Clubs vice-chair, Karren Brady, is a Tory peer Co-owner David Sullivan called government incompetent West Ham United used club money to make a 9,000 donation to the Conservative party last year. The donation was revealed by documents published by the Electoral Commission this week and was made on 26 September. The money was accepted by the Conservatives on 3 October, less than a month before Liz Truss was forced to resign