One in 10 Tory peers have given more than £100,000 to party

Exclusive: 27 members of House of Lords have donated almost 50m in total to Conservatives

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One in 10 Conservative peers are big donors to the party, giving almost 50m in total, new analysis shows, amid controversy over more financial backers believed to have been put forward on Boris Johnson's resignation honours list.

After speculation about more donors due to get peerages within the coming weeks, figures compiled by the Guardian show 27 out of the party's 274 peers have given more than 100,000 to the Conservatives.