The funding from energy and property tycoons that bankrolled Welsh Conservative MP Alun Cairns' election campaign
The Vale of Glamorgan MP received thousands over the last year Alun Cairn MP's election campaign last year was bankrolled with the help of a London property developer and a Ukrainian energy tycoon, we can reveal. We have looked through the declarations of interest of Welsh MPs to see who they have received funding from in the run up to December's election last year. Our investigation shows that former Welsh Secretary Mr Cairns, who resigned after questions emerged over his support for an aide who collapsed a rape trial, received significant funds from the property and energy industries. Over last decade, the Vale of Glamorgan MP and former AM has received several large donations as well as tickets to expensive events. In June last year Mr Cairns received a £5,000 donation from Ukrainian Alexander Temerko. Mr Temerko is a Ukrainian-born oil and gas businessman who was previously an arms tycoon. Last year Reuters wrote a profile of him in which th...