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
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Payments from Global Radio Services Ltd, 30, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA:
- Payment of £600 expected for guest hosting a radio programme on 27 December 2022. Hours: 5 hrs including preparation. (Registered 24 March 2023)
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Payments received via United Agents Ltd, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE. (Registered 17 May 2022; updated 24 March 2023)
- 15 March 2023, received £8,200 as a second payment for writing a book from Hodder & Stoughton, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ. Hours: 220 hrs between May 2022 and March 2023. (Registered 24 March 2023)
- 7 June 2023, received £1,845 from Hodder & Stoughton, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ, for recording an audiobook in May 2023. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 14 June 2023)
- 30 June 2023, received £7,300 as a third payment for writing a book from Hodder & Stoughton, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 11 July 2023)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
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Name of donor: Sir Trevor Chinn
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500 towards staffing costs in my office, paid quarterly in instalments from March 2022
Date received: 15 March 2022
Date accepted: 16 March 2022
Donor status: individual
(Registered 16 March 2022) -
Name of donor: MPM Connect Ltd
Address of donor: Grenville House, 4 Grenville Avenue, Broxbourne EN10 7DH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £34,425 towards staffing costs in my office, paid in three instalments between 22 March 2022 and 21 November 2022
Date received: 22 March 2022 – 21 November 2022
Date accepted: 22 March 2022
Donor status: company, registration 07213374
(Registered 31 March 2022; updated 30 January 2023) -
Name of donor: Labour for the Long Term
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of a Policy Advisor for two days a week at a cost of £2,500 a month, total value £30,000
Date received: 3 August 2022 - 3 August 2023
Date accepted: 3 August 2022
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 22 August 2022) -
Name of donor: Richard Parker
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 towards staffing costs for my office
Date received: 5 October 2022
Date accepted: 5 October 2022
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 October 2022) -
Name of donor: Anthony Watson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 towards staffing costs for my office
Date received: 9 October 2022
Date accepted: 9 October 2022
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 October 2022) -
Name of donor: Community Union
Address of donor: 465c Caledonian Road, London N7 9GX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Date received: 29 December 2022
Date accepted: 29 December 2022
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 11 January 2023) -
Name of donor: MPM Connect Ltd
Address of donor: Grenville House, 4 Grenville Avenue, Broxbourne EN10 7DH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £47,475 towards staffing costs in my office to be paid in four instalments between February and November 2023. Quarterly instalments were increased to £12,000 on 23 June 2023.
Date received: 28 February 2023 - November 2023
Date accepted: 28 February 2023
Donor status: company, registration 07213374
(Registered 02 March 2023; updated 29 June 2023) -
Name of donor: John Armitage
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 towards staffing costs for my office
Date received: 12 April 2023
Date accepted: 12 April 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 3 May 2023) -
Name of donor: Labour for the Long Term
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of a Policy Advisor for two days a week at a cost of £2,500 a month, total value £15,000
Date received: 3 August 2023 - 3 February 2024
Date accepted: 3 August 2023
Donor status: members association
(Registered 15 August 2023)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
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Name of donor: Reach PLC
Address of donor: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Lunch, approx. value £130
Date received: 15 June 2022
Date accepted: 15 June 2022
Donor status: company, registration 00082548
(Registered 24 October 2022) -
Name of donor: Reach PLC
Address of donor: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Lunch for me and a member of staff, approx. value £160
Date received: 25 September 2022
Date accepted: 25 September 2022
Donor status: company, registration 00082548
(Registered 24 October 2022) -
Name of donor: Reach PLC
Address of donor: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Lunch for me and five members of staff, approx. value £275
Date received: 26 September 2022
Date accepted: 26 September 2022
Donor status: company, registration 00082548
(Registered 24 October 2022) -
Name of donor: Galliard Homes Ltd
Address of donor: 3rd Floor, Sterling House, Langston Road, Loughton IG10 3TS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets and dinner for myself and a staff member at the SME for Labour Awards, approx. value £472
Date received: 31 October 2022
Date accepted: 31 October 2022
Donor status: company, registration 02158998
(Registered 23 November 2022) -
Name of donor: SME4Labour
Address of donor: 2nd, Elizabeth House, 39 York Rd, London SE1 7NQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets and dinner for five staff members at the SME for Labour Awards, approx. value £1,130
Date received: 31 October 2022
Date accepted: 31 October 2022
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 23 November 2022) -
Name of donor: Allwyn Entertainment Ltd
Address of donor: One Connaught Place, 5th Floor, London W2 2ET
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket for the Tessa Jowell Foundation Dinner, value £700
Date received: 24 November 2022
Date accepted: 24 November 2022
Donor status: company, registration 13157556
(Registered 2 December 2022) -
Name of donor: Sky Arts (Sky UK Ltd)
Address of donor: Grant Way, Isleworth TW7 5QD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with accommodation and meals at the Hay Festival, value £1,050
Date received: 26-28 May 2023
Date accepted: 26 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 2906991
(Registered 14 June 2023) -
Name of donor: FGS Global
Address of donor: The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with meals at Glyndebourne, value £600
Date received: 1 June 2023
Date accepted: 1 June 2023
Donor status: company, registration 02956243
(Registered 14 June 2023)
8. Miscellaneous
- From 19 January 2017, Director of the Lionel Cooke Memorial Fund Ltd. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 14 March 2023)
- From 16 November 2019, Executive Committee member of the Fabian Society. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 14 March 2023)
10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client
- My partner, Joseph Dancey, is the owner and director of Endeavour Advisory Ltd, which provides communications and public affairs advice. (Registered 28 January 2016; updated 11 May 2021)