Sources of financing parties

• Membership subscriptions can be used for parties where people pay a annual subscription to gain Features such as attending annual conferences and receiving voting rights in party elections
• Fundraising events such as festival, conferences and dinners
• Donations from supporters
• Loans from wealthy individuals or banks
• Self finance of candidates for offices
• Up to 2 million pounds per party available in grants from the electoral commission plus short money which grants funds to parties research depending on the size