Sir Tom's company, North European Services, towards the school's successful specialist status bid.

The Sir Tom Cowie Business Centre includes conference suites and up-to-the -minute multi-media facilities which will be open to Thornhill pupils and about 500 primary pupils from feeder schools.

Plans to open up the centre for use by businesses and members of the community in future are being considered.

Headteacher John Hallworth said: "This fabulous new business centre is the focal point for enterprising learners in Thornhill and our partner schools.

"The centre also expands our commitment to adults in the community, as a full programme of evening courses is to be offered.

"It is essential that the current and future city workforce increases its business knowledge and skills base if even greater prosperity is to be achieved."

COMPANY: THORNHILL SCHOOL BUSINESS&ENTERPRISE COLLEGE (91%);

ORGANIZATION: THORNHILL SCHOOL BUSINESS&ENTERPRISE COLLEGE (91%);

GEOGRAPHIC: EUROPE (71%);

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Financial Times (London, England)

May 6, 2005 Friday London Edition 2

Conservatives forge ahead in race to fill party war chests: Ben Hall looks at the wealthy donors and celebrity supporters in the political fray

BYLINE: By BEN HALL

SECTION: ELECTION 2005; Pg. 5

LENGTH: 607 words

The Conservatives may turn out to be more successful in the campaign finance race than in the election itself.

The Tories raised Pounds 2.6m in the first three weeks of the campaign, outstripping Labour's tally of Pounds 1.6m. The Liberal Democrats have yet to prove they are the "real alternative" when it comes to fundraising. They are a distant third, having received only Pounds 82,000.

It is too early to say which party has won the fundraising battle. Details of donations made in the last two weeks of the campaign will not be published by the Electoral Commission, the party watchdog, until later this month.

There is also the question of large loans - made to the Conservative party by some of its wealthiest backers - which are not recorded in the official register.

The Tories' most generous supporter during the campaign has been Sir Tom Cowie, the multi-millionaire founder of Arriva, the transport company, who has given Pounds 400,000.

The war chest has allowed Michael Howard to run a sophisticated campaign using the latest technology and marketing techniques with resources targeted on the most marginal seats.

Apart from the trades unions, the biggest donations to Tony Blair's campaign have come from Lord Bhattacharyya, the Labour peer, and John Aisbitt, a former Goldman Sachs investment banker, who have together handed more than Pounds 500,000 to Labour.

Both the main parties have relied on financial support from prominent business figures during the first half of the campaign.

Conservative benefactors include Jon Moulton, whose Alchemy Partners bid to take over MG Rover was blocked by the Labour government in 2000, and John Nike, the Bracknell leisure entrepreneur.

Labour's biggest business backers include Sir Maurice Hatter, who made his millions in electronic components, Sir Christopher Ondaatje, the publishing magnate turned philanthropist, and Sir Frank Lowe, the advertising impresario.

Labour and the Conservatives have advertised the names of their business backers in order to lay claim to the title of "party of business".

Labour has lost its lead over the other parties in the celebrity endorsement stakes, since the heady days of 1997 when pop stars flocked to Mr Blair's side. Several of its prominent supporters are backing the Liberal Democrats in this campaign. They include Greg Dyke, the BBC's former director-general; Claire Rayner, the ex-agony aunt; and Dame Anita Roddick, the founder of the Body Shop.

Brian Eno, the musician, is supporting Mr Kennedy's party with his own website libdemthistime.com. The Lib Dems point to the support of writer Germaine Greer and Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, as evidence that they are an intellectually rigorous party.

Sir Alan Sugar, chairman of Amstrad and star of BBC TV's The Apprentice, appeared in a Labour election broadcast this week, and Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, backed Labour at one of the party's election rallies. Meanwhile, the actor Richard Wilson and comedian Eddie Izzard have remained loyal to Labour.

Jeremy Irons, the actor who backed Labour in 1997, has decided he is "furious with their meddling" and has lined up with the Conservatives.

Other celebrities backing the Tories include Frederick Forsyth, the novelist; Sir Tim Rice, the theatre impresario; chefs Clarissa Dickson Wright, Marco Pierre White and Anthony Worrell Thompson; and Julian Fellowes, the pukka actor.

Sir Sean Connery, a long-time supporter of the Scottish National party, again appeared in their party election broadcasts and recorded an automated phone message, beginning "Hello there. This is Sean Connery. No, it's not a joke . . ."

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Financial Times (London, England)

April 27, 2005 Wednesday London Edition 2

Business chiefs back political convictions with cash donations

BYLINE: By BEN HALL

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Michael Howard's election campaign received a lift after the Conservative coffers were boosted with a Pounds 400,000 donation from a retired transport entrepreneur.

Sir Tom Cowie, the multi-millionaire founder of Arriva, the bus and train company, gave the Conservatives Pounds 400,000 this month, the biggest single gift to the Tories for almost a year.

Other business figures to contribute to Mr Howard's efforts to oust Tony Blair include Jon Moulton of Alchemy Partners, whose bid to buy the troubled MG Rover group in 2000 was rejected by the Labour government. Mr Moulton gave the Conservatives Pounds 50,000.

