Overview

• The Conservative Party’s £3.36m haul in the first quarter more than doubles Reform UK’s £1.5m total, Electoral Commission data show
• A £1m contribution from game developer Jez San was the Conservatives’ largest single donation and £40,000 from David Ross marked his return as a donor ahead of his senior treasurer role
• Reform UK relied on £613,000 from deputy leader Richard Tice’s Tisun Investments, accounting for 42% of its Q1 fundraising
• Fiona Cottrell emerged as Reform UK’s biggest individual donor with a £250,000 gift in March while treasurer Nick Candy’s pledged £1m has not appeared in official filings
• Conservative co-chairman Lord Dominic Johnson hailed the party’s “great shape” finances and the Tories have scheduled a major summer fundraising event backed by David Ross