Fundraising, donations and campaigning activities

Request

The MP Stella Creasy has a Crowd funding page https://www.gofundme.com/f/stella-creasy currently showing a current value of £10,804.

Please can you show me when the MP declared the requested payment from this platform, the dates and the amounts.

Please can you also confirm if this is an accepted method for MP's to raise funding


Response

IPSA does not have information relevant to your request.

IPSA regulates MPs’ staffing and business costs, determines their pay and pension arrangements, and provides financial support to them to carry out their parliamentary functions. Fundraising, donations, and campaigning activities fall outside our remit.

Fundraising and donations for pollical campaigning are regulated by the Electoral Commission: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/

The Commission has published guidance on donations and loans, including a factsheet on crowdfunding, which is available at: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/political-party/guidance-reporting-donations-and-loans-great-britain/

In addition to the information published by the Electoral Commission, MPs are required to register donations over a certain threshold in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests:

https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial-interests/parliamentary-commissioner-for-standards/registers-of-interests/register-of-members-financial-interests/

Ref:
RFI-202111-27
Disclosure:
29 November 2021
Categories:
NOT IPSA'S REMIT
Exemptions Applied:
Information not held