Helen Duffett

Southport Conservatives and the missing £21k

By | Mon 2nd November 2009 - 5:07 pm

Two members of Southport Conservative Club have been arrested on suspicion of theft after an audit revealed around £21,000 of discrepancies in the club’s finances.

From the Southport Visiter:

The private 130-year club last night refused to comment though the Visiter understands that executive members noticed anomalies with the accounts over the course of the year, and finally raised the alarm in August.

A member of the club, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “This has come as a shock to everyone. There is no question about it, £21,000 is an awful lot of money for any kind of social club.”

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One Comment

  • Iain BB 2nd Nov '09 - 8:54pm

    The key bit of the story is further down the article:
    ‘Andrew Logie was treasurer of Southport Conservative Association for three years until his retirement in April. ‘
    Mr Logie was one of the registered Treasurers of the Constituency party who submitted the accounts to the Electoral Commission and predicted in the accompanying report: ‘the association is likely to become financially unstable……’
    the Southport Champion newspaper had details:
    http://www.champnews.com/html/newsstory.asp?id=6772

    For up todate information: http://birkdalefocus.blogspot.com/

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