In the late 1940s under the Chairmanship of Lord Woolton the Conservative Party brought in several reforms in its desire for equality. David Maxwell Fyffe introduced the reforms, amongst which was to:
"Limit the amount of money a Member of Parliament could donate to his Constituency Association to £100."
This was done in order to stop the practise of wealthy people buying seats. It led to the first Conservative trade unionist becoming an MP.
We now find that Jeremy Hunt MP has given, over the last five years, no less than £105,261 to his local constituency party in Surrey according to the Electoral Commission.
So when was the convention about £100 changed?
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