spending on election campaigns in the UK is strictly limited, see
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib...snpc-03413.pdf
for details, but essentially any candidate standing for election to the House of Commons can only spend up to £11,000 - about $19,000.
Recently limits have also been imposed on spending nationally by parties on election campaigning. This is currently around £30,000 per constituency being contested, or around £19 million if all seats are being contested, as with the major parties..
So there's still a bit of scope for large donors the have undue influence, although that is now mitigated by compulsory declaration of large donations.
Paul
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Originally Posted by NatCh
Now you're making me jealous.
Your campaigns are probably not so influenced by "soft money" and fundraising prowess either, I expect.
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