Michael Bishop
Sir Michael Bishop is a British businessman and a Conservative life peer. He was Executive Chairman of British Midland (Chairman since 1978). He attended the £350-a-head gala dinner at the Bournemouth Pavilion ballroom during the 1999 Labour Party Conference. The dinner raised £250,000 for the Labour Party. Sir Michael Bishop was a former Tory supporter, who lent planes to John Major's election campaign[1].
He is also the Deputy Chairman of Airtours plc and a Non-Executive Director of Kidde plc. He was Chairman of Channel 4 Television from 1993-97[2].
British Midland gave more than £5,000 in sponsorship to the Labour Party in 1999-2000[3].
Donations
According to the MP's Register of Financial Interests:
- Henry Bellingham - in March 2010 gave him £25,000 for help with responsibilities as Shadow Minister for Justice. [4]
- David Willetts - in February 2010 gave him £35,000 to support the work of his office as Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, to pay annual salary of research assistant.
References
- ↑ The Times; Home; 29 Sep 1999; 'Blair dinner raises Pounds 250,000 and eyebrows' Andrew Pierce and Tom Baldwin
- ↑ Queen's University Belfast Honorary Graduands 2002 Accessed 4 Sep 2007
- ↑ Financial Times; National News; 5 Sep 2000 'Campaigns put Labour in the red Politics Four Elections Prove a Strain of Party Coffers' Andrew Parker
- ↑ House of Commons, REGISTER OF MEMBERS’ FINANCIAL INTERESTS as at 6 September 2010
