in Staffordshire, which provides services for children with autism. Politics In April 2010, Caudwell donated £2,000 to Conservative MP Bill Cash's general election fund. In 2019, Caudwell was reported to have donated £500,000 to the Conservative Party ahead of the 2019 United Kingdom general election. He also gave interviews stating that he and many other wealthy individuals would leave the UK if the Labour Party gained power and increased taxes. In 2022, in response to the Westminster lockdown parties controversy, Caudwell expressed concerns with the Conservative party under Boris Johnson's leadership. Personal life Caudwell was married to Kate McFarlane for 25 years, ending in 2001, and they had three children. He then had a brief relationship with violinist Jane Burgess, with whom he had daughter Scarlett. He was then in a long-term relationship with former model Claire Johnson for 15 years, with whom he has son Jacobi. They separated in 2014. In 2015, Caudwell claimed that 11 family members including himself, his ex-wife Kate McFarlane, their two daughters Rebekah and Libby, and his son Rufus had been diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease. In 2018 Caudwell pledged to donate more than one million pounds in order to help fund Lyme disease research, on the condition that the NHS would be able to match his investment. His current partner is Lithuanian former Olympic cyclist Modesta Vžesniauskaitė. They announced that they were expecting their first baby together in spring 2021. Their son William was born in March 2021. Caudwell lives at Broughton Hall in Staffordshire. References 1952 births Living people English businesspeople English philanthropists 20th-century British businesspeople 21st-century British businesspeople British billionaires British Eurosceptics Giving Pledgers 21st-century philanthropists People from Birmingham, West Midlands People from Shelton, Staffordshire National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children people Conservative Party (UK) donors