According to figures disclosed by the Electoral Commission, the elections watchdog, the Conservatives received Pounds 1,336,000 in the second week of the campaign, although some Pounds 320,000 of this was state funding.

Labour's fighting fund grew by more than Pounds 800,000 over the same period, with three large donations from wealthy businessmen.

John Aisbitt, the former Goldman Sachs investment banker now a non-executive director of Man Group, the financial services company, gave Pounds 250,000 to Tony Blair's campaign. Lord Bhattacharyya, a Labour peer and a director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group, gave his party Pounds 120,000.

Sir Maurice Hatter, chairman of IMO Precision Electronics, also gave Pounds 100,000. He pledged Pounds 1m to Labour in April 1999 and was knighted two months later. He also contributed toward the government's drive to improve literacy.

The figures also underline Labour's continued financial dependence on the trades unions. The Transport and General Workers union was the single biggest donor, giving Pounds 273,000.

Other businessmen bankrolling the Tory campaign include Michael Hockin, Plymouth's biggest commercial landlord, and John Nike, the Bracknell-based leisure and hotels entrepreneur, who gave Pounds 150,000 partly through one his companies, Nike Lane Securities Ltd.

Companies funding the Conservatives include Rich Investments Ltd; Anglo Scottish Properties; Braveshire, the carpet maker; Berkeley Burke, the remuneration consultants; and Future Pipe, the pipemaker.

The anti-European UK Independence party was given Pounds 45,000, including Pounds 20,000 from Alan Bown, the Margate-based businessman who is its principal benefactor. The party's waning fortunes were underlined by the fact that a third of its campaign income came from Roger Knapman, its leader.

The Liberal Democrats' received only one donation, Pounds 32,000 from Lord Jacobs.

Under electoral law, party headquarters receiving donations of more than Pounds 5,000 during the official campaign must submit weekly returns to the Electoral Commission.

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The Times (London)

April 27, 2005, Wednesday

Tories have raised £1m in a fortnight

BYLINE: David Charter Chief Political Correspondent

SECTION: Home news; 31

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The Conservatives have attracted donations worth more than £1 million during the first two weeks of the election campaign.

A big union handout and several large individual donations have helped to swell Labour coffers by just under £1 million, but the Tories were boosted by the single largest gift of the election so far of £400,000.

The Transport & General Workers Union gave £273,000 to the Labour campaign and Jon Aisbitt, who made a reputed £80 million when Goldman Sachs floated, handed over £250,000.

Sir Maurice Hatter, founder of the electronics giant IMO Precision Controls, and the manufacturing guru Lord Bhattacharyya have both chipped in Pounds 100,000 towards Labour's total for the campaign fortnight of £970,256.

The donation of £400,000 given to the Tories by Sir Tom Cowie, the 82-year-old transport millionaire who built up the Arriva group, helped them to a total of more than £1.3 million.

The Tories have also benefited from £309,000 in Short money, the official financing given to the Opposition from the taxpayer.

The figures, released yesterday by the Electoral Commission, show that the Liberal Democrats have attracted just £57,000 in cash and kind since April 5.

Their largest donation was a gift of £32,000 from Lord Jacobs, a Lib Dem life peer.

The UK Independence Party has received almost £65,000, the second largest gift being £15,000 from the party's leader, Roger Knapman.

Respect received two donations of £10,000, one from Graham Turner, its own economic policy adviser.

TBWA, the advertising company producing Labour's campaign posters, declared that it had donated to the party staff time worth £13,022.

COMPANY: THE CONSERVATIVES (93%); LIBERAL DEMOCRATS (74%);

ORGANIZATION: THE CONSERVATIVES (93%); LIBERAL DEMOCRATS (74%);

GEOGRAPHIC: EUROPE (79%); UNITED KINGDOM (79%);

COUNTRY: EUROPE (79%); UNITED KINGDOM (79%);

SUBJECT: Election 2005 POLITICAL PARTIES (91%); CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS (90%); LABOR UNIONS (78%); MARKETING & ADVERTISING AGENCIES (78%); ELECTION AUTHORITIES (73%); MARKETING & ADVERTISING (73%); WEALTHY PEOPLE (73%); ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (70%); INDEPENDENCE & SEPARATISM (67%); ECONOMIC NEWS (50%);

LOAD-DATE: April 29, 2005

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

Sunday Times (London)

April 3, 2005, Sunday

The Sunday Times giving index

BYLINE: Compiled Philip Beresford with Stephen Boyd

SECTION: Features; Rich List 2005 5

LENGTH: 442 words

Page number of entry in brackets 2005 Recent Giving *denotes family wealth wealth donations index Main beneficiaries.

1 Sir Elton John £185m £22.6m 12.19 Aids/medical/children/music (38).

2 George Weston* £885m £68.6m 7.75 Education/medical/social/arts/religion (19).

3 Tom Hunter £678m £50.2m 7.40 Education/humanitarian/children (21).

4 Sir Peter Vardy £128m £4.6m 3.60 Education/medical (45).

5 Lord Sainsbury* £1,710m £58.6m 3.43 Education/medical/arts/humanitarian (14).

6 Robert Edmiston £380m £10.7m 2.82 Religion/humanitarian/education (27).

7 Charles Wigoder £50m £1.3m 2.52 General/education (79).

8 Eric Clapton £130m £3.0m 2.35 Medical/arts/children (46).

9 Lady Hodge* £50m £1.1m 2.16 Medical/education/religion (78).

10 Stanley Fink £85m £1.8m 2.12 Children/education/elderly (59).

11= Guy Hands* £175m £3.5m 2.00 Education/social (39).

