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Just how much of your money goes on funding a political party you would rather not support? We looked into the donors to the Conservative Party, and pulled out the well-known brands and products where shareholders of the company - or the company itself - has donated to the Tories.

They aren't the biggest donors by any means (in fact, THESE are), but you might be surprised at one or two brands in the list.

1. Melton Mowbray Pork Pies and Ginsters Pies

The popular pies are owned by Samworth Brothers Ltd.

Director Mark Samworth has donated £585,000 to the Tories since 2010. Additionally, Samworth Brothers Ltd, the company itself, donated £32,000 to the party in 2002 and 2003.

Life President of the company, David Samworth, has donated just over £26,000.

In total, Samworth and those involved in the company have donated nearly £650,000 to the Tories.

2. Next clothing and accessories

Next CEO Lord Wolfson has donated more than £400,000 to the Tories since 2006, and was made a Conservative peer by David Cameron in 2010. His wife Eleanor Shawcross is a key advisor to Chancellor George Osborne.

Next made record £695m profits last year and is facing a trade union campaign by the GMB trade union to pay a living wage to staff.

3. Autotrader magazine

Autotrader is owned by Apax, the private equity firm run by Tory donor Adrian Beecroft, after it was bought from the owners of the Guardian newspaper through a controversial offshore deal in the Cayman Islands.

Beecroft, who has donated £593,000 to the Tories, wrote a notorious report for Downing Street recommending that a string of workers rights be scrapped so bosses can sack workers at will.

4. Even The WOMBLES aren't safe from politics

Mike Batt wrote six Wombles albums between 1973 and 1978. That's SIX. WOMBLES. ALBUMS. Yep!

Batt has donated £112,500 to the Tories since 2001.

5. Woking football club

Owned by Surrey businessman Chris Ingram. He's donated nearly £175,000 to the Tories since 2008.

6. Warburtons

The well-known bakery gave the Tories a £25,000 donation in the run up to the 2010 election, after David Cameron held a press conference at the firm's Bolton HQ and was pictured in front of a wall of Warburtons loaves.

7. Crombie coats

Owned by former Tory vice-chairman Alan Lewis, who has donated £246,000 to the Conservative Party. Part of Crombie's parent company Hartley Investment Trust is owned offshore on the Isle of Man.

8. Soreen malt loaf

Mmmmm fruit loaf.

Soreen is also owned by Samworth Brothers Ltd.

9. Lycamobile

Lycamobile is a virtual phone network set up in 2006. They sell international SIM cards to consumers who want to make international phone calls but without the hassle of massive charges on their existing phone contract.

The company donated £827,562 to the Tory party between 2011 and December last year.

10. Betfair

Betfair founder and shareholder Edward Wray has donated just under £210,000 to the Tories since 2010.

11. Karl Lagerfeld

Not the 81 year old fashion designer, but the fashion label itself. It's also owned by Apax.

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[Sources: Electoral Commission, Searchthemoney]