Paul Ruddock

Paul Ruddock is chief executive of hedge fund Lansdowne Partners and a former Goldman Sachs banker. He is a prominent supporter and funder of the Conservative Party.
==Donations to UK Conservative Party==
Ruddock gave £486,500 to the Tories between 2003 and 2010. Electoral Commission, [http://registers.electoralcommission.org.uk/regulatoryissues/
regdpoliticalparties.cfm?ec= Donations: Paul Ruddock ] 
By virtue of donating more than £50,000 Ruddock is a member of Prime Minister David Cameron's elite 'Leader's Group' dining club.
==Israel Advocacy==
In October 2015, Ruddock signed a letter in The Guardian along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched Culture for Coexistence, an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.Harriet Sherwood, 'Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts', The Guardian, 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015
===Donation history===
Recorded by the Electoral Commission: Electoral Commission Search 'Ruddock', accessed 7 May 2015.
Date
Name of donor
Amount
Donated to
Subsidiary (parties only)
01/09/2003
Paul M Ruddock
£10,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
20/04/2004
Paul M Ruddock
£20,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
18/04/2005
Paul Ruddock
£20,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
20/01/2006
Paul M. Ruddock
£50,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
24/08/2006
Paul M Ruddock
£8,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
19/01/2007
Paul M Ruddock
£60,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
31/03/2007
Paul M Ruddock
£3,095.30
Conservative Party
Central party
07/09/2007
Paul M Ruddock
£8,500.00
Conservative Party
Central party
31/10/2007
Paul M Ruddock
£3,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
28/11/2007
Paul M Ruddock
£75,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
27/05/2008
Paul M Ruddock
£8,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
08/12/2008
Paul M Ruddock
£2,886.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
20/01/2009
Paul M Ruddock
£50,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
29/05/2009
Paul M Ruddock
£8,500.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
03/09/2009
Paul M Ruddock
£108,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
27/11/2009
Paul M Ruddock
£7,500.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
31/12/2009
Paul M Ruddock
£2,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
18/02/2010
Paul M Ruddock
£51,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
28/02/2010
Paul M Ruddock
£5,439.00
Conservative Party
Central party
20/07/2010
Paul M Ruddock
£8,500.00
Conservative Party
Central party
22/11/2010
Paul M Ruddock
£1,666.12
Conservative Party
Central party
22/02/2011
Paul M Ruddock
£50,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
21/06/2011
Paul M Ruddock
£8,500.00
Conservative Party
Central party
04/07/2011
Paul M Ruddock
£2,012.00
Conservative Party
Central party
10/02/2012
Paul M Ruddock
£50,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
28/05/2012
Paul M Ruddock
£8,500.00
Conservative Party
Central party
20/11/2012
Paul M Ruddock
£25,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
12/04/2013
Paul M Ruddock
£37,500.00
Conservative Party
Central party
14/11/2013
Paul M Ruddock
£37,500.00
Conservative Party
Central party
13/03/2014
Paul M Ruddock
£5,184.22
Conservative Party
Central party
13/03/2014
Paul M Ruddock
£25,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
18/06/2014
Paul M Ruddock
£25,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
16/09/2014
Paul M Ruddock
£33,500.00
Conservative Party
Central party
08/12/2014
Paul M Ruddock
£25,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
==Dinner at Downing Street with the Camerons==
*See Powerbase page on Downing Street Dinner Guest List published by the government in March 2012
==Affiliations==
*Circle Holdings -parent company of Circle Health is 18.9% owned by Lansdowne Partners
==Notes==
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