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

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 ...

Iain Dale argues that Stuart Wheeler should be expelled from the Conservative Party for supporting UKIP's European Elections campaign but a Tory spokesman, quoted on Radio 4's 8am news bulletin, says that there are "no plans" to remove the Tory...

I am a little saddened by the events of the weekend, and I will explain why. I am not a member of the Conservative Party, and I do not know Stuart Wheeler. The reason I am not a member of the Conservatives is because of their policy (or lack there of) on the EU. I want to join the Conservatives, and help make their arguments, but I feel the EU is the greatest danger to the UK's well being today. I...

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...

One of the basic rules of a political party is that members do not incite voters to vote against the party's official candidates. It is a clear cut rule that is held by nearly all significant parties and one that has been enforced irrespective of the identity of the individuals involved. The news that Conservative Party donor Stuart Wheeler has given £100,000 to the UK Independence Part...

I cannot hide the fact that I've dithered somewhat over this one but reading the thread below my earlier post has convinced me that Eric Pickles should enforce party discipline and expel Stuart Wheeler from the Conservative Party. I have...

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...