Reform received £9 million from the Thailand-based investor last August
Reform UK received a further £3 million from billionaire crypto investor and Tory donor Christopher Harborne in November last year, according to new Electoral Commission figures.
Reform received nearly £5.5 million in donations in the last quarter of 2025, but Harborne’s donation was the largest single sum that the party received during the period.
In August last year, Reform received a record £9 million from Harborne, the largest ever single donation to a political party in history.
Labour’s elections bill will tighten up some of the rules on foreign donations to prevent figures like Elon Musk from using their money to interfere in UK politics.
Under the proposed rules, foreign companies will only be allowed to donate to UK political parties if they have British owners or make enough revenue in the UK to donate.
However, democracy campaigners say one of the bill’s key shortcomings is that it does not include a cap on political donations.
Chief Executive of Unlock Democracy, Tom Brake, criticised the current political donations rules, saying they give mega donors an “outsized influence”.
Brake said: “Voters, not donors, should be top-of-mind for politicians. But with donations of this size comes a level of access and influence that is simply unavailable to 99% of ordinary voters.
“There is lots of good news in the Representation of the People Bill, but sadly nothing at all about capping donations from UK-registered individuals. Until this changes, politics – and by extension us, as voters – will be subject to the outsized influence of mega donors.”
Olivia Barber is a reporter at Left Foot Forward
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