Appendix 7: Donations from Trade Unions to the Labour Party
For the purposes of this table, affiliation fees and donations have been combined. The figures below illustrate the annual transfer of funds from a trade union to the Labour Party. The unions are listed in descending order by size of total donations.
Table 4: Donations from Trade Unions registered and accepted by the Labour Party
Union |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
Total |
|
Unite the Union |
£5.70m |
£3.60m |
£3.38m |
£3.16m |
£3.53m |
£5.31m |
£24.68m |
|
UNISON |
£2.15m |
£2.02m |
£1.56m |
£1.31m |
£2.79m |
£1.82m |
£11.65m |
|
GMB |
£2.12m |
£1.95m |
£1.44m |
£1.23m |
£1.67m |
£2.48m |
£10.85m |
|
Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers |
£1.74m |
£1.32m |
£1.41m |
£1,40m |
£1.68m |
£1.31m |
£8.87m |
|
Communication Workers Union |
£0.83m |
£0.59m |
£0.59m |
£0.59m |
£0.66m |
£1.33m |
£4.59m |
|
Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians |
£0.28m |
£0.18m |
£0.18m |
£0.20m |
£0.17m |
£0.22m |
£1.23m |
|
Community |
£0.1m |
£0.19m |
£0.19m |
£0.15m |
£0.14m |
£0.12m |
£0.94m |
|
Transport Salaried Staffs Association |
£0.20m |
£0.09m |
£0.08m |
£0.07m |
£0.10m |
£0.11m |
£0.65m |
|
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen |
£0.08m |
£0.06m |
£0.07m |
£0.04m |
£0.06m |
£0.11m |
£0.42m |
|
Musicians Union |
£0.08m |
£0.04m |
£0.04m |
£0.02m |
£0.08m |
£0.07m |
£0.33m |
|
Fire Brigades Union |
£0.80m |
£0.003m |
£0.006m |
£0.04m |
£0.12m |
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|
Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union |
£0.02m |
£0.02m |
£0.02m |
£0.02m |
£0.02m |
£0.02m |
£0.12m |
|
National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers |
£0.03m |
£0.002m |
£0.001m |
£0.009m |
£0.05m |
£0.01m |
|
|
Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union |
£0.02m |
£0.01m |
£0.02m |
£0.02m |
£0.02m |
£0.08m |
|
|
UNITY |
£0.03m |
£0.02m |
£0.05m |
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|
Other |
£0.04m |
£0.001m |
£0.01m |
£0.03m |
£0.08m |
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|
Total |
£13.56m |
£10.05m |
£8.98m |
£8.20m |
£10.95 |
£13.02m |
£64.76m |
Source: Written evidence from the Electoral Commission (TUP0030)