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103 business leaders signed a letter to the ''Telegraph'' praising Conservative policies at the outset of the 2015 general election campaign.<ref name="Tellist">Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 31 March 2015.</ref>
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The start of the 2015 UK general election campaign saw 103 UK business leaders sign a letter published on the front page of the ''Telegraph'' newspaper praising Conservative policies. <ref name="Tellist">Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 31 March 2015.</ref>
  
 
==Signatories==
 
==Signatories==
[[Rooney Anand]]  | [[Surinder Arora]]  | [[John Ayton]]  | [[Alex Baldock]]  | [[Richard Baker]]  | [[Anthony Bamford|Lord Bamford]]  | [[Duncan Bannatyne]]  | [[Robert Bensoussan]]  | [[Lord Bilimoria]]  | [[Charlie Bradshaw]]  | [[Baroness Brady]]  | [[Graham Chipchase]]  | [[Zameer Choudrey]]  | [[Neil Clifford]]  | [[Steven Cohen]]  | [[Glenn Cooper]]  | [[Andrew Coppel]] CBE | [[Gerald Corbett]]  | [[Peter Cullum]] CBE  | [[Ron Dennis]] CBE  | [[Julietta Dexter]]  | [[Annoushka Ducas]] CBE  | [[Bob Dudley]]  | Sir [[Charles Dunstone]]  | [[John Elliott]]  | [[Mark Esiri]]  | [[Ralph Findlay]]  | [[Richard Glynn]]  | [[Ben Gordon]]  | [[Julian Granville]]  | [[Peter Grauer]]  | [[Philip Green (Carillion)| Philip Green]] CBE | [[Michael Gutman]] OBE | [[Wendy Hallett]] MBE  | [[Jenny Halpern Prince]]  | [[Andy Harrison]]  | [[Aidan Heavey]]  | [[Oliver Hemsley]]  | [[Joe Henderson]]  | [[Vernon Hill]]  | [[Anya Hindmarch]] MBE | [[Brent Hoberman]] CBE | [[Cassie Hutchings]]  | Sir [[George Iacobescu]] CBE  | [[Alan Jackson]]  | [[Peter Jackson]]  | [[Nick Jenkins]]  | [[Luke Johnson]]  | [[Neil Johnson]] OBE  | [[Richard Joseph]]  | [[Ray Kelvin]] CBE  | [[Nadir Lalani]]  | [[Ben Latham Jones]]  | [[Nick Leslau]]  | [[Rhydian Lewis]]  | [[James Lipscombe]]  | [[Derek Lovelock]]  | Sir [[Cameron Mackintosh]]  | [[Ron Mackintosh]]  | [[Edward Mellors]]  | [[Tom Molnar]]  | [[John Morgan]]  | [[Matt Moulding]]  | [[Stephen Murphy]]  | [[Jonathan Neame]]  | [[John Neill]]  | [[Nick Newbury]]  | [[Jonathan Newhouse]]  | [[Richard Nichols]]  | [[Mike Norris]]  | [[Tim Oliver]]  | Sir [[Dick Olver]]  | [[Alan Parker]] CBE  | [[Tony Pidgley]] CBE  | [[Thembalath Ramachandran]]  | [[Nick Robertson]] OBE  | [[Richard Rose]]  | [[Lord Rose]]  | [[Chrissie Rucker]] MBE  | Sir [[Nigel Rudd]]  | [[Rakesh Sharma]]  | [[Baroness Shields]] OBE | [[Jasminder Singh]] OBE  | [[Rob Templeman]]  | [[Tidjane Thiam]]  | [[Sarah Thomson]]  | [[Simon Townsend]]  | [[Michael Turner]]  | [[Steve Varley]]  | [[Moni Varma]]  | [[Matthew Vaughn]]  | [[Ollie Vigors]]  | [[Malcolm Walker]] CBE  | [[Robert Walker]]  | [[Paul Walsh]]  | [[James Wates]] CBE | [[George Weston]]  | [[Mike Wheeler]]  | [[Nick Wheeler]]  | The Hon. [[Charles Wigoder]]  | [[Paul Wilkinson (Thorntons)|Paul Wilkinson]]  | [[Will Wyatt (Caledonia)| Will Wyatt]]  | Sir [[Hossein Yassaie]]<ref name="Tellist">Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 31 March 2015.</ref>
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[[Rooney Anand]]  | [[Surinder Arora]]  | [[John Ayton]]  | [[Alex Baldock]]  | [[Richard Baker]]  | [[Anthony Bamford|Lord Bamford]]  | [[Duncan Bannatyne]]  | [[Robert Bensoussan]]  | [[Lord Bilimoria]]  | [[Charlie Bradshaw]]  | [[Baroness Brady]]  | [[Graham Chipchase]]  | [[Zameer Choudrey]]  | [[Neil Clifford]]  | [[Steven Cohen]]  | [[Glenn Cooper]]  | [[Andrew Coppel]] CBE | [[Gerald Corbett]]  | [[Peter Cullum]] CBE  | [[Ron Dennis]] CBE  | [[Julietta Dexter]]  | [[Annoushka Ducas]] CBE  | [[Bob Dudley]]  | Sir [[Charles Dunstone]]  | [[John Elliott]]  | [[Mark Esiri]]  | [[Ralph Findlay]]  | [[Richard Glynn]]  | [[Ben Gordon]]  | [[Julian Granville]]  | [[Peter Grauer]]  | [[Philip Green (Carillion)| Philip Green]] CBE | [[Michael Gutman]] OBE | [[Wendy Hallett]] MBE  | [[Jenny Halpern Prince]]  | [[Andy Harrison]]  | [[Aidan Heavey]]  | [[Oliver Hemsley]]  | [[Joe Henderson]]  | [[Vernon Hill]]  | [[Anya Hindmarch]] MBE | [[Brent Hoberman]] CBE | [[Cassie Hutchings]]  | Sir [[George Iacobescu]] CBE  | [[Alan Jackson]]  | [[Peter Jackson]]  | [[Nick Jenkins]]  | [[Luke Johnson]]  | [[Neil Johnson]] OBE  | [[Richard Joseph]]  | [[Ray Kelvin]] CBE  | [[Nadir Lalani]]  | [[Ben Latham Jones]]  | [[Nick Leslau]]  | [[Rhydian Lewis]]  | [[James Lipscombe]]  | [[Derek Lovelock]]  | Sir [[Cameron Mackintosh]]  | [[Ron Mackintosh]]  | [[Edward Mellors]]  | [[Tom Molnar]]  | [[John Morgan]]  | [[Matt Moulding]]  | [[Stephen Murphy]]  | [[Jonathan Neame]]  | [[John Neill]]  | [[Nick Newbury]]  | [[Jonathan Newhouse]]  | [[Richard Nichols]]  | [[Mike Norris]]  | [[Tim Oliver]]  | Sir [[Dick Olver]]  | [[Alan Parker (CBE)| Alan Parker]] CBE  | [[Tony Pidgley]] CBE  | [[Thembalath Ramachandran]]  | [[Nick Robertson]] OBE  | [[Richard Rose]]  | [[Lord Rose]]  | [[Chrissie Rucker]] MBE  | Sir [[Nigel Rudd]]  | [[Rakesh Sharma]]  | [[Baroness Shields]] OBE | [[Jasminder Singh]] OBE  | [[Rob Templeman]]  | [[Tidjane Thiam]]  | [[Sarah Thomson]]  | [[Simon Townsend]]  | [[Michael Turner]]  | [[Steve Varley]]  | [[Moni Varma]]  | [[Matthew Vaughn]]  | [[Ollie Vigors]]  | [[Malcolm Walker]] CBE  | [[Robert Walker]]  | [[Paul Walsh]]  | [[James Wates]] CBE | [[George Weston]]  | [[Mike Wheeler]]  | [[Nick Wheeler]]  | The Hon. [[Charles Wigoder]]  | [[Paul Wilkinson (Thorntons)|Paul Wilkinson]]  | [[Will Wyatt (Caledonia)| Will Wyatt]]  | Sir [[Hossein Yassaie]]<ref name="Tellist">Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 31 March 2015.</ref>
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==Criticism==
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Many commentators pointed out a sizeable number of the signatories had close links to the Conservative Party and included a range of donors and business advisers. A good number had also been given peerages during Cameron's leadership.
  
 
==Links to the Conservative Party==
 
==Links to the Conservative Party==
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===Donors===
 
===Donors===
[[Alex Baldock]] | [[Anthony Bamford]] | [[Lord Bilimoria]] | [[Zameer Choudrey]] | [[Neil Clifford]] | [[Ron Dennis]] | [[Charles Dunstone]] | [[Ben Gordon]] | [[Julian Granville]] | [[Aidan Heavey]] | [[Oliver Hemsley]] | [[George Iacobescu]] | [[Nick Leslau]] | [[Cameron Mackintosh]] | [[Tony Pidgley]] | [[Malcolm Walker]] | [[George Weston]] | [[Charles Wigoder]] | [[Will Wyatt]]
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====Personal====
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[[Alex Baldock]] | [[Anthony Bamford]] | [[Lord Bilimoria]] | [[Zameer Choudrey]] | [[Neil Clifford]] | [[Ron Dennis]] | [[Charles Dunstone]] | [[John Elliott]] | [[Ben Gordon]] | [[Julian Granville]] | [[Aidan Heavey]] | [[Oliver Hemsley]] | [[George Iacobescu]] | [[Nick Jenkins]] | [[Nick Leslau]] | [[Cameron Mackintosh]] | [[Tim Oliver]] | [[Tony Pidgley]] | [[Nigel Rudd]] | [[Malcolm Walker]] | [[Paul Walsh]] | [[George Weston]] | [[Charles Wigoder]]
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====Donors through company====
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[[Peter Grauer]] | [[Michael Gutman]] | [[Cassie Hutchings]] | [[Peter Jackson]] | [[Matt Moulding]] | [[Michael Turner]] | [[Moni Varma]] | [[James Wates]] | [[Will Wyatt (Caledonia)|Will Wyatt]]
  
 
===[[Leader's Group]]===
 
===[[Leader's Group]]===
[[Anthony Bamford]] | [[Zameer Choudrey]] | [[Michael Gutman]] | [[James Wates]] | [[Charles Wigoder]]
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[[Anthony Bamford]] | [[Zameer Choudrey]] | [[Michael Gutman]] | [[Matt Moulding]] | [[James Wates]] | [[Charles Wigoder]]
  
 
===Government advisory roles===
 
===Government advisory roles===
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===Awarded honours whilst Cameron in power===
 
===Awarded honours whilst Cameron in power===
[[John Ayton]] | [[Anthony Bamford]] | [[Lord Bilimoria]] | [[Baroness Brady]] | [[Peter Cullum]] | [[Annoushka Ducas]] | [[Charles Dunstone]] | [[Philip Green (Carillion)| Philip Green]] | [[Michael Gutman]] | [[Wendy Hallett]] | [[Brent Hoberman]] | [[George Iacobescu]] | [[Ray Kelvin]] | [[Dick Olver]] | [[Alan Parker]] | [[Tony Pidgley]] | [[Nick Robertson]] | [[Lord Rose]] | [[Baroness Shields]] | [[James Wates]] | [[Hossein Yassaie]] | [[James Wates]]
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[[John Ayton]] | [[Anthony Bamford]] | [[Lord Bilimoria]] | [[Baroness Brady]] | [[Peter Cullum]] | [[Annoushka Ducas]] | [[Charles Dunstone]] | [[Philip Green (Carillion)| Philip Green]] | [[Michael Gutman]] | [[Wendy Hallett]] | [[Brent Hoberman]] | [[George Iacobescu]] | [[Ray Kelvin]] | [[Dick Olver]] | [[Alan Parker (CBE)| Alan Parker]] | [[Tony Pidgley]] | [[Nick Robertson]] | [[Lord Rose]] | [[Baroness Shields]] | [[James Wates]] | [[Hossein Yassaie]] | [[James Wates]]
  
===Friends of the Cameron's===
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===Friends of the Camerons===
[[Charles Dunstone]] | [[Mark Esiri]] | [[Anya Hindmarch]] | [[Alan Parker]] | [[Matthew Vaughn]]
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[[Charles Dunstone]] | [[Mark Esiri]] | [[Anya Hindmarch]] | [[Matthew Vaughn]]
  
===Party balls===
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===Conservative Party fundraising ball attendees===
 
[[Anya Hindmarch]] | [[Matthew Vaughn]]
 
[[Anya Hindmarch]] | [[Matthew Vaughn]]
  

Latest revision as of 11:08, 29 April 2015

The start of the 2015 UK general election campaign saw 103 UK business leaders sign a letter published on the front page of the Telegraph newspaper praising Conservative policies. [1]

Signatories

Rooney Anand | Surinder Arora | John Ayton | Alex Baldock | Richard Baker | Lord Bamford | Duncan Bannatyne | Robert Bensoussan | Lord Bilimoria | Charlie Bradshaw | Baroness Brady | Graham Chipchase | Zameer Choudrey | Neil Clifford | Steven Cohen | Glenn Cooper | Andrew Coppel CBE | Gerald Corbett | Peter Cullum CBE | Ron Dennis CBE | Julietta Dexter | Annoushka Ducas CBE | Bob Dudley | Sir Charles Dunstone | John Elliott | Mark Esiri | Ralph Findlay | Richard Glynn | Ben Gordon | Julian Granville | Peter Grauer | Philip Green CBE | Michael Gutman OBE | Wendy Hallett MBE | Jenny Halpern Prince | Andy Harrison | Aidan Heavey | Oliver Hemsley | Joe Henderson | Vernon Hill | Anya Hindmarch MBE | Brent Hoberman CBE | Cassie Hutchings | Sir George Iacobescu CBE | Alan Jackson | Peter Jackson | Nick Jenkins | Luke Johnson | Neil Johnson OBE | Richard Joseph | Ray Kelvin CBE | Nadir Lalani | Ben Latham Jones | Nick Leslau | Rhydian Lewis | James Lipscombe | Derek Lovelock | Sir Cameron Mackintosh | Ron Mackintosh | Edward Mellors | Tom Molnar | John Morgan | Matt Moulding | Stephen Murphy | Jonathan Neame | John Neill | Nick Newbury | Jonathan Newhouse | Richard Nichols | Mike Norris | Tim Oliver | Sir Dick Olver | Alan Parker CBE | Tony Pidgley CBE | Thembalath Ramachandran | Nick Robertson OBE | Richard Rose | Lord Rose | Chrissie Rucker MBE | Sir Nigel Rudd | Rakesh Sharma | Baroness Shields OBE | Jasminder Singh OBE | Rob Templeman | Tidjane Thiam | Sarah Thomson | Simon Townsend | Michael Turner | Steve Varley | Moni Varma | Matthew Vaughn | Ollie Vigors | Malcolm Walker CBE | Robert Walker | Paul Walsh | James Wates CBE | George Weston | Mike Wheeler | Nick Wheeler | The Hon. Charles Wigoder | Paul Wilkinson | Will Wyatt | Sir Hossein Yassaie[1]

Criticism

Many commentators pointed out a sizeable number of the signatories had close links to the Conservative Party and included a range of donors and business advisers. A good number had also been given peerages during Cameron's leadership.

Links to the Conservative Party

Previously signed a letter of support

Surinder Arora | Alex Baldock | Robert Bensoussan | Ralph Findlay | Andy Harrison | Luke Johnson | Mike Norris | Michael Turner | Nick Wheeler

Business Advisory Council

Surinder Arora | Dick Olver | Tidjane Thiam

Donors

Personal

Alex Baldock | Anthony Bamford | Lord Bilimoria | Zameer Choudrey | Neil Clifford | Ron Dennis | Charles Dunstone | John Elliott | Ben Gordon | Julian Granville | Aidan Heavey | Oliver Hemsley | George Iacobescu | Nick Jenkins | Nick Leslau | Cameron Mackintosh | Tim Oliver | Tony Pidgley | Nigel Rudd | Malcolm Walker | Paul Walsh | George Weston | Charles Wigoder

Donors through company

Peter Grauer | Michael Gutman | Cassie Hutchings | Peter Jackson | Matt Moulding | Michael Turner | Moni Varma | James Wates | Will Wyatt

Leader's Group

Anthony Bamford | Zameer Choudrey | Michael Gutman | Matt Moulding | James Wates | Charles Wigoder

Government advisory roles

Glenn Cooper | Philip Green | Dick Olver | Baroness Shields | Paul Walsh

Awarded honours whilst Cameron in power

John Ayton | Anthony Bamford | Lord Bilimoria | Baroness Brady | Peter Cullum | Annoushka Ducas | Charles Dunstone | Philip Green | Michael Gutman | Wendy Hallett | Brent Hoberman | George Iacobescu | Ray Kelvin | Dick Olver | Alan Parker | Tony Pidgley | Nick Robertson | Lord Rose | Baroness Shields | James Wates | Hossein Yassaie | James Wates

Friends of the Camerons

Charles Dunstone | Mark Esiri | Anya Hindmarch | Matthew Vaughn

Conservative Party fundraising ball attendees

Anya Hindmarch | Matthew Vaughn

Former Labour supporters

Surinder Arora | Duncan Bannatyne | Charles Dunstone | Cameron Mackintosh | Moni Varma

External resources

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 31 March 2015.