All this Ashcroft got me wondering about the Ipswich Labour Party’s finances.
The 2008 details are here (in PDF format). The bulk of the Labour Party fundraising is through a profitable door to door gambling operation that reaches out into other parts of Suffolk and Norfolk. It’s lumped together as “fundraising”.
Anyway the rent that we the taxpayer paid through Chris Mole’s parliamentary allowances in 2008 was £7,200 (up 20% from the previous year). We also paid £3,000 extra in advance, so you could (but I won’t)say we paid £10,200 in that year. Enough for quarter of an agent.
But the members, what about the members. Well they paid £2,091 in subscriptions (less than a third of Chris Mole’s rent). They also received donations of £4,375. Trade Union affiliation fees were £155.
In total the membership raised £6,621. And we the taxpayer paid £7,200.
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