Tom Pickup
Donations and public money

Where political donations and public money meet

Two public records, laid side by side: the Electoral Commission’s register of political donations, and the payments Lancashire councils publish to their suppliers. This lists the organisations that appear in both. Every figure here is a registered fact.

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Donation records checked
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Supplier-donors found
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Their donations, all parties
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Their recorded public spend

Donations by party

Total recorded donations from these supplier-donors, split by the party that received them.

The supplier-donors

Each organisation that appears in both registers. The evidence chip shows how the two records were matched: on company number, or on an exact name match. Expand nothing; the recent donations are listed in place.

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Organisation Match Public spend Donations by party

What this is

This is a journalistic publication on the use of public money in Lancashire, published in the public interest. Company profiles sit inside analysis; there is no directory or people-search feature. The privacy notice on the method page covers directors and persons with significant control, the lawful basis for publication, and how to object.

Scores are opinions, not facts

Data is compiled from public registers. Figures reflect the register at the retrieval date shown and may have changed. Scores and indicators are the Observatory's opinion, derived by the published methodology from public data; they are not statements of fact about solvency, creditworthiness or probity. This site does not provide credit or financial advice and must not be used for lending, trading or investment decisions. Transparency spending data covers payments over 500 pounds and is not a complete account of any body's budget.

Corrections

Spotted something wrong? Report it to tom.pickup@lancashire.gov.uk. Reports are acknowledged within 48 hours and re-checked at the primary source; where a figure is wrong it is corrected within five working days and logged. See the corrections policy and the route for named individuals to object.

Sources and licences

  • Political donations: Electoral Commission donation register, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  • Supplier payments: Lancashire councils’ published payments-over-£500 transparency data (Open Government Licence v3.0). Not a complete account of any budget.
  • Company matching: Companies House.
  • Postcode geography: contains OS data (Crown copyright), Royal Mail data and ONS data, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Published by Tom Pickup in a personal capacity. Not published by or on behalf of any political party or by Lancashire County Council. Inclusion here is not a suggestion of wrongdoing by any person or company.