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  Political Parties and Elections Bill - Â£50,000 cap on donations - rejected
  
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  The majority of MPs voted against imposing a maximum allowable donation from any person to any registered party of Â£50,000 per calender year.
  
  This would have been done by adding a new Clause into the Political Parties and Elections Bill[1] that would (had it passed) changed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Parties,_Elections_and_Referendums_Act_2000 Political Parties, Elections and Referendum Act 2000] and inserted a new subsection into the part relating to "Permissible donors".[2]
  
  Only four members of the Conservative Party chose to vote on this proposal.
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2009-03-02a.615.1 David Howarth MP], House of Commons, 2 March 2009
  * [2] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/ukpga_20000041_en_7#pt4-ch2-pb1-l1g54 Permissible Donors], Section 54, Political Parties, Elections and Referendum Act 2000.
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