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Ex-Tory campaign chief sentenced over bets on election date

Anthony Lee, 49, used confidential information linked to a Downing Street meeting to bet on the date of the 2024 general election

Evening Standard · Oct 24

Former Tory campaign boss ‘abused’ inside information to bet on general election date

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The Independent UK · Oct 23

Former Conservatives campaign boss spared jail after betting on 2024 general election date

The Conservative Party’s former director of campaigning and his wife Laura placed more than £2,000 worth of bets

The Independent UK · Oct 23

Tory campaign chief and MP candidate wife admit cheating with election bets

The Conservative Party ’s former campaigning director Anthony Lee and his wife Laura Saunders have pleaded guilty to cheating at gambling regarding the 2024 general election date. Saunders was a parliamentary candidate for Bristol North-West, while Lee managed campaign deployment when then-prime minister Rishi Sunak called the election. The couple…

The Independent UK · Sep 10

Former Tory MP Craig Williams pleads guilty to cheating at gambling with election bets

Former parliamentary private secretary to Rishi Sunak admits offence relating to betting on date of 2024 election

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29

Former MP and aide to Rishi Sunak pleads guilty to election date gambling

Craig Williams admitted using confidential information to place bets on the timing of the poll.

Evening Standard · Jun 29

Rishi Sunak’s former aide pleads guilty to general election betting scandal

Craig Williams, 41, is ex-MP for Montgomeryshire and Cardiff North and was a key figure in Mr Sunak’s inner circle

The Independent UK · Jun 29

Rishi Sunak's former aide pleads guilty to election date gambling

A close aide to former prime minister Rishi Sunak has pleaded guilty to cheating at gambling with bets on the date of the 2024 General Election

The National (Scotland) · Jun 29

Former Rishi Sunak aide pleads guilty to betting on date of 2024 election

Craig Williams, 41, admitted using confidential information to place bets on the timing of the poll

Evening Standard · Jun 29

Ex-MP accused of cheating at gambling on General Election date faces two-and-a half year wait for trial

Ex-MP Craig Williams is set for a January 2028 trial over accusations he cheated at gambling on 2024 election

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2025