A Bill to make provision for the regulation of funding and expenditure of political parties; to make provision for the phased introduction of a cap on donations to political parties; to make provision for affiliation fees from trades unions and membership organisations to political parties to be counted as individual donations in prescribed circumstances; to make provision for the public funding of political parties; to make provision for the modification of rights of candidates and parties to election addresses; to make provision for limits on political parties’ expenditure between regulated periods; to confer powers on the Electoral Commission, and for connected purposes
House of Lords
9 October 2019
This bill aims to reform how political parties are funded and how they spend money. It would phase in a cap on donations, count certain union and membership fees as donations in prescribed circumstances, introduce public funding for parties, and change rules on election addresses and party spending, with new powers given to the Electoral Commission to enforce the rules.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Lords. As a Lords-originating bill, it will move to the House of Commons for consideration, potentially with amendments.
Generated 21 February 2026
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 27 October.
The 2017-2019 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
