From today’s publication of party accounts by the Electoral Commission for national party organisations (i.e. excludes some of the component parts of the parties):

Liberal Democrats

Income £6,204,766
Expenditure £6,504,743
Surplus / (deficit) -£299,977*
Membership 48,934**

* There would have been a £217,473 surplus had it not been for a one-off write-off of a debt owed to the Federal Party by the Parliamentary Office of the Liberal Democrats which, after the loss of Cranborne and Short money income was never going to be realistically repaid.

** 31 December 2011.

Conservative Party

Income £23,660,000
Expenditure £22,971,000
Surplus / (deficit) £689,000
Membership n/a*

* Membership fee income was down from £1,031,000 in 2010 to £863,000 in 2011.

Labour Party

Income £31,326,000
Expenditure £30,253,000
Surplus / (deficit) £1,073,000
Membership 193,300*

* 31 December 2011.

For more information on events in York please visit the following web sites
1. Minster http://www.yorkminster.org/calendar/ or tel. 0844 939 0015
2. York Theatre Royal https://www.yorktheatreroyal.purchase-tickets-online.co.uk/public tel (01904) 623568
3. York Barbican http://www.yorkbarbican.co.uk/ tel. 0844 854 2757
4. Grand Opera House http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/grand-opera-house-york/ tel. 0844 847 2322
5. Visit York http://www.visityork.org/seeanddo/whats-on/ tel. 01904 550099
6. Yortime https://www.yortime.org.uk/eCommunityEvents/yortime/Default.aspx
7. Early Music Centre http://www.ncem.co.uk/?idno=152 tel. 01904 658338
8. York Racecourse http://www.yorkracecourse.co.uk/ tel. 01904 620911
9. York City Football Club http://www.yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk/ tel. 01904 624447

• York Mystery Plays 2nd – 27th August York Museum Gardens In The York Mystery Plays return to York Museum Gardens, where a 1400-seat covered theatre is constructed within the ancient walls of St Mary’s Abbey. The event combines the talents of over 1,500 volunteers working alongside theatre professionals and staring Ferdinand Kingsley (Playing God/Jesus) and Graeme Hawley (Playing Satan).Performances will last approximately 3 hours and there will be evening and matinee performances. All seats are under cover. For further information visit: http://www.yorkmysteryplays-2012.com/.

• Fiddler on the roof 2nd/4th Aug Thurs/Sat Grand Opera House

• Frances Jackson, Royal Recital 4th Aug Sat 7:00pm Minster

• 8 Wonders tour 4th Aug Sat Minster Investigate how the number 8 has shaped York Minster through technology and design, from 1212 to 2012. Hidden stories reveal how the number 8 has shaped York Minster’s past, but is also shaping its future. From the world’s greatest treasures to the smallest hidden curiosities. There is more to see than ever before. Led by one of our guides.

• Golf Lessons 4th – 1st Sep Sats Heworth Golf Club

• Fiddler on the Roof 2nd/4th Aug Thur/Sat Grand Opera House

• Yorkshire Medieval Festival 4th/12th Aug Sat/Sun Barley Hall http://yortime.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/a-very-medieval-summer-comes-to-york.html

• 10k Run 5th Aug Sun 9:00am Knavesmire Join in or come to cheer on at the Jane Tomlinson 10k as up to 8,000 people take to the streets to raise funds and awareness for their favourite charities

• National Youth Guitar 5th Aug Sun 4:00pm Early Music Centre

• Extreme Stunt Show 8th Aug Wed 7:30pm Knavesmire

• Angelina Ballerina 7th/9th Aug Tues/Thur Grand Opera House

• Mystery Plays backstage tours 9th/24th Aug Museum Gardens

• Ruby Turner 10th Aug Fri Theatre Royal

• Stoneyard open day 10th Aug Fri 9:30am Minster

• Synchronised Swimming 10th Aug Fri 7:30pm Energise pool, Cornlands Road

• Snake Davis 11th Aug Sat Theatre Royal

• Boiling Frog 11th Aug Sat Grand Opera House

• Summer Fair 11th Aug 1:00pm Hull Road Park

• Royal Recital David Pipe 11th Aug 7:00pm Minster

• Mystery Cycle Lectures 12th/26th Aug Tempest Anderson Hall

• An Air of Mystery 13th Aug Mon 10:00am Early Music Festival

• New Swimming Pool opens 14th August Hull Road http://www.york-sport.com/york_sport_village.php

• Dandy Dick 14th/18th Aug Tues/Sat Grand Opera House

• Fabulous Flags 15th Aug Minster

• Elizabeth Chadwick (historical novelist) 16th Aug 7:30pm York Library

• The Unthanks 17th Aug 20:00 Minster Described by The Guardian as ‘Haunting, original and magnificent’ Mercury nominated Tyneside band The Unthanks have a peerless approach to folk music. Their paradoxical journey of staunch traditionalism and sonic adventure continues with a collaboration with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band; the National Champions of Great Britain, regarded by many as the best and most consistent public subscriptions band in the world.

• Al Morrison 17th Aug Fri Theatre Royal

• Football: City v Wycombe 18th Aug Bootham Cres

• Proms 18th Aug Sat 7:30pm Castle Howard

• Ben Horden, Royal Recital 18th Aug Sat 7:00pm Minster

• Jazz Jamaica 18th Aug Sat Theatre Royal

• Duke of Yorks final battle 19th Aug Sun 2:00pm York Library Revisit and explore this epic War of the Roses battle, which saw a decisive Lancastrian victory and Richard, Duke of York killed and his army destroyed

• The Proms 20th Aug Museum Gardens

• Storyteller Susanna Oldfield 21st Aug Tues 6:30pm York Library

• Race meeting 22nd/25th Aug Knavesmire

• Pee Wee Ellis JazzFunk 24th Aug Fri Theatre Royal

• Summer Fair 25th Aug 1;00pm Acomb Green

• Gospel Singers 25th Aug Sat Theatre Royal

• John Scott Whiteley Royal Recital 25th Aug Sat 7:00pm Minster

• Festival of the rivers 26th Aug Sun 1:00pm Riverside

• Vintage Motorcycle run 27th Aug Mon 10:00am Yorkshire Air Museum

• Crowns fit for Kings 29th Aug Wed Minster

• The stories windows tell 30th Aug Thurs 4:00pm Library/Minster Director of the Glazier’s Trust Sarah Brown introduces us to the beauty of York Minster’s medieval stained glass, starting with a talk on its history and the stories it tells, and concluding with a special guided tour of the Minster.

• Keep up 30th – 2nd Aug Sept Theatre Royal

• Farmers market 31st Aug Fri Parliament Street
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The York Stories 2012 project – part of York 800 – is offering a great deal to keep children occupied over the next few days.

The project needs a mascot – the ‘storysaurus’ – and there are two sessions for children with Richard Kay and Mary Passeri, storytellers from ‘Telling Arts’, to develop the mascot, develop the storysaurus character, go on a trail, create a York Story and collect York Stories to share.

The sessions are in the Garden Room, York Explore Library Learning Centre, on Thursday and Friday 2 and 3 August, from 2-4 pm. Children wanting to take part should attend both free sessions if possible.

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York Stories 2012 – part of York 800 – is looking for participants for a project which enables members of the Armed Forces community in York to tell their untold stories.

Working with City of York Council’s Arts and Culture Service and the Armed Forces community (Military Civil integration Project & Army Welfare Service), Armed Forces Community Presents… will capture and share stories of the military community in and around York, from serving members of the armed forces to veterans, families, cadets, TA members and linked organisations.

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