Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative Party lost almost 50 percent of its donations between the last general election and last year, sparking fears within the party about its financial viability.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Donations to Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch’s notionally center-right Conservative (Tory) Party fell by almost 50 percent last year compared to 2024. 📺 DETAIL: According to the party’s official financial reports, the Conservative Party raised £14.97m (~$20.16m) in donations in 2025. This represents a 46.8 percent drop compared to 2024, the year of Britain’s last general election. In 2024, the Conservative Party suffered its worst electoral defeat in history, and the now-governing Labour Party, then led by Sir Keir Starmer, achieved a landslide victory despite a historically low share of the vote for a winning party. Since the general election and the replacement of former leader Rishi Sunak by Badenoch, the Conservative Party’s polling figures have fallen and have remained stagnant. At the same time, support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has skyrocketed, making it by far the most popular right-leaning party with the British electorate. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “The numbers showcase that in Kemi Badenoch’s first full year as leader, the year ending in December 2025, the party raised £14.97 million in donations against a total income of more than £30 million. This comes in contrast to the year ending December 2024, where donations came to £28.137 million, against a total income of £50.174 million. The fall in donations is one of 46.8 per cent.” — Oliver Dean, Assistant Editor of ConservativeHome, a news site and blog aligned with the Conservative Party 🎯 IMPACT: While the figures show that the party technically made a profit last year, these figures suggest that the Conservative Party is losing donors. This underscores the shift in interest away from the Conservative Party, which has long been viewed as the only viable right-leaning party in Britain, and towards Reform. These figures are likely to raise questions about Kemi Badenoch’s leadership of the party. The decline in donations underscores the enduring, widespread dissatisfaction with the party, largely due to the party’s refusal to control Britain’s borders while it was in government from 2010 to 2024, despite repeated promises to lower immigration and tackle illegal migration. 📺 FLASHBACK: Earlier this week, Nigel Farage’s party retook the lead in the national opinion polls despite a brief “Burnham Bounce” for the incumbent Labour Party after Andy Burnham entered office, replacing former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. |
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