The Labour Party called on Conservative MP Robert Jenrick to donate £37,500 of his 2024 leadership campaign funds to charity, as the Metropolitan Police review evidence referred by the Electoral Commission over donations linked to his campaign. The Electoral Commission referred the material to police on 6 January 2026 and has paused its own inquiries pending the assessment.

The Electoral Commission is investigating claims that £37,500 of a £100,000 donation made to Jenrick's 2024 leadership campaign by UK company Spott Fitness ultimately came from a company run by US-based businessman Gary Klopfenstein. Klopfenstein pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in the United States in July 2024 and is awaiting sentence.

"We have been investigating donations connected to a 2024 leadership campaign," the Electoral Commission said. "Evidence of potential offences outside our remit was referred to the Metropolitan police service on 6 January 2026. Our investigation is paused pending their assessment."

The police review has not been confirmed as relating to any specific individual. The Metropolitan Police have not commented further while the review is ongoing.

Labour Party chair Anna Turley pressed Jenrick to account for his handling of the funds. "Given that the Metropolitan police are now examining these donations, and given Mr Klopfenstein's guilty plea, the public deserves to know whether you take these matters seriously. It is right therefore that you must confirm what due diligence you carried out before accepting these funds and whether you are prepared to donate the £37,500 in question to a charitable cause, so that no benefit is derived from money connected to a convicted fraudster," Turley said.

UK businessman Phillip Ullmann told the Electoral Commission in 2025 that £37,500 of the Spott Fitness donation came from Klopfenstein through Innovyz USA. Ullmann said Spott Fitness was part of his family's group of companies, and that in 2024 a loan to Spott Fitness came from another company based in the British Virgin Islands. Klopfenstein is alleged to have transferred funds to Spott Fitness via Innovyz USA on 8 July 2024 and 24 July 2024.

A spokesperson for Jenrick rejected the allegations. "The suggestion that Robert knowingly accepted impermissible donations is an untrue, politically motivated smear, put about years later by the Conservatives, despite the fact that Mr Ullmann was introduced to Robert by a Tory MP, and had his donations' permissibility checked by the party. Robert and his campaign team complied with all electoral laws when receiving the donation received from Spott Fitness Ltd in 2024. Mr Jenrick has never met, spoken to, or had any contact with Mr Klopfenstein, nor was he aware of any connection between him and Mr Ullmann's donation until he was contacted by the Electoral Commission."

The spokesperson said Jenrick was cooperating with the regulator. "He has continued to engage proactively with their subsequent investigation ever since. He has fully responded to all the questions they have asked of him to date and stands ready to support the authorities in any way he can."