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Zac Goldsmith
- Identity
organisation:govuk:Zac Goldsmith— the GOV.UK transparency returns key, used as-is. No identity here is invented.- Graph built
- 5 September 2026
Names in the records
Each spelling a register uses for this entity, and the method that tied it here. A name is never the identity; a similar name is never a match.
| As published | Register | Tied by | Confidence | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zac Goldsmith | GOV.UK transparency returns | exact name within one register | 1.0 | 2 |
What the records establish
- Zac Goldsmith: 2 records of "recorded meeting with a minister" between 4 December 2017 and 1 May 2024.
| Relationship | With | Date | Amount | Detail | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| recorded meeting with a minister | Richard Benyon | 1 May 2024 | — | ministerial_meetings | |
| recorded meeting with a minister | Nick Hurd | 4 December 2017 | — | ministerial_meetings |
What this does not establish
The records above establish that Zac Goldsmith and each entity named appear together in an official register, in the relationship that register records, on the date it records. They do not establish why any donation was made, why any contract was awarded, whether any one record was known to the people behind another, or that any record caused another. No causal inference is made on this page, and nothing here is a finding of any kind against anyone. A reported donation is a lawful, reported transaction; a contract award is a published notice; a seat is a seat.
The same name elsewhere in the records
A register spells another entry exactly as it spells this one. The graph keeps them apart because no register says they are the same, and a shared name is not evidence that they are.
- Zac Goldsmith — Donor, Electoral Commission, as “Zac Goldsmith”
- Zac Goldsmith — Person, GOV.UK transparency returns, as “Zac Goldsmith”
Derived from: ministerial_meetings. Each row above names the table and key it came from and links the official record where one exists. How the graph is built is described at the evidence graph.