The 2015 UK General Election Expenses Investigation #ToryElectionFraud


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Introduction

This site has been created to help gather together sources casting light on allegations regarding the Conservative Party spending return for the 2015 General Election (and three by-elections in 2014) and make it more accessible to the public at large.

On the 18th February 2016, in response to Channel 4's endeavours, the Electoral Commission launched their investigation and on the 28th April 2016 followed up with a statement confirming it had "requested that the Crown (CPS) Prosecution Service and the police consider applying for an extension to the time limit available to pursue criminal prosecutions."

The Time

Time's Up... mostly as a few police authorities have a little extra time, probably due to the time it took to apply for extensions, in which to get their files together.

For some inexplicable reason if you cheat at politics and no-one notices for a whole year then you get away with it. Luckily someone noticed, the CPS started an investigation and several Police Authorities applied for an "extension to the time limit available to pursue criminal prosecutions."

Time's up on 7th May 2017. Hopefully, the reason it's all quiet out there is because the various Police Authorities are busily preparing iron-clad cases, however one already dropped case doesn't give much cause for hope.

The Background

In May 2014, attempting to steal a little UKIP limelight, David Cameron promised that ...he'd try to reform the EU and then hold an EU referendum before the end of 2017. Very few took him seriously.

Later in 2014 one resignation and two defections to UKIP saw the Conservatives contesting three unexpected by-elections that had Cameron's leadership teetering on a ledge.

Right up to the day when the General Election votes rolled in, Cameron's EU promise was widely accepted as the impossible dream.

Perhaps it was.

The Law

The Electoral Commission state -"There are rules on how much candidates can spend on their campaigns and where they receive their funding from." plus "There are two types of spending by or on behalf of parties at certain elections:
  • Candidate spending
  • Party campaign spending
Candidate spending is when a candidate authorises campaigning to promote them at an election. For example, leaflets, billboard advertising, websites and campaign staff costs.

Party campaign spending is authorised by a party to promote the party and its policies generally. For example, national newspaper adverts for the party, or leaflets explaining party policy. It also includes spending on promoting candidates at elections where the party nominates a list of candidates for a region, rather than individual candidates for local areas.

The Reason

It's all about Legitimacy. The Conservatives won the 2015 General Election returning 331 MPs which gave them a 12 seat majority.

If just 6 winning MPs independently broke the law to win their seats this would reduce the number of Conservatives in Westminster to the magic 325 and they'd no longer have a majority.

However the very real possibility of a Party wide conspiracy, systematically cheating to win, has attracted the Electoral Commission's eye - resulting in them requesting the involvement of various Police Authorities and the Crown (CPS) Prosecution Service - and, if proven, signals the end of Westminster as we know it.

Just imagine if everything the Conservative Gov't has enacted since 2015 turns out to have no democratic legitimacy.

The Action

Despite this being probably the most important news story in a generation, the silence is deafening. This resource was created to aid investigation and has been opened to you in the hope that some of you will be encouraged to look a little deeper.

The information here is by no means definitive, it's just the tip of the iceberg. Look around, take nothing for granted, share what you find and add to the data to help continue the investigation.
Unknown (25) - awaiting clarification
Philip Allott   
Stuart Andrew xMP  
Angie Bray   
Graham Cox   
Byron Davies xMP  
Glyn Davies xMP  
Nick De Bois   
Michelle Donelan xMP  
Michael Ellis xMP  
Charlie Elphicke xMP  
Graham Evans xMP  
Roger Gale xMP  
Simon Kirby xMP  
Brandon Lewis xMP  
Craig Mackinlay xMP  
Tania Mathias xMP  
Vidhi Mohan   
Stephen Mosley   
David Mundell xMP  
Christopher Pincher xMP  
Amber Rudd xMP  
Mark Spencer xMP  
Derek Thomas xMP  
Paul Uppal   
Craig Williams xMP  
Insufficient Evidence (23)
James Berry xMP  
Neil Carmichael xMP  
Alex Chalk xMP  
Oliver Colvile xMP  
George Eustice xMP  
Kevin Foster xMP  
Marcus Fysh xMP  
Luke Hall xMP  
James Heappey xMP  
Marcus Jones xMP  
Scott Mann xMP  
Karl McCartney xMP  
Johnny Mercer xMP  
Amanda Milling xMP  
Nigel Mills xMP  
David Nuttall xMP  
Mary Robinson xMP  
Paul Scully xMP  
Anna Soubry xMP  
John Stevenson xMP  
Maggie Throup xMP  
Mike Wood xMP  
William Wragg xMP  
Dropped (14) - No allegation / No further action / Out of time
Gavin Barwell xMP  
Jake Berry xMP  
Alun Cairns xMP  
Maria Caulfield xMP  
Chris Davies xMP  
Robert Halfon xMP  
Robert Jenrick xMP  
Mary Macleod   
David Morris xMP  
Chris Philp xMP  
Will Quince xMP  
Kelly Tolhurst xMP  
Giles Watling   
Craig Whittaker xMP  
Constituencies (62)
Amber Valley  
Brecon and Radnorshire  
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Brighton Kemptown  
Broxtowe  
Bury North  
Calder Valley  
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Cannock Chase  
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Carlisle  
Cheadle  
Cheltenham  
Chippenham  
City of Chester  
Clacton on Sea  
Colchester  
Croydon Central  
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Nuneaton  
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Pudsey, Horsforth and Aireborough  
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Rossendale and Darwen  
Sherwood  
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Agents (40)
Andrew Phillip Baxter   
Rachel Beadle   
Allrik Thomas Birch   
David Mathew Blood   
Ben Bradley   
Simon Nicholas Carter   
Alan Cullens   
Tom Cunningham   
James Richard Dee   
Jacob Double   
Bethan Eddy   
Ross England   
Owen James Evans   
Alex Finney   
Ashley Fraser   
Thomas Giffard   
Nathan Gray   
Ian Frank Gutteridge   
Ian Cristopher Harrison   
Deborah Hayton   
Alison Hernandez PCC  
William Holloway   
Robert Hughes   
Maximilian Alexander Höpfl   
Richard Ian Jackson   
Richard John   
Rebecca Kirby   
Graham Latty   
Ranulph Murray   
Ian Parker   
Louise Marie Parry   
Daisy Peck   
Stuart Pilcher   
Richard John William Piper-Griffiths   
Daragh Quinn   
Mike Reynolds   
Felicity Roochove   
Tom Skinner   
Emma Smith   
Rachel Storer   
Extras (13)
David Cameron xMP  
Simon Day   
Andrew Feldman - Lord  
Stephen Gilbert - Lord  
Michael Gove xMP  
Chris Grayling xMP  
Jeremy Hunt xMP  
Boris Johnson xMP  
Oliver Letwin   
Alan Mabbutt   
Theresa May xMP  
Patrick McLoughlin   
Grant Shapps xMP  
Crew (14)
Chris Brannigan   
India Brummit   
Mark Clarke   
Lynton Crosby - Sir  
Deborah Feldman   
Stephen Ion   
Marion Little   
Henry McCrory   
Jim Messina   
Stephen Parkinson   
Alexandra Paterson   
Emma Pidding   
Paul Sorkin   
Nick Timothy   
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