11= David Potter £60m £1.2m 2.00 Education/medical (75).

13 Jonathan Wild* £60m £1.2m 1.99 Social/environment (75).

14 Leo Noe* £300m £5.1m 1.69 Education/children/Jewish (29).

15 Arif Patel £82m £1.2m 1.49 Poverty relief/education/religion (60).

16 Philip Hulme £140m £2.1m 1.47 Social/homelessness/children/disabled (44).

17 Sir Tom Cowie £60m £0.9m 1.42 Education/medical/sport/children (74).

18 Lord Gavron £54m £0.8m 1.40 Arts/medical/education (76).

19 Henry Hoare* £89m £1.2m 1.37 Education/arts/environment/general (58).

20 Jack Petchey £300m £4.0m 1.33 Youth/education/social (29).

21 Hans Rausing* £4,950m £54.3m 1.10 Education/human rights/women/social (11).

22 Richard Caring £300m £3.3m 1.09 Humanitarian/children/medical/Jewish (29).

23 Chris Ingram £60m £0.7m 1.08 Children/environment/medical (74).

24= Eddie Davies £99m £0.8m 0.83 Education/humanitarian (54).

24= Eric Payne* £65m £0.5m 0.83 General (73).

26 David and Simon Reuben £2,500m £20.2m 0.81 Education/medical/humanitarian (12).

27 Michael Oglesby £130m £1.0m 0.75 Education/medical/disabled (45).

28 Roger De Haan £1,020m £7.5m 0.74 Education/social (18).

29 Sir John Mactaggart* £63m £0.5m 0.72 Community/medical/social/children (74).

30 Mark Adlestone* £99m £0.7m 0.68 Jewish/children/humanitarian (54).

The table is ranked by the Giving Index, the proportion of total wealth donated to charity in the most recent 12 months for which foundation/trust/company/personal accounts are available. The table is drawn from responses to a Sunday Times questionnaire sent to all those in last year's Rich List or from accounts lodged with the Charity Commission.

SUBJECT: The Rich List 2005 RELIGION (89%);

PERSON: DAVID POTTER (78%); ERIC CLAPTON (53%);

LOAD-DATE: April 29, 2005

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

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Sunday Times (London)

April 3, 2005, Sunday

The top 30 political donors

BYLINE: Compiled Philip Beresford with Stephen Boyd

SECTION: Features; The Rich List 2005 60

LENGTH: 274 words

Donations made in 2004, page number of entry in brackets

1 Lord Drayson £1,005,000 Labour (61)

2 Sir Christopher Ondaatje £500,000 Labour (75)

3 Lord Laidlaw £485,750 Conservative (24)

4= Sir Ronnie Cohen £250,000 Labour (31)

4= Robert Edmiston £250,000 Conservative (27)

6 Michael Spencer £241,809 Conservative (27)

7 Hans Rausing £198,000 Conservative (11)

8 Lord Sainsbury of £100,000 Conservative (14) Preston Candover

9 Henry and Simon Keswick £77,000 Conservative (22)

10 Lord Ballyedmond £70,056 Conservative (29)

11 Lord Steinberg £63,923 Conservative (54)

12 Roger Gabb £60,000 Conservative (58)

13 Sir Tom Cowie £52,500 Conservative (74)

14= Leon Litchfield £50,000 Conservative (59)

14= Jon Moulton £50,000 Conservative (79)

14= Stewart Newton £50,000 Conservative (75)

14= Michael Platt £50,000 Conservative (42)

14= Simon Robertson £50,000 Conservative (46)

19 Lord Saatchi £35,250 Conservative (33)

20 Stanley Fink £31,000 Conservative (59)

21= Manny Davidson £30,000 Conservative (49)

21= Dr Walter Scott £30,000 Conservative (74)

23 Lord Jacobs £25,928 Liberal Democrats (58)

24= Michael Hintze £25,000 Conservative (42)

24= Nathaniel Rothschild £25,000 Conservative (24)

24= Sir Timothy Sainsbury £25,000 Conservative (14)

27 Sir Anthony Bamford £21,839 Conservative (21)

28 Dr Philip Brown £21,191 Conservative (41)

29 Lord Harris £21,000 Conservative (31)

30= John Guest £20,000 Conservative (77)

30= Julian Schild £20,000 Conservative (51)

Source: Electoral Commission; The Sunday Times

SUBJECT: The Rich List 2005 CAMPAIGN FINANCE (90%); POLITICAL PARTIES (77%);

PERSON: TIMOTHY SAINSBURY (73%); MICHAEL E PLATT (53%); WALTER SCOTT JR (51%);

LOAD-DATE: April 29, 2005

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

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