Midlands Industrial Council members named

8.21.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Sun 15th Oct 2006

The Midlands Industrial Council has given into pressure and named their members. The naming of these members is very important as we can now see who are funding various Conservative Party campaigns, such as Wolverhampton South West's and the Conservative CCS based at Coleshill and brings more transparency to the issue of Party political funding. I am not sure I can take the credit for the naming, but I would like to think I added to the pressure by working with the Sunday Times and The Politics Show.

The members are:

Sir Anthony Bamford - JCB

Bob Edmiston - IM Group

S. Hollis - KPMG

G. Campion - Deloittes

J. B. Pettifer - Pettifer Group

A. Gallagher - Gallagher UK

R. Richardson - Richardson Developments

K. Bradshaw

John Butcher

R. E. L. Smith - Techtest

Chris Kelly - Keltruck

J. D. Leavesley - Leavesley Group

J. W. Leavesley - Leavesley Group

Lowe & Fletcher Ltd

P. Shirley - Midland Food Group

D. J Wall

R. Robinson

K. Jaberi - Karins Catering

T. Miller - Harris & Sheldon

M. Miller - Harris & Sheldon

G. Hampson Silk - Hampson Holdings

C. Folkes - Folkes Holdings

The Midlands Industrial Council said that any members who did not want to be named would have been asked to step down, but did not confirm whether anyone had declined.