Number crunching donations to Leicestershire’s political parties:

Major donations to Conservatives: £150,000

Major donations to Labour: £30,000

Major donations local Lib Dems: £9,780

Read the full story here.

*Donations over £500 within the past five years to constituency parties in Leicestershire.

You might also like:

  • Where did it all go wrong?
    As you're no doubt well aware, Phoenix Square is in financial crisis. Without a £250,000 bail out from the city council today it is likely to go bust. One thing that I find particularly interes...
  • Mixing religion and politics
    Pity the unlucky Jehovah's Witnesses who took on a door-knocking campaign in an area of Leicester last weekend, which had been targeted by political campaigners just minutes earlier. Many exasperat...
  • Marginally interesting
    I grew up in the north east, where the Labour party has a tight grip on most of the region's constituencies. General elections are more of a formality up there. "Stick a red rosette on anyone and they...