Werritty Donors Also Funded Tory Party

Three donors who contributed to travel funds used by friend of ex-defence secretary Liam Fox also gave money to party. Three donors who gave money used by Liam Fox's best man to fund travels across the world also donated to the Tories in the weeks leading up to the defence secretary's downfall, new figures show.
Michael Lewis, who runs Oceana Investments and was a director of the pro-Israel lobby group Bicom, Mick Davis, the chief executive of Xstrata, and Poju Zabludowicz, a main funder of Bicom, gave a total of 73,200 to the Tories in the three months leading up to September.
All three helped to fund Pargav, the company that paid more than 140,000 towards lobbyist Adam Werritty's first class flights and five-star hotels.
Fox resigned in October following allegations that he had given his close friend Werritty access to the MoD and allowed him to join official trips overseas.
The party donations have emerged from data released by the Electoral Commission on Wednesday. Lewis gave 10,000 to Conservative party HQ in September. His company Oceana was named in the O'Donnell report as a funder of Pargav.
Davis gave 48,500 to Conservative party HQ, 5,000 to Harlow Con. Association and 7,500 to education secretary Michael Gove's office between July and September.
Zabludowicz donated 2,200 to the Finchley and Golders Green constituency party in August. His company Tamares gave money to Pargav.
Davis, 52, is chairman of United Jewish Israel Appeal, a British charity which splits its contributions between charitable work in the UK and Israel. Davis collects one of the biggest pay cheques in the FTSE 100 and was paid 21.2m last year.
Davis, Lewis and Zabludowicz have been named previously as major donors to the Tory party. Davis gave 150,000 to Conservative party central office over the last 21 months according to Electoral Commission records.
In June, Davis was among a delegation that included Zab! ludowicz , the chairman of Bicom, which met the foreign secretary, William Hague, to discuss the impact of the Arab spring on Israel.
Kevan Jones, shadow defence minister, said: "It is clear that the people who were funding Adam Werritty are funding the Conservative party.
"There remain big questions over who knew what and when about the funding and activity of Pargav.
"There was a lobbying scandal at the heart of David Cameron's government and we still do not know the full facts. Until we do, suspicion around these donors will remain," he said.

The Electoral Commission's figures pose further difficult questions for the Tories over the party's reliance on City funders.
More than 1m, 42.6% of the party's donations over the three month period, came from City backers according to figures released by Labour. Donors include Adrian Beecroft, who gave 50,000. He wrote a report for the government this month calling for employers to be given the right to sack employees without explanation.
Labour outstripped the Tories in party fundraising over the summer by nearly 30%, the official figures show.
Donations totalled 3,529,270 for Labour compared to the Conservatives' 2,744,618.
Almost 90% of the Labour total, 3,138,443, came from the unions.
Lady Warsi, the Conservative co-chairman, said: "The unions swung Ed Miliband's election as leader and it's now clear that Labour is becoming even more reliant on the unions to keep the party afloat.
"Ed Miliband should stop being weak and condemn the strikes, but his reliance on the biggest vested interest in British politics today shows clearly why he won't."