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Lobby firm boss Kevin Craig handed 100,000 to Labour before being selected unopposed.
Patrick Spencer was chosen as Tory candidate after his father gave the party 250,000 .
Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay accused both parties of allowing candidates to buy their seats’ Campaigners call for policy change to prevent seats being handed to wealthy donors.
Kevin Craig began donating to the party in 2005 , providing non-cash donations of premises, advertising and consultancy services worth a total of 11,254 that year .
His next set of donations came in 2015 , when he gave around 17,000 in cash, followed by 16,399.95 in 2017 .
Since the 100,000 donation last year , he committed to providing shadow health secretary Wes Streeting with 39,000 toward staffing costs.
Local sources say they didn’t recognise the names of any of the prospective candidates.
They were surprised at the omission of some individuals with significant local profile.
Parties on all sides have been known to massage’ candidate shortlists in the past.
The Daily Telegraph reported that former party treasurer Lord Spencer had given the Conservatives 250,000 his largest donation since 2019 .
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