Ex-Tory MP Acquitted of Plan to Disguise £39,000 Worth of Donations

David Mackintosh—who was MP for Northampton South from 2015 until 2017—has been cleared of accepting hidden donations from a property developer.

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A former Conservative MP and a property developer have been cleared of cooking up a plan to disguise £39,000 worth of donations to a political election fund.

David Mackintosh, 44, who represented Northampton South between 2015 and 2017, was acquitted on Tuesday of withholding information about the source of the £39,000, which was donated to his election fund in 2014.