Met Police assessing evidence on donations to Robert Jenrick Tory leadership campaign

The Met Police are assessing evidence about donations to Robert Jenrick’s Conservative leadership campaign in 2024.

Mr Jenrick faces allegations that nearly £40,000 worth of donations to his campaign came from a foreign donor, a breach of election rules.

The Met Police said it received a referral from the Electoral Commission earlier this year, which was understood to be investigating allegations about donations from Spott Fitness Limited, a UK-based company.

The commission is understood to be investigating donations made to Mr Jenrick’s campaign from a UK-registered company called Spott Fitness Limited.

But Mr Jenrick is accused of accepting £37,500 from the company, which actually came from a US businessman.

The electoral commission confirmed it accepted evidence outside its remit and passed the information to the Met Police on 6 January.

The Met Police said: “On Tuesday, January 6, we received guidance from the Electoral Commission regarding donations linked to the leadership campaign.

“This guidance is under review and we are not in a position to comment further until it is completed.”

The Electoral Commission said: “We are investigating donations linked to the 2024 leadership campaign. “Evidence of possible criminal offenses outside our remit was forwarded to the Metropolitan Police Service on 6 January 2026.

“Our investigation has been suspended pending the completion of their assessment. We do not discuss the details of our investigations and cannot comment further at this stage.”

The commission is understood to be investigating donations made to Mr Jenrick’s campaign from a UK-registered company called Spott Fitness Limited.

But Mr Jenrick faces allegations that £37,500 of the £100,000 donation from the UK-registered company actually belonged to Innovyz USA, a US-based company founded by businessman Gary Klopfenstein.

It is illegal for foreign companies or individuals to donate to UK political parties under electoral law.

A spokesman for Mr Jenrick said: Guard he had complied with election laws and was unaware that Mr. Klopfenstein was behind the donation. A spokesman for Phillip Ullman, thought to be the primary source of the donations, told the paper that Mr Henrick had been transparent about his campaign and had voluntarily provided information to the Electoral Commission.

The Conservative Party confirmed on Monday that it had written to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards after the evidence was passed to the Met Police.

It is calling for a separate parliamentary standards inquiry into donations to determine whether Mr Jenrick, who switched from the Conservative Party to Reform UK earlier this year, breached the House of Commons Code of Conduct.

The party claims the donations were paid into the “Newark Parliamentary Campaign Fund”, a bank account opened through Mr Jenrick’s parliamentary office and separate from the local Conservative Association.

He says he was unaware at the time that these funds had been accepted.

Conservative Party chairman Kevin Hollinrake said: “Foreign donations are illegal. Politicians who transfer and hide illegal money must face the full force of the law.”

“The police should investigate Reform England’s Treasurer Robert Jenrick. The Conservative Party has also reported Mr Jenrick to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner for what is clearly a serious breach of House of Commons rules. Parliament, the public and the Conservative Party all appear to have been deceived.

“While Robert Jenrick has been expelled from the Conservative Party and is now Nigel Farage’s right-hand man, this represents serious malpractice in the leadership race.”

Labor leader Anna Turley said the news “casts doubt on whether Jenrick has any respect for the integrity of our politics”.

“Reform tried to dodge questions about the Richard Tice tax scandal. Their new recruit, Jenrick, must undertake to provide the police with the unvarnished truth about this matter immediately.”

Reform UK, Innovyz USA and Spott Fitness Limited have been contacted for comment.