Love Actually producer puts Labour donations on top in first campaign week

Keir Starmer’s party received a total of £926,908 in the first week, according to the Electoral Commission. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images

Labour received more donations than the Conservatives in the first week of the campaign, including £500,000 from the producer of Love Actually and Notting Hill, figures show.

Donors gave Labour £926,908, but only £574,918 to the Tories in the week starting with the dissolution of parliament on 30 May, according to Electoral Commission records.