The database was originally leaked on Telegram in 2016, the encrypted instant messaging app, and passed in September by a Chinese dissident to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), which comprises more than 150 legislators around the world who are concerned by the influence and activities of the Chinese government.
As well as the names of members, the database has places, dates of birth, Chinese ethnicity and in some cases addresses and telephone numbers.
1. Loyal members of Chinese Communist Party are working in British consulates, universities and some of the UK's leading companies.
2. Leaked database of 1.95m registered party members reveals how Beijing's malign influence now stretches into almost every corner of British life, including defense firms, banks and pharmaceutical giants.
3. Some members, who swear oath to 'guard Party secrets, be loyal to the Party, work hard, fight for communism throughout my life and never betray the Party', are understood to have jobs in British consulates.