Millionaire Tory donor Stuart Wheeler was tonight dramatically expelled from the Conservative party after giving £100,000 to the rival UK Independence party (Ukip). Wheeler's expulsion was confirmed in a terse, one-line statement by a party spokesman who said: "Stuart Wheeler has been expelled from the Conservative party". The spread betting tycoon had earlier said that he was making th...

Stuart Wheeler is a member of the Conservative Party who intends to support UKIP in the European election - and is gifting them a rather substantial donation - but intends to vote Conservative in the local elections and at a general election. If I urged all my readers to vote for UKIP I would be expelled from the party and quite rightly so. You cannot be a member of a political party and publicly ...

I see "Conservative Party donor" Stuart Wheeler is at it again. This evening he will be making a really valuable contribution to a Conservative victory at the next election by making a speech urging people not to vote Conservative. Well done Stuart. Really well done. In the James Goldsmith Memorial Lecture he will urge people not to vote for the Conservatives in the European elections next June un...

Stuart Wheeler the millionaire Conservative donor has expressed his disappointment at the Tories' decision to expel him for endorsing the UK Independence Party.

Stuart Wheeler is one of those rarities in political circles - someone who puts principles before party. While his donation to UKIP and subsequent expulsion from the Tories is great news for UKIP supporters and eurosceptics in general, it has to be remembered that he has been stabbed in the back by the party that he’s

Telegraph leader: "The expulsion of Stuart Wheeler from the Conservative Party was inevitable from the moment he decided to write out a large cheque to finance Ukip's campaigning for the European Parliament elections. The contests on June 4 will be...

As Adam Boulton says, the Oldham by-election has produced another noteworthy moment. And, in this case, it's one of the smaller parties making the splash. In a press conference in the constituency this afternoon, UKIP confirmed that Stuart Wheeler has joined their party as treasurer. This is, of course, the Stuart Wheeler who gave £millions to the Tories during the wilderness year after ...

Millionaire Tory donor Stuart Wheeler has been dramatically expelled from the Conservative after giving £100,000 to the rival UK Independence Party.

Stuart Wheeler the spread betting tycoon will be expelled from the Conservative Party this week after he urged Tory supporters to vote for the UK Independence Party.

• Betting tycoon protests at 'silence' on EU • Half of shadow cabinet are Eurosceptics, he claims The Conservative party last night expelled one of its highest profile financial backers, Sir Stuart Wheeler, after the millionaire betting tycoon donated £100,000 to the UK Independence party. In a terse one-line statement the party said: "Stuart Wheeler has been expelled...