Britain’s opposition Labour Party raised about 4.4 million pounds ($5.53 million) in donations in the second week of campaigning for next month’s general election, more than 14 times as much as the ruling Conservative Party, official data showed.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party, which is trailing Labour by about 20 points in the opinion polls ahead of the July 4 vote, received just £292,500 in votes, according to weekly data released by the Electoral Commission on Friday.
The Conservatives received less in donations than Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which received £742,000, and the Liberal Democrats, who received £335,000.
Labour’s donations included £2.5 million from David Sainsbury, a former Labour peer and former chairman of supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, and £900,000 from Gary Rubner, the former CEO of international windscreen repair and replacement company Bellon.
Traditionally, Conservative parties have received far more funding than their opponents.
The data, which covers the period from 6th to 12th June, shows that political parties and campaigners reported a total of more than £5.8m in donations during this period.
In the first week of the election campaign, Labour received nearly £927,000, while donations to the Conservatives totalled just under £575,000.
