The number, up significantly on previous government figures, was confirmed on the same day as the Cabinet Office announced its intent to award.
The investors who provided this information spoke on condition that they not be identified, but the figures were confirmed by Steven Weinroth, a managing director at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.
He added, however, "There have been trading losses recently, as with all arbitrage operations". But the basic figures were confirmed by Stephen Weinroth, a managing director at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.
If these share-of-the-vote figures were confirmed on Friday, it would mean the Tories would be down two points from 2010 and their coalition partners, the Lib Dems, down 14 points.
The figures were confirmed by Mr Gibb in a written parliamentary answer to a question from Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland.
These figures were confirmed by the Electoral Commission, which said the two recorded donations were of £20,000 in 2007 and £5,000 in 2009.
Rami Abdulrahman, the head of the Observatory, said that the Alawite death figures were confirmed by eight different Alawite sources in coastal cities and in Homs.
