Andrew Bridgen

Andrew Bridgen is the The Reclaim Party MP for North West Leicestershire, and has been an MP continuously since 6 May 2010.

Registered Interests

The Register of Members’ Financial Interests is updated fortnightly online when the House is sitting, and less frequently at other times. Interests remain in the Register for twelve months after the interest has ended.

The interests set out below are those included in the most recently published version of the Register. All versions of the Register can be found here.

1. Employment and earnings

  • Payments from Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project), 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD, for political consultancy/advice:
    • 24 May 2023, received £1,500. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 21 August 2023)
    • 14 June 2023, received £1,500. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 21 August 2023)
    • 18 July 2023, received £1,500. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 21 August 2023)
    • 9 August 2023, received £1,500. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 21 August 2023)
    • 15 September 2023, received £1,500. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 3 October 2023)
  • 12 August 2023, received £500 from PPPromo, [private address], for a speech on 31 July 2023. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 30 August 2023)
  • 14 November 2023, received £1,500 from the Reclaim Party, 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD, for political consultancy/advice. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 21 November 2023)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

  • Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £25,000 interest-free loan to cover accommodation costs of my constituency home
    Date received: 23 August 2022
    Date accepted: 23 August 2022
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 16 September 2022)
  • Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
    Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In relation to a legal matter, media support and speech writing provide by the Bad Law Project, value £800
    Date received: 17-31 January 2023
    Date accepted: 17 January 2023
    Donor status: company, registration 13562398
    (Registered 17 February 2023)
  • Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
    Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In relation to a legal matter, social media strategy provided by the Bad Law Project, value £500
    Date received: 17-31 January 2023
    Date accepted: 17 January 2023
    Donor status: company, registration 13562398
    (Registered 17 February 2023)
  • Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
    Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In relation to a legal matter, legal consultancy provided by the Bad Law Project, value £6,000
    Date received: 18-23 January 2023
    Date accepted: 23 January 2023
    Donor status: company, registration 13562398
    (Registered 17 February 2023)
  • Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
    Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In relation to a legal matter, £602.36 to cover the cost of meetings, lunches, dinners and counselling between 13 January and 8 February 2023. (£45, £70.13 and £39.15 on 13 January 2023; £14.28 and £31.90 on 17 January 2023; £184.65 on 18 January 2023; £124.90 on 1 February 2023; and £92.35 on 8 February 2023)
    Date received: 13 January - 8 February 2023
    Date accepted: 13 January - 8 February 2023
    Donor status: company, registration 13562398
    (Registered 1 March 2023)
  • Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
    Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Lunch for me and three members of my staff, value £172.15
    Date received: 10 May 2023
    Date accepted: 10 May 2023
    Donor status: company, registration 13562398
    (Registered 30 May 2023)
  • Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
    Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,750 paid to me to cover court costs relating to an ongoing legal matter
    Date received: 8 June 2023
    Date accepted: 8 June 2023
    Donor status: company, registration 13562398
    (Registered 16 August 2023)
  • Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
    Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £569 paid to me to cover court costs relating to an ongoing legal matter
    Date received: 8 June 2023
    Date accepted: 8 June 2023
    Donor status: company, registration 13562398
    (Registered 16 August 2023)
  • Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £18,600 interest-free loan to cover accommodation costs of my constituency home
    Date received: 25 August 2023
    Date accepted: 25 August 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 12 September 2023)
  • Name of donor: Barry Carroll
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £530 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
    Date received: 10 May 2023
    Date accepted: 10 May 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 18 September 2023)
  • Name of donor: Stephen Harker
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,060 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
    Date received: 10 May 2023
    Date accepted: 10 May 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 18 September 2023)
  • Name of donor: Jane Glynn
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £531 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
    Date received: 11 May 2023
    Date accepted: 11 May 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 18 September 2023)
  • Name of donor: Swee Lip Quek
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £319 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
    Date received: 11 May 2023
    Date accepted: 11 May 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 18 September 2023)
  • Name of donor: Stephen StQuinton
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £500 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
    Date received: 16 May 2023
    Date accepted: 16 May 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 18 September 2023)
  • Name of donor: Dominic Taylor
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £530 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023. This donation was returned to the donor on 19 September 2023.
    Date received: 10 May 2023
    Date accepted: 10 May 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 3 October 2023)
  • Name of donor: Philip Cunningham
    Address of donor: not provided
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £955 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023. This donation was returned to the donor on 10 July 2023.
    Date received: 11 May 2023
    Date accepted: 11 May 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 3 October 2023)
  • Name of donor: Kirstie Wainwright
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Sponsorship of a reception in Parliament, value £5,255
    Date received: 13 October 2023
    Date accepted: 13 October 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 30 October 2023)
  • Name of donor: Kirstie Wainwright
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Post reception dinner, value £320
    Date received: 13 October 2023
    Date accepted: 13 October 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 30 October 2023)

4. Visits outside the UK

  • Name of donor: Children's Health Defense Europe and Binders Initiative
    Address of donor: Postboks 3207 Krossen, 4398 Sandnes, Norway
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Boat trip (£55) and accommodation (£186), plus reimbursement on 10 May 2023 for flights (£320) and other travel costs (£51), total value £612
    Destination of visit: Stavenger, Norway
    Dates of visit: 14-16 April 2023
    Purpose of visit: To speak at the Spotlight Conference.
    (Registered 11 May 2023)
  • Name of donor: European Parliament
    Address of donor: Rue Wiertz 60, B-1047 Brussels, Belgium
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £418.82 received on 12 September as reimbursement for travel costs and accommodation
    Destination of visit: Brussels
    Dates of visit: 4-5 July 2023
    Purpose of visit: Guest speaker (panellist) at a public debate, entitled 'European Public Health and Cooperation' on the 4 July 2023.
    (Registered 25 September 2023)
  • Name of donor: The Danish Freedom Movement
    Address of donor: FBF2020, Hindegade 6, 1303 Copenhagen K, Denmark
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and accommodation, value £555.07
    Destination of visit: Copenhagen, Denmark
    Dates of visit: 1-3 September 2023
    Purpose of visit: To speak at the Facts Matter conference.
    (Registered 12 October 2023)
  • Name of donor: The Doctors’ Appeal
    Address of donor: Läkaruppropet ideal förening, c/o Grycksbovägen 46, Enskede, 12247 Sweden
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation for four nights (£384), food (£116), flights (£383) and other travel costs (£68), total approx. value £951
    Destination of visit: Sweden
    Dates of visit: 28 September - 2 October 2023
    Purpose of visit: To participate and speak at the On Guard for the Liberty of Mankind conference.
    (Registered 23 October 2023)

5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK

  • Name of donor: Andrew Roberts
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £530 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
    Date received: 10 May 2023
    Date accepted: 10 May 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 18 September 2023)
  • Name of donor: Rosemary Southwood
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £421.98 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
    Date received: 13 May 2023
    Date accepted: 13 May 2023
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 18 September 2023)

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

  • AB Produce PLC; processing and distribution of fresh vegetables.
  • AB Produce Trading Ltd; holding company.
  • Bridgen Investments Ltd; investment company, investing in shares, property, building projects.
  • From 6 February 2017, AB Farms Ltd; potato production and storage. (Registered 21 March 2017)

8. Miscellaneous

  • From 12 May 2023, crowdfunding support for a defamation action. Crowdfunder website is Democracy 3.0. The fund is valued at £87,080 of 31 May 2023, with a total of £4,319 drawn down for court fees to date. (Registered 12 June 2